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WEATHER: It’s going to be a wet St Patricks Day in many parts of the Canary Islands
WEATHER: It’s going to be a wet St Patricks Day in many parts of the Canary Islands

AEMET is forecasting rain on five of the islands this Friday, strong in the north, and generally weaker in the south...

CANARIAN DERBY: Can CD Tenerife tame high-flying UD Las Palmas?
CANARIAN DERBY: Can CD Tenerife tame high-flying UD Las Palmas?

Excitement is reaching fever pitch for this Saturday’s Canarian Derby between CD Tenerife and UD Las Palmas…

Women are safer drivers than men according to new research in Spain
Women are safer drivers than men according to new research in Spain

DGT data reveals that 60% of female motorists have never received any type of traffic penalty...

AT LAST: Spain and the UK finally agree on driving licence exchange
AT LAST: Spain and the UK finally agree on driving licence exchange

From Thursday you can drive on your UK licence again and have six months to change it without taking any additional test…

Record tourist numbers but 2 hours to get a taxi from the airport
Record tourist numbers but 2 hours to get a taxi from the airport

The volume of people combined with traffic problems and lack of taxis is causing major problems at the islands main airports...

MONDAYS WEATHER: Hot and sunny in the west, hot and hazy in the east
MONDAYS WEATHER: Hot and sunny in the west, hot and hazy in the east

Temperatures will touch 30 degrees again today, but Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will have continued haze...

Flight cancellations, delays and diversions due to the calima in the Canary Islands
Flight cancellations, delays and diversions due to the calima in the Canary Islands

Several international and domestic flights from Ryanair, TUI, and Jet2 have experienced problems...

10,000 euros returned to rightful owner thanks to supermarket employee in Aldi
10,000 euros returned to rightful owner thanks to supermarket employee in Aldi

A shopper left their bag behind at the store and it was reported to the Local Police by a member of staff...

A heatwave is hitting the Canary Islands with temperatures over 30°C
A heatwave is hitting the Canary Islands with temperatures over 30°C

AEMET are also forecasting light haze in the easternmost islands this weekend…

Husband ordered to pay 200,000 euros settlement to ex-wife for 'depriving her of a career'
Husband ordered to pay 200,000 euros settlement to ex-wife for 'depriving her of a career'

A Spanish court ruled that she should be compensated for all the housework and caring for the family she did during the marriage...

Today is international tortilla day, but why is it celebrated on 9th March?
Today is international tortilla day, but why is it celebrated on 9th March?

Potato omelette is one of the most popular tapas dishes in Spain, here’s how to make one...

VIDEO: Latest drugs seized by the Canary Islands puts value over a billion euros
VIDEO: Latest drugs seized by the Canary Islands puts value over a billion euros

Two sailing boats with 1,139 kilos of cocaine on board have been intercepted in waters to the west of the Archipelago…

WEATHER: Temperatures will reach 28 degrees over the next few days
WEATHER: Temperatures will reach 28 degrees over the next few days

The forecast is for it to be hot and sunny for the rest of the week in the Canary Islands; here is the full forecast...

Canarian restaurant hits back at influencer who asks to eat for free
Canarian restaurant hits back at influencer who asks to eat for free

It seems everyone thinks they are an “influencer” these days, and one restaurant owner is getting fed up with it!

24 arrested for scamming 350,000 euros from bank clients via fake websites
24 arrested for scamming 350,000 euros from bank clients via fake websites

The leader of the criminal gang was a teenager under the age of 18 who created the scam...

VIDEO: They crash car while recording a live video for TikTok
VIDEO: They crash car while recording a live video for TikTok

After causing the accident, the driver was more concerned about her father’s car than if her friends were hurt...

WEATHER: Temperatures continue to rise but there will be showers in places
WEATHER: Temperatures continue to rise but there will be showers in places

Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are expected to be sunny, whereas Tenerife and Gran Canaria will have some rain...

Did you know: Sperm whale vomit is worth 80,000 euros a kilo!
Did you know: Sperm whale vomit is worth 80,000 euros a kilo!

The sperm whale is one of the 28 species of cetaceans that live in the waters of the Canary Islands, their vomit is used to make perfume…

The arrival of migrants to the Canary Islands by sea has fallen by 66% in 2023
The arrival of migrants to the Canary Islands by sea has fallen by 66% in 2023

3,631 less people arrived in boats in January and February of this year than in the same period in 2022...

OFFICIAL: You can now go to the Civil Registry to change your sex
OFFICIAL: You can now go to the Civil Registry to change your sex

The 'trans law' has been published in the BOE today and means anyone over 16 can change their sex by themselves…