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Adeje - 10.09.2010 - The biggest event on the Tenerife road racing calendar gets under way today in Adeje. The Adeje Rally starts at 19.00 once the cars have been given a final check by the organisers. more...

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The Virgin’s journey

10.09.2010 - The public devotion with which the Spanish reaffirm their faith is probably among the many colourful things that many ex-pats would list as reasons to live or visit here.
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Apartment gutted

09.09.2010 - A fireman needed hospital attention following a call out to attend this fire in Parque Albatros, Golf del Sur, on the morning of September 2nd at 5.30 am. more...

European tax

10.09.2010 - Brussels is studying a proposal to create a direct European tax. more...

Archive News ::

Canary Islands

Back to school

08.09.2010 - “Back to school”, the phrase that annually generates equal amounts of groans from kids who don’t want to bid goodbye to the holidays and sighs of relief from parents who have run out of ‘interesting things to do’ with the little darlings.
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Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria's Big Day

Gran Canaria - 08.09.2010 - Today's holiday in Gran Canaria sees tens of thousands of people converge on the small town of Teror for the island's most important religious festivity. more...

Tenerife

Mayoral dilemma

07.09.2010 - More infighting in the conservative Popular Party in Tenerife could scupper its chances of wresting the mayorship of Santa Cruz from current holders, the nationalist Canarian Coalition.
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Tenerife

Radio fines

06.09.2010 - The Spanish National High Court has ordered five local radio stations to close and imposed fines of between €60,000 and €90,000.
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Tenerife

Red Cross Youth

06.09.2010 - Guía de Isora recently hosted a special event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the formation of the youth branch of the Red Cross in Spain.
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Tenerife

Music and the deaf

03.09.2010 - The Charity Fun Bowl for the UK based charity, Music and the Deaf, will take place today, Friday September 3.

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Gran Canaria

Imam speaks out

03.09.2010 - The arrival of Ramadan this year has brought increased exposure for the Muslim community in the local media and the imam of Las Palmas has taken the opportunity to send out a series of messages to government and society, some of them certain to trigger reaction.
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(L-R) Fr. Keith Gordon, the Venerable David Sutch, Sam Smith, Fr. Mike Smith, Fr. Malcolm Exley, Pastor Heiland

Tenerife

New Chaplain

Puerto de la Cruz - 02.09.2010 - All Saints' Church recently witnessed the licensing of Father Michael Richard Guy Smith.
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Tenerife

Dual charity lunch

02.09.2010 - A 15 year old British boy who is going to work in a South African orphanage as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award needed to raise money for the journey and also for the orphanage. more...

Features

Minors in Tenerife

01.09.2010 - Parents should be aware that Spanish law defines anyone under the age of 18 to be a minor, subject to parental control or adult supervision.
Any unaccompanied minors that come to the attention of the Spanish local authorities (for whatever reason but particularly in connection with criminal incidents or when in hospital) are deemed to be vulnerable under the law and face being taken into a minors’ centre for their protection until their situation is resolved and a parent or suitable guardian can be found.

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Tenerife

Left for dead

01.09.2010 - Tony, the popular owner of The Gateway Bar in Costa del Silencio, was attacked by a group of youths in his own home recently.
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Canary Islands

Taking the mickey in Taguluche?

31.08.2010 - By Barbara Belt
Inhabitants of the small, rural enclave of Taguluche are thoroughly fed up with the continual problems suffered at the village's only bar and restaurant.
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Man dies of heart attack on Los Cristianos street

Los Cristianos - 10.09.2010 - An elderly man has died of a heart attack on a street in Los Cristianos. The 70-year-old, believed to be a tourist, collapsed at lunchtime yesterday on Calle Coronel, a short distance from the main promenade. more...

Lawyer held over heroin seizure

Gran Canaria - 10.09.2010 - A well-known Las Palmas lawyer is being quizzed in connection with one of the largest heroin seizures in recent times in the Canaries. more...

Adeje Rally gets under way

Binmen and sweepers stage walkout

Arona - 09.09.2010 - Arona's tourist image is set to take a blow as scores of municipal binmen and road sweepers begin an indefinite strike today, leaving Los Cristianos and parts of Playa de Las Américas unattended. more...

Morocco warns against flotilla

Las Palmas - 09.09.2010 - A flotilla of boats from Gran Canaria in support of independence for the Western Sahara will not be allowed to approach the coast of Morocco, say sources in the African country. more...

Cruise passengers tell of nightmare at sea

Lanzarote - 09.09.2010 - Passengers who were disembarked in Arrecife yesterday have described their 'nightmare cruise' aboard a Pullmantur liner. more...

Interviews

Tenerife's English farrier

Living & Lifestyle

Solar water heating
Install a solar hot water system and let the sun pay your monthly water heating bill! more...

Motoring

The new Land Rover Freelander 2

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