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Many Canarians lost their lives in the tragedy

Spanair crash 2008
16.02.2010 - The families of victims of the Spanair plane tragedy say the recently-published crash investigation report fails to address the full causes of the accident and incorrectly lays the blame on the pilots. more...

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Gara & Jonay

15.02.2010 - The Canary Islands has its own tragic couple, evoking similar sentiments as Romeo and Juliet or Abelard and Heliose. more...

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Big switch off soon

15.02.2010 - Analogue television is to be progressively phased out across the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro from March 10 and 11, and La Palma from March 1, a process which will be finalised by April 3 when the installation of terrestrial digital television (TDT) should be complete. more...

The ramapge left many restaurant staff and customers injured

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Soldiers’ holiday rampage

13.02.2010 - Restaurant customers who were caught up in an unprovoked attack by a group of eight British soldiers on holiday in Lanzarote have written a letter to Gordon Brown asking him to take up the incident with Army chiefs. more...

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Tim Hart dies

31.01.2010 - Tim Hart, long term La Gomera resident and founder member of electric folk band Steeleye Span, died of lung cancer on Christmas Eve at the age of sixty-one. His home was in Lomo del Balo, in the upper part of Valle Gran Rey. more...

Most of the lightbulbs are sitting in storage in Correos

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Bulb initiative flops

31.01.2010 - The method chosen to distribute hundreds of thousands of low-energy light bulbs throughout the Canaries has been a dismal failure, the government has secretly admitted. more...

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Ad identity resolved

31.01.2010 - The identity of the firm behind one of the biggest advertising blitzes in the Canaries in recent times has been revealed. more...

The huge warehouse in Güímar will service the 12 Lidl stores in the Canaries

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A Lidl goes a long way

31.01.2010 - Thousands of shoppers all over the Canaries have been waiting for the big day when Lidl finally opens its many doors to retails in the archipelago. more...

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Have a swinging time

30.01.2010 - If you have yet to experience Carnaval Canary-style you’re in for a real treat. Whatever island you’re living in or holidaying on Carnaval fever is upon us, and there really is no better time to party on down. more...

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The Venezuela-La Gomera connection

23.01.2010 - The Venezuelan Consul, David Nieves Banchs, made a recent visit to island capital San Sebastián as part of an innovative ‘travelling consul’ programme. more...

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Haiti – how you can help

Haiti - 22.01.2010 - As we go to press the death toll as a result of the earthquake in Haiti is still not confirmed, but will continue to climb as many who survived the initial tremor die as a result of disease or their injuries as aid is unable to get to them in time. more...

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Loro Parque hits back at whale 'lies'

Puerto de la Cruz - 19.03.2010 - Tenerife's Loro Parque has hit back at calls by ecologists for its whales and dolphins shows to be shut down. Ecologists in Action published a series of hard-hitting accusations against the popular animal park earlier this week, highlighting the harm caused to the mammals by keeping them in small pools which prevent them from roaming freely. more...

First fire of 2010 hits La Palma

La Palma - 19.03.2010 - The week-long spell of warmer weather has already brought the Canaries' first woodland fire of the year. more...

Energy-saving homes unveiled

Granadilla - 19.03.2010 - Tenerife unveils today its first housing development consisting of homes designed specifically to save energy. 25 houses built as part of an international competition will be shown to the media today in the Renewable Energies Institute in Granadilla. more...

Foster mother appeals conviction

La Orotava - 18.03.2010 - The La Orotava woman sentenced earlier in March to nine months in jail for refusing to hand back her foster daughter to her biological mother has appealed against her conviction. more...

Dust warning

Canary Islands - 18.03.2010 - After a series of alerts for wet and windy weather comes one of a different type for the Canaries today and over the week-end. more...

Arona picks up disabled access award from Queen

Arona - 18.03.2010 - The mayor of Arona is to collect a prestigious award today from Spain's Queen Sofía in recognition of the work done to make local resorts more accessible to disabled tourists and locals. more...

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The future of the species

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Guttering or Waterfall?
Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...

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New Škoda - Superb Combi

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