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El Museo Canario
01.02.2010 - One of Gran Canaria’s best-known museums is suffering the consequences of the cuts in public funding due to the recession. more...

Cira Guillén has been missing for over a year

Gran Canaria

Missing grandmother plea

01.02.2010 - The grown-up children of a woman who has been missing from her Las Palmas home for over a year have launched a fresh media bid to find her. more...

Gran Canaria

Tourism boost

24.01.2010 - The town of La Aldea de San Nicolas in Gran Canaria is looking to tourism to resolve the worrying local unemployment problem. more...

The power failure at Gando caused chaos in Canarian air traffic control

Gran Canaria

Power failure chaos

23.01.2010 - The strategic role of Gran Canaria airport’s control centre was in evidence for all the wrong reasons earlier this month when a power failure brought further chaos to flights to and from the Canaries. more...

The clean up is expected to take several months

Gran Canaria

Disaster recovery

23.01.2010 - Several weeks after floods devastated their small town, the population of Tasarte in Gran Canaria continues its bid to return to a normal life, although progress is slow. more...

The court has awarded the twins €900,000

Gran Canaria

Separated twins compensation

22.01.2010 - Spain’s Supreme Court has finally brought to an end the long-running compensation case involving twins from Gran Canaria who were split up due to a hospital mix-up nearly four decades ago. more...

Gran Canaria

Plans blocked

Mogán - 22.12.2009 - Plans by Mogán council to release large areas of land for building have hit trouble with the regional government. more...

The move was to try and attract more tourists to Las Palmas

Gran Canaria

Bus persuasion for guides

22.12.2009 - Las Palmas took the unusual step recently of inviting tourist guides from the resorts in the south of Gran Canaria to visit the capital and take a ride on the city’s Tour Bus. more...

Gran Canaria

‘Chinatown’ fears grow

07.12.2009 - Residents of a district of Las Palmas say an incident which led to police being called to a local café is a further reflection of the conversion of their area into a mini Chinatown. more...

The wheel would be similar to the London Eye

Gran Canaria

Big Wheel decision urged

25.11.2009 - Las Palmas Council has been urged to make up its mind on the installation of a giant wheel similar to the London Eye or risk losing funds already earmarked for the project. more...

The man was sentenced to 10 years by the courts in Las Palmas

Gran Canaria

OAP convicted of grand-daughter abuse

23.11.2009 - A Gran Canaria man who sexually abused his grand-daughter over a long period has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Criminal Court in Las Palmas. more...

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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...

Islands gear up for St Patricks Day celebrations

Canary Islands - 17.03.2010 - Resorts throughout the Canaries can expect a green day today, not to mention a very busy night, as thousands of Irish ex-pats and tourists celebrate St Patricks Day. more...

Lanzarote hotels warning

Lanzarote - 17.03.2010 - Moves by the Canarian government to legalise several hotels built in Lanzarote in breach of planning regulations could open the floodgates to more problems, warns the island's PSOE party. more...

Deportation fears prevented abuse complaints

El Médano - 17.03.2010 - Friends of the 36-year-old Russian woman who was killed by her Peruvian partner in El Médano on Monday say she had been afraid to report previous violence suffered due to fears she would be deported. more...

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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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