Entries by Gazette Life

Hybrid buses at Timanfaya

Lanzarote’s Centres of Arts, Culture and Tourism (CACT) have announced the purchase of six hybrid buses that are expected to start operating on the Ruta de los Volcanes in Timanfaya next year. The buses cost €1.57 million, €350,000 less than the budget, and will be provided by EvoBus Ibérica, from Cantabria in Spain. However, their […]

Patera intercepted

Salvamar, the air-sea rescue service, has intercepted a patera (boat carrying migrants) off the Lanzarote coast this morning, and the service is seeking two more vessels.

Road closed

A rainshower early this morning has caused the road from Arrecife to San Bartolomé to be temporarily closed, affecting traffic heading from the capital to the hilltop town.

A year on

At eleven minutes past three today it will be exactly a year since the eruption in La Palma commenced.

Funeral plans

Spain’s prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, will not attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth in London today. Instead, he will send his foreign minister, José Manuel Albares.