Entries by Gazette Life

Bella Avery

Our cover star this month is 10-year old Bella Avery. Photographer Sabrina Suppers borrowed a wicker peacock chair from Kate Harvey, arranged the loan of a beautiful white dress from designer Oswaldo Machín in San Bartolomé and headed up to the dunes of Famara, with Bella chattering and whistling all the way. The location and the light were perfect, and once the evening sun caught Bella’s gorgeous red hair, we knew we had a winner…

Volcano update

Here are answers to some questions about the eruption of the volcano on La Palma’s Cumbre Vieja, which has now been continuing for nineteen days.

Pong alert

Take a clothes peg for your nose or some air freshener if you’re visiting Arrecife’s General Hospital hospital or the shops in the Argana Alta commercial area, as a sewage leak has been causing a disgusting stench in the area since Saturday.

Booster jabs for the over-70s

Spain’s Public Health Commission yesterday agreed to proceed with third anti-Covid jabs for all citizens over the age of 70. The campaign will commence on the 25th October and vaccinations are likely be combined with this year’s flu jab.

Road closure in Puerto del Carmen

The Ayuntamiento of Tías has issued a warning that the Avenida de las Playas – the main seafront road in Puerto del Carmen,- will be closed to traffic from 7 am to 5 pm tomorrow (Wednesday).

Cinema returns

The “Versión Original” film screenings at Lanzarote’s two main cinemas in Arrecife and Playa Honda return next week, giving residents the chance to see English-language and other films in their original language, with subtitles in Spanish.

Lanzarote’s Heartbeat

Lanzarote is in constant motion, a volcanic island that is shifting and trembling all the time. These movements are constantly measured and monitored by specialists here and around the world. We visited the source of this information, the Lanzarote Geodynamic Laboratory, last month… Jesús Soto first illuminated the Cueva de los Verdes for visiting scientists […]

La Palma lockdown

Thousands of residents on La Palma have been recommended to remain in their homes as air conditions worsen in the areas near the erupting volcano.

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La Palma Erupts

A volcanic eruption occurred at 3.30 pm on Sunday 19th September on the Canary Island of La Palma. No one was hurt; every person who could be affected has been evacuated and the eruption poses absolutely no danger for anyone on any of the other Canary Islands.