Speeding fines have increased on Lanzarote after Spain’s Traffic Department (DGT) has started to enforce new rules that apply to the island’s network of cycle-friendly roads.

The Podemos party has criticised Canarian Government plans which it claims will ruin some of the wildest and most beautiful charcones ( natural tidal pools) on Lanzarote.

The UK government is expected to keep Spain and the Canaries on its amber list today, meaning travellers arriving home from holiday will not have to quarantine.

Holiday makers on the beach at Playa de Jablillo got a big surprise at 3.40 pm yesterday when a patera (Moroccan fishing boat used by migrants) landed on the beach right in front of their eyes.

The sun loungers on Costa Teguise’s beaches will not be back until 2022, Teguise Ayuntamiento has announced. The company that operated the service ended its contract two years ago, and the pandemic means that it has not yet been renewed.