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Last chance for residence

Deepika Harjani was the Brexit officer with the British Consulate in Tenerife before her recent appointment as the regional co-ordinator for Age in Spain, and, with the end of the transition period almost upon us, she's been pretty busy. Not too busy to pop into the Gazette office with Honorary Consul Sue Thain for a chat, though.

Coventry woman receives first Covid vaccine

90-year -old Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at 6.45 am this morning, as the NHS launches its vaccination programme.

Christmas Tails

Lanzarote vet Jane Burke remembers some Christmas callouts and reminds us of a few festive no-nos.

Offshore energy

A Portuguese company has submitted a request to install four wind turbines in waters off the coast of Lanzarote. The resulting wind park would generate 50 megawatts of power.

Finally, a win!

Ian Lane reports on UD Lanzarote’s shaky start to the season, and a brilliant fund-raising competition with unbeatable prizes.

Tenerife causes concern

Lanzarote ended the week with a slight rise in active cases, caused mainly by low numbers of recoveries. The island currently has 66 cases, one of which is on the Covid ward at the Dr José Molina Orosa Hospital.

Swedish experiment fails

Sweden appears to be quietly abandoning its “light touch” approach to the coronavirus, as it suffers one of the worst infection rates in Europe as Christmas approaches. However, Canarian tourism authorities will be hoping that any future measures will not affect one of the islands oldest and most reliable tourism markets.

Weather Watch December

October in Lanzarote always feels like the secret end to summer. Whilst many people in the UK and Europe are hunkering down for autumn, we are lucky to still have around eight hours of sunshine a day. This was certainly the case last year as we started the month with plenty of blue skies and just a few wispy clouds. Temperature-wise we were above average with highs of 28 and lows of 20. The final week of the month we saw a change, with a little rainfall and clouds rolling in.

Canarian Christmas curfew

Parties, family get-togethers, hugging, kissing, singing, drinking and gathering in church – Christmas could almost have been designed for the efficient spread of Covid-1. So, in order to reduce the risks of infection, the Canarian government has introduced anti-Covid Christmas measures that set a rule of six for parties and gatherings, and establish a curfew from 1 am to 6 am.

Pet Patrol

14 environmental and wildlife protection groups have requested that Teguise Council authorises its local police force to set up a special pet unit.