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Fire at abandoned petrol station in Arrecife

Firefighters were alerted to a fire at the abandoned Fumergas petrol station in Arrecife on Saturday.

Stuck in a bathroom for ten hours

Emergency services were called to a home in Arrecife after calls that it was strangely quiet inside. They would later find that the inhabitant, a 90-year-old woman, had found herself stuck in the bathroom for ten hours.

Lamppost collision in Arrecife

In the early hours of the morning emergency services were called to an incident where a vehicle had collided with a lamppost and overturned in Arrecife.

Foreign population falls on Canaries

Lanzarote is the only Canary Island whose largest foreign population is British, according to statistics from the Canarian Institute of Statistics.

Canary and Balearic Islands work towards renewable energies

Yesterday, a meeting was held between the Cabildo president María Dolores Corujo, the Canarian Government’s Minister for the Ecological Transition, José Antonio Valbuena, and the National Commissioner for Promotion of Sustainable Energy in Island Systems, Marc Pons, to discuss an energy model based on renewable energies.

Lanzarote Live Music Guide

Ever wondered who’s playing when and where in Lanzarote? Our live music expert Julie has put a list of the island’s regular gigs together from all the different resorts. Here’s your guide:

Deaths rise as infections fall

21 people died with coronavirus in Canarian hospitals in the last three days, 14 of them on Gran Canaria and seven on Tenerife. All the victims were aged between 68 and 94, and had pre-existing conditions.

More rollovers

A lorry and car joined the long list of tumbling vehicles on Lanzarote’s roads yesterday.

“Come and get wet” summer campaign

The San Bartolomé Ayuntamiento have launched their summer campaign “Ven y mójate”, Come and Get Wet, a programme of water activities for over 60s.

Another Cabildo resignation

Yurena Corujo, an assessor for Podemos in Lanzarote's Cabildo, has resigned following the recent dismissal of Elena Solis as councillor for the Environment.