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NEWS BRIEF: How to save a life

The Safety & Emergencies Consortium continue to hold events to educate and raise awareness of how to act in an emergency on Lanzarote’s beaches.

Speeding fines increase

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.

NEWS BRIEF: From Brussels to Lanzarote

Brussels Airlines will add Lanzarote to its list of destinations from October 31st in response to the increasing demand for winter sun.

Hands off the Charcones!

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.

NEWS BRIEF: Brits lead the way for tourism return

British visitors represented the majority of Lanzarote tourism last month, according to the Cabildo’s Data Centre.

Canaries a safe bet for amber

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.

NEWS BRIEF: Electric scooters in regulation

The Tías Ayuntamiento removed 24 electric scooters from Puerto del Carmen as part of a plan to regulate when and where the scooters can be used.

Patera arrives at Jablillo

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.

NEWS BRIEF: High praise for Canarian healthcare

The Jose Molina Orosa Hospital has received high praise after the results of a patient satisfaction survey, conducted by ESAH, had revealed an average rating of 8.61 for the hospital.

Life’s a beach

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.