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6 | Gazette Life | November 2025LOCAL NEWSFor more news scan this QR code.A report commissioned by the Ayuntamiento of T%u00edas has recommended that free access to Las Grietas should be ended, with only guided tours permitted to visit the strange rock formations.Ten years ago, barely anyone knew about the picturesque canyons at the foot of Monta%u00f1a Blanca. However, the rise of independent travel and social media sites such as Instagram have turned them into an increasingly crowded tourist attraction.Constant problems with traffic parking dangerously, tourists injured after falls, and the risk to the rock formations themselves caused T%u00edas to commission a report by a geologist, and one of the main recommendations is that the canyons should be cordoned off.Other recommendations include restricting access to guided tours of ten people or less and improving signage near the site that indicates the authorised parking area. DIGGING INTO THE DISTANT PASTCABILDO LOSES OUT October was a bad month for the Cabildo, which was turned down for %u20ac20 million of European development funds, then lost the concession for a fish processing plant in Arrecife. The Cabildo did not appear in the provisional list of successful applicants for grants from the Local Development Strategy of the European Regional Development Fund. Meanwhile, T%u00edas and Teguise will be considered for around %u20ac9 million each.Criticism of the ruling group of President Oswaldo Betancort by opposition parties was fierce after the decision, and intensified with the news that the Cabildo%u2019s application for a 10-year extension to the fish processing plant in Puerto Naos had been rejected after being presented three days too late - a significant loss for the industry. In both cases, the Cabildo has been accused of %u201cneglect%u201d and %u201cnot putting the work in%u201d LAS GRIETAS REPORTYour award-winning, family-run business.The advisers are Logic Financial Consultants are fully regulated and licensed by OpesFidelio who are a trademarked network of Aisa International, s.r.o., regulated by the Czech National Bank to act as an independent securities trader (MIFID) and as an intermediary for Insurance within the EEA. Aisa also holds licences for Supplementary Pensions Savings and Consumer Credit | The company%u2019s Identi%u0086cation number is 282 24 981 and can be found in the web app at www.cnb.cz OpesFidelio and its Trademark are certi%u0086cation marks owned by Aisa Ltd who permit the use of this Trademark in the EU.Professional, Trusted Financial AdviceGuiding you to a future of financial securityWith over 45 years experience, fully regulated Logic Financial Consultants offer clear financial advice on; %u2022 Investments %u2022 Pensions %u2022 QROPS/ QNUPS %u2022 SIPP%u00b4s %u2022 Cross Border Tax Planning %u2022 Inheritance and Succession Tax %u2022 Modelo 720 Asset Declaration.Email: info@logicfc.com www.logicfinancialconsultants.comIan Whitby DipPFS 634 706 748George Whitby DipPFS 696 513 955Joe Whitby 965 020 444Why not call for a free no-obligation consultation?Joe, Ian and GeorgeArchaeologists have uncovered three more ancient skeletons at the San Marcial de Rubic%u00f3n site near Papagayo beach.The site is the location of the very first European settlement on Canaries, the first example of European settler colonialism of the modern age. Ten skeletons were discovered in 2023 and a further four were found last year. The recent discoveries bring the total up to 17.The evidence that some of the skeletons were children, apparently buried according to Christian practice, suggest that they could be the first examples of interbreeding between European settlers and natives.Photo: Dave Tylcoat