Lanzarote’s Socialists have demanded an apology from Arrecife Mayor Yonathan de León, who claimed that “sexually abusing women in brothels was intrinsic to the Socialist party” during a council meeting last week.

A driver lost control of his car yesterday and crashed into a wall in Playa Blanca.

Every month, hundreds of resident & visiting photographers capture stunning images of Lanzarote and upload them to Instagram. Here are our top picks for the week.

Searching for that one activity that keeps everyone happy?

What’s the one thing you might miss on a self-guided tour? The stories.

Want breathtaking beauty without the backbreaking work?

Scientists have established that the aepyornis, or elephant bird – one of the largest birds ever to exist – lived on Lanzarote four million years ago.

Jesús Machín is the Cabildo’s Councillor for Tourism Planning. A native of Tinajo with a background in renewables, he’s one of the younger generation of Lanzarote politicians attempting to strike the balance between growth and sustainability. We spoke to him last month.

The Canary Islands have been a smoker’s paradise for decades, but a new law intended to outlaw smoking even further is likely to have an effect on tourist behaviour.

Last month, Spain's Ministry of Housing ordered online platforms such as Airbnb to take down advertisements for around 54,000 illegal holiday rentals in Spain. Almost 900 of these rentals were located in the Lanzarote municipalities of Yaiza and Tías.

If you want to feel Halloween-y at the end of this month, a visit to Teguise, preferably after dark, is sure to put you in the mood.

The days when Arrecife was a little-known zone for foreign residents are over. High property prices have meant that increasing amounts of incomers are seeking accommodation in the cheapest part of the island, with the resident populations of Italians and British more than doubling in the last ten years.

Following a year of refurbishment and renovation of UD Lanzarote’s home ground, the Ciudad Deportiva, Los Rojillos finally returned for the first home match of the season on Sunday September 7th versus CD Tenerife C. Ian Lane reports.

Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the October edition.