Lanzarote's birth rate has risen by 10% in the first four months of the year, suggesting that the effects of the pandemic are now firmly in the past.

U.D. Las Palmas, the most historically successful football club in the Canaries, won promotion to the Liga Santander last night, finally returning to Spain's top tier five years after they were last relegated.

Today will see millions of people vote throughout Spain in the local and regional elections.

Another wave of pateras has arrived in Lanzarote's waters, with four inflatable craft carrying 195 people intercepted in the last two days.

MediaMarkt, the German electronics giant, opened its first ever store on Lanzarote today.

Campaigning is now over for the local and regional elections that will take place tomorrow. Today is a “day of reflection” during which political campaigning is forbidden. Posters and other publicity will remain in place until after the elections tomorrow.

PP candidate for Yaiza, Juan Monzón Rosales, has announced that he plans for a new viewpoint to be built at Femés should he win the upcoming election.

Mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, has signed an agreement along with the Canary Islands Housing Institute Director, María Isabel Santana Marrero, for a 42,000 square metre plot in Playa Blanca to be used for the construction of social housing.

Here's a brief guide to the parties standing in the local elections on Sunday:

The Cabildo is appealing for photos of the old parador building in Arrecife.

A notably civilised election campaign has taken a turn for the worse in the last few days, with Cabildo President María Dolores Corujo announcing legal action against a local publication and responding to allegations that she has lost her licence for drunk driving.

If you're registered to vote in the local elections on Sunday, you've probably already received a bunch of electoral leaflets in the post. Here's what to do with them.

There will be several events taking place in the next few days to celebrate Canary Islands Day. Here are the events taking place in Arrecife and Puerto del Carmen.

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