Lanzarote’s fire fighters have qualified for the World Rescue Challenge 2024 after coming second place in the National Traffic Accident Rescue Meeting.

Fire fighters were called to calle Seguidilla in Uga last Saturday after reports of a Mercedes that had crashed into a wall.

Fire fighters were called to a fire at an abandoned squash court in Playa Blanca yesterday.

A nude cyclist has been filmed riding along the road to Guatiza in the north of Lanzarote.

Playa Blanca's Blue Flag town beach has once again been closed due to sewage being detected in the water.

This weekend will see associations preparing salt carpets near local churches in one of Lanzarote's prettiest traditions.

Lanzarote launched its new branding at the Jameos del Agua last month. The new logo and slogan will be present on all official materials from the Lanzarote Tourist Board.

In April, Isobel Haldane from Gleneagles in Scotland contacted us to ask if we'd consider an article about César Manrique that she planned to write on her forthcoming Lanzarote holiday. Instead, we invited her to get right to the heart of the matter, at the lively, noisy demonstration in Arrecife on April 20th, where Manrique’s face and words were on the placards of many of the 9,000 marchers.

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

The southern approach to Arrecife has been a textbook piece of poor planning for decades, splitting Playa Honda and El Cable in two and requiring all traffic for Arrecife’s outer ringroad to move into the fast lane.

Canarian scientists have discovered a new species of crustacean in the black coral forests that lie off the shore of Playa Chica in Puerto del Carmen.

Olive oil is known as “liquid gold” – a name that hasn’t been so far from reality after recent price increases - and Lanzarote is making great strides to join the oil producing club.

A Lanzarote lawyer claims the Canarian Government’s proposed law on Holiday Rentals will “exterminate” VVs (Viviendas Vacacionales, or holiday rental apartments) on the Canaries, if approved.

On Lanzarote’s neighbouring island, Fuerteventura, scientists and islanders are nervously awaiting the return of baby turtles that were born on the island 16 years ago.