A 47-year-old man died this morning after his car left the LZ-2 main road in the municipality of Tías.

The storm that arrived on Lanzarote yesterday was not as strong as expected, although it did bring rain, hail, thunder, and lightning to many parts of the island.

The “Fobos” sculpture, one of César Manrique’s wind toys, on the Tahiche roundabout will now be illuminated at night for the first time ever.

The Cabildo has announced that all public facilities, such as those used for education, sport, culture (theatres etc) and day centres will be closed today, and all public events in the open air and indoors will be cancelled. The decision has been taken because of the heavy rainfall expected during the day.

A British tourist attempted to get into a private car that had just dropped a worker off at the airport, La Voz de Lanzarote reports.

Spain’s Meteorological Agency (AEMET) have activated a yellow rain warning today which was set to run through to Saturday, however, they have changed Saturday’s warning to an orange warning.

Haría's Guitar Festival will begin today, another cultural jewel of the kind that the northern town does so well.

Firemen extinguished a blazing vehicle between the Famara clifftop and the Volcán de la Corona yesterday.

The heavens opened in Playa Blanca at around 6am this morning… and Spain’s Meteorological Agency (AEMET) have activated a yellow rain and thunder warning for today and tomorrow. Did you see any rain this morning?

Tías Ayuntamiento will start to install brown rubbish containers for organic waste in April, it has announced.

Drivers for Arrecife Bus, the island's island-wide bus service, have threatened to strike from mid-April unless demands for proper break periods and weekends off are met.

The first forecast from Spain’s Meteorological Agency (AEMET) that we reported earlier this week has changed, and there is now a week of cloudy skies and light showers forecast.

The Centres for Art, Culture and Tourism have added two new eco-efficient tour buses to the fleet to be used at Timanfaya.

A 50-year-old woman has been injured after overturning her car on the LZ-2 near the Deiland Shopping Centre yesterday.