Partido Popular members, Juan Monzón and Guayo Rodríguez, have once again denounced the rubbish collection service in Playa Blanca stating that it has been a week since rubbish has been collected in many streets.

Today is the Dia de Nuestra Señora de los Volcanes (The Day of Our Lady of the Volcanoes), the annual holiday in honour of Lanzarote's patron.

Arrecife has declared three days of official mourning for ex-Mayor José María Espino, who died yesterday at the age of 88.

Socialist councillors on Lanzarote's Cabildo have proposed a daily limit on visitors to la Graciosa.

Five rubbish bins have been set on fire and destroyed in Uga this morning.

A gambling hall in Arrecife was ram-raided in the early hours of Monday morning.

Dimás Martín, the ex-leader of the PIL political party, has confessed that he received a bribe of €72,000 from waste disposal company Urbaser in order to win the waste contract for Arrecife in 2002.

Emergency services were alerted to a fire in an abandoned house in Playa Blanca this morning.

A driver has been taken to the hospital in Arrecife after their car left the road and crashed into a ditch in Tinajo.

Three quarters of a million people arrived at Lanzarote Airport in the month of August, an all-time record for the island.

An Italian woman was evacuated from the Caldera Blanca yesterday after suffering from heatstroke.

3,914 migrants have arrived on Lanzarote by the end of August this year, according to the Cruz Roja. This total includes 337 women and 553 minors.

January and September are key dates to make a fresh start. Whether it's because we go back to work after the summer, the Christmas holidays, or because the holidays make us feel optimistic about the changes we can actually achieve in our lives, those dates are crucial.

Two people have been taken to the hospital in Arrecife after a collision between two cars and a motorbike in Playa Blanca this morning.