A Guardia Civil union has called for a marine unit to be posted on Lanzarote.

Primark is currently holding interviews for staff for its new shop in the Open Mall Lanzarote Shopping Centre, which is expected to open in late June or early July.

A 60-year-old has been taken to the hospital in Arrecife after being knocked down on the Rambla Medular.

The emergency services were alerted to a car crash on Calle las Rosas last Friday night.

A Binter pilot has reported being targeted with a high powered laser beam while approaching Lanzarote's César Manrique Airport.

British athlete Lydia Dant won the Lanzarote IRONMAN race for the second consecutive year yesterday in a time of 9 hours, 59 minutes and 13 seconds.

The German electronics giant MediaMarkt will open its first branch on Lanzarote on Saturday, 27th May.

The Lanzarote IRONMAN race started at Playa Grande this morning at 7 am.

Robert Campbell, the Scottish tourist whose body was discovered on Tuesday, appears to have died of natural causes, according to police sources. However, an autopsy will still be required to confirm this.

Lanzarote's continuing reliance on the car has been confirmed by recent figures from the Cabildo's Statistics Centre, which reveal that there are 5,000 more vehicles registered than a year ago. There is currently 1.1 vehicle for every adult resident on the island.

A Scottish holiday-maker who went missing at César Manrique Airport before his flight home has been found dead, news sources confirmed yesterday.

The Guardia Civil have seized approximately 300 marijuana plants found in a home in Tahíche.

The Flower Power garden centre in Macher has a range of stunning plant pots in many different styles and colours. Check out their stunning stone-look pots:

The Guardia Civil removed a passenger on a flight bound for Lanzarote last night.