Lanzarote ticked all the weather boxes yesterday, recording instances of rain, hail and some small tornadoes.

Last night, the emergency services were called to a vehicle collision in Guime between two cars.

After several years of closure due to the risk of landslides, the Cabildo yesterday reopened the LZ-207 road from Haría to Arrieta, which passes through the lovely little village of Tabayesco.

A walker found three packages containing 5 kilogrammes of cannabis while walking in Tinajo yesterday.

Yesterday the British press once again misrepresented Lanzarote, when the Daily Express published an article with the misleading headline “Spanish hotspot Lanzarote to limit British tourists as island bosses say it's 'saturated’”. The Mail Online reported “Lanzarote says it is fed up with having so many British tourists visiting the island – and wants FEWER UK tourists.”.

The emergency services were called to an incident involving a 75-year-old man at the Salinas de Janubio yesterday afternoon.

Watersports associations gathered at Arrecife's Sailing Club yesterday to express their total opposition to the planned fish farms off the coast of Arrecife, Playa Honda and Matagorda.

Lanzarote's Cabildo has announced that four reports have supported the listing of the Hotel Oriental building, opposite Hiperdino on Arrecife's main shopping street Calle Real, as an asset of cultural interest.

Desertwatch are offering free excursions into Lanzarote's El Jable region until the end of May.

A 15-metre sailing boat ran ashore in rough seas yesterday in Puerto del Carmen.

The Tinajo Ayuntamiento have put out to tender the project to build a skatepark in La Santa, with a budget of just under 200,000 euros.

The surfers at La Santa and Famara aren't the only board riders on Lanzarote. The island also has a long-standing passion for skateboarding, with several skate parks dotted around the island. And one of the brightest hopes for Lanzarote skating is 11-year-old Kayden Hewson Cantoni, from Güime.

The Yaiza Ayuntamiento have just published their monthly events calendar. Here’s what you can expect to see this month:

The CCOO trade union have announced that Arrecife Bus/Intercity Bus will be expanding their staff and the fleet of vehicles in the near future to accommodate the rise in usage and address the lack of staff issue.