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Three-year-old child drowns in swimming pool at Tinajo holiday rental

A three-year-old child has drowned in a swimming pool in a holiday rental property in Tinajo.

Three-year-old child drowns in swimming pool at Tinajo holiday rental

A three-year-old child has drowned in a swimming pool in a holiday rental property in Tinajo.

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New road opens today

The improved LZ-48 road from Nazaret to the Agricultural Complex near San Bartolomé will be officially opened later today at 1 pm.

Port still recovering

Arrecife's port received 37.5% fewer passengers in 2022 than in 2019, the last “normal” year before the pandemic.

Congratulations María Alonso

Young Playa Blanca resident, María Alonso, achieved first place in her category at a European Jiu-jitsu competition held in Paris.

Where to shop for carnival

Lanzarote’s carnivals are coming up, and you’ll want to dress to impress. The carnival calls for colourful and unique outfits – exactly the kind of thing you can expect to find at Wendy’s Fantasy pop-up shop in Puerto del Carmen.

Arrecife adds new electric minibuses

The Mayor of Arrecife, Astrid Pérez, presented three new electric minibuses this week, which are soon to be a part of the public transport fleet in Arrecife.

ALDI to open in Lanzarote in February

In a recent press release, ALDI have confirmed that their newest shop in the Canaries (Lanzarote) will open its doors to customers next month.

Busy year for Tías police

Tias's local police carried out 12,661 services last year.

Islote de Fermina to open

The Islote de Fermina in Arrecife will finally be open to all members of the public from next Monday, 30th January.

Sunday firefighter call

Yesterday morning, the emergency services were called to a fire on Calle Tarragona in Arrecife in which three rubbish containers and two cars were affected.

Body linked to boat

The Guardia Civil have confirmed that the dead body found washed ashore at Caletón Blanco on Saturday morning was the crew member of the sailing boat that was grounded on rocks in the same place on Friday.

No to brine outlet

On Sunday morning around 300 people gathered at La Santa to protest against a planned brine outlet in the town.

Dangerous driver identified

Guardia Civil have identified a motorist who was filmed driving at high speed towards Arrecife on the wrong side of the road.

Body found at Caletón Blanco

The dead body of a man was discovered on the beach at Caletón Blanco yesterday, the morning after a sailing boat had been discovered wrecked on nearby rocks.

Strip lighting

Energy efficient lighting will be installed in Puerto del Carmen over the next two weeks as part of a drive to increase energy efficiency in public installations.

Carbon questions

A study by the University of La Laguna in Tenerife estimates that carbon emissions from tourist flights amount to 54% of the emissions already caused by the Canary Islands.