Mini Munchkins are launching a free sensory play session in Puerto Calero this month, to celebrate the magic of Christmas.

Approximately two hundred elderly people from Yaiza enjoyed a tour of the island’s belenes in an activity organised by the Ayuntamiento.

Emergency services were alerted to a small fire in a complex in Puerto del Carmen in the early hours of this morning.

Dena Emerson of Voices Lanzarote has contacted us to inform Gazette readers that, unfortunately, the Yaiza church authorities have not granted permission for the planned carol concerts at the churches in Playa Blanca (15th) and Yaiza (20th)

The Arrecife Ayuntamiento have planted 12,000 poinsettias in the neighbourhoods of the capital.

Emergency services were called to two accidents at Playa Papagayo and Playa Mujeres in Playa Blanca this week.

The number of vehicles on Lanzarote continues to increase, with 136,787 motor vehicles registered on the island – the highest figure in history.

The Workers Commissions trade union (CCOO) has announced a programme of strikes at Spanish airports for December the 22nd, 23rd, 30th and 31st and January the 6th and 8th.

The theft of five camels and a shepherd from Yaiza's famous nativity scene has been condemned by the local Councillor for Culture, Daniel Medina.

The Haría Ayuntamiento have published a list of this year’s Christmas events in the municipality which will run until January 5th. Check out some of the events planned:

Firemen rescued a hiker who had suffered a possible broken arm after he fell on Montaña Guardilama in Tías.

A person was injured after their car left the road on the approach to Arrecife from Costa Teguise yesterday.

The footpath connecting the Playa de la Arena in Arrecife to the port area will be renovated at a a cost of 424,000 Euros.

Moroccan football fans celebrated their team's historical victory over Portugal yesterday, which makes them the first African side to reach the World Cup semi-finals. Happy singing, flag-waving and the usual driving around and tooting car horns carried on for several hours in Arrecife, where the majority of Lanzarote's Moroccan community live. Moroccans are the largest immigrant community on the island after the British.