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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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Winter is coming!

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For many cyclists, the arrival of winter is not welcomed. It means layering up and cycling through chilling winds and frost – but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Open Mall creates 500 new jobs

The Mayor of Arrecife, Astrid Pérez, spoke at the inauguration of the island’s newest shopping centre last Thursday.

Two pateras intercepted

Maritime Rescue services intercepted two more pateras off the north coast of Lanzarote last night.

Dying man expelled

Mohamed Salem, a terminally ill Western Saharan activist, returned to El Aaiun from Lanzarote on Saturday to visit friends and family and pass the final days of his life in his hometown.

AFOL dinner raises €10,000

Lanzarote's Association for Families Affected by Cancer (AFOL) held its annual charity dinner at the Monumento del Campesino on Saturday evening, raising over €10,000 for the charity.

Airport updates

€198,400 will be used to carry out various improvements at Lanzarote's César Manrique Airport.

Accident in the market

A man tripped and fell in Arrecife's Saturday market yesterday at midday, reportedly banging his head severely and losing teeth. It is reported that he tripped on loose and broken paving stones.

Burglar charged

A 34-year-old man was arrested last month and charged with various break-ins across the island.

No fouling

Arrecife will install 35 waste bins, accompanied with posters, to encourage dog owners to dispose of their animals' mess.

Rescue at Los Charcones

An emergency helicopter rescued a 31-year-old man from the sea off the coast of Los Charcones yesterday.

Airport arrivals increase

Lanzarote Airport received 11% more visitors this October than it did in the same month in 2019, before the pandemic started. 680.525 visitors arrived on the island last month, according to Spain's airport authority AENA.

Open Mall now open

Busy scenes at the Open Mall Shopping Centre, which officially opened for business this morning.

Teguise gets festive

The Teguise Ayunamiento are getting ready to decorate the municipality for Christmas.

Kites away!

Don't forget, this weekend in Fuerteventura will see strange and colourful shapes as the 35th Kite Festival takes place.

Rally row returns

Environmental groups have once again criticised the decision to hold the Rallye Isla de Volcanes on the first days of December, saying that it could seriously affect wildlife in the Jable desert region.