Ian Lane reports on UD Lanzarote’s shaky start to the season, and a brilliant fund-raising competition with unbeatable prizes.

Lanzarote ended the week with a slight rise in active cases, caused mainly by low numbers of recoveries. The island currently has 66 cases, one of which is on the Covid ward at the Dr José Molina Orosa Hospital.

Sweden appears to be quietly abandoning its “light touch” approach to the coronavirus, as it suffers one of the worst infection rates in Europe as Christmas approaches. However, Canarian tourism authorities will be hoping that any future measures will not affect one of the islands oldest and most reliable tourism markets.

October in Lanzarote always feels like the secret end to summer. Whilst many people in the UK and Europe are hunkering down for autumn, we are lucky to still have around eight hours of sunshine a day. This was certainly the case last year as we started the month with plenty of blue skies and just a few wispy clouds. Temperature-wise we were above average with highs of 28 and lows of 20. The final week of the month we saw a change, with a little rainfall and clouds rolling in.

Parties, family get-togethers, hugging, kissing, singing, drinking and gathering in church – Christmas could almost have been designed for the efficient spread of Covid-1. So, in order to reduce the risks of infection, the Canarian government has introduced anti-Covid Christmas measures that set a rule of six for parties and gatherings, and establish a curfew from 1 am to 6 am.

14 environmental and wildlife protection groups have requested that Teguise Council authorises its local police force to set up a special pet unit.

SARA Animals of the month - This time we focus on 11-year-old Yimy and the longtime resident of SARA, Manolo.

December Island Information! A rundown of everything that is happening this month that you need to know; written in a brief and easy to understand format.

England's lockdown ended at 12.01 this morning, as much of the country entered the new tier system. Fortunately for Lanzarote's tourist sector, the UK government will still permit travel for holidays abroad from all tiers.

Monthly local news roundup! A rundown of everything that has happened during the past month that you need to know; written in a brief and easy to understand format.

Heavy rains once again took Lanzarote by surprise yesterday , rendering some roads unpassable and flooding several streets in the capital Arrecife.

This weekend saw the 42nd anniversary of the Cruz del Mar massacre, when seven fishermen from the fishing barrio of Valterra were murdered on their fishing boat by unidentified assailants. Just like every year, the dead were honoured with a floral wreath and a service attended by families of the victims, Arrecife Mayor Astrid Pérez and other representatives of Arrecife Ayuntamiento.

Lanzarote currently has 59 active cases of coronavirus, exactly the same number as last Sunday, and ten fewer than it started the month with.

Lanzarote's Water Consortium has fined the island’s water supplier, Canal Gestión, for three beaches of contract, and the island’s water minister has said that the Cabildo is “very worried” that Canal is “starting to be a problem rather than a solution.”