The Lanzarote Data Centre have just released tourism figures for June this year.

If you've got hundreds of pounds stuffed under your mattress for a rainy day, you should be aware that British paper £20 and £50 banknotes cease to be UK legal tender on 30th September, giving you just under two months to change them. These banknotes will be exclusively polymer-based from October onwards.

This September, residents of Yaiza over the age of 16 will have the opportunity to take part in a free guided tour of Timanfaya to “bring the unique natural area to the residents of the municipality.”.

The tree that was “at risk of falling” in the Parque Ramírez Cerdá, in Arrecife, has now been cut down and removed.

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Celebrations for the Virgen del Carmen in Puerto del Carmen's old town will be closely monitored by police, who will search party-goers for drugs and weapons

The fourth Mercadona supermarket on Lanzarote has opened its doors, in the new La Perla Shopping Centre on the Avenida de las Playas in Puerto del Carmen, opposite the Fariones Apartments.

A 37-year-old man has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out a squatters’ house in Arrecife this morning.

The Abandoned Fumergas petrol station in Arrecife has been burned again, after a fire was reported in the station last week.

Three people have been injured after a collision and rollover on calle Pérez Galdós in Arrecife.

This week the Yaiza Ayuntamiento have finalised the installation of new CCTV cameras in the centre of town.

The Canary Islands have received the first batch of vaccines against Monkeypox – the first shipment, made up of 203 doses of vaccines, has arrived on Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

The Yaiza Ayuntamiento will launched their Agosto Joven events programme with a DJ workshop this Friday at 12pm at the Casa de la Cultura in Yaiza – marking the start of a month of fun activities scheduled to run until August 26th. Here’s the list of activities:

If you ever go to a UD Lanzarote home match, you're likely to be impressed by the amount of British and Irish fans cheering the Rojillos on in their red-and-blue shirts.