Covid cases continue to rise on the Canaries, with Tenerife and Gran Canaria likely to join Lanzarote and Fuerteventura on Level 2 later today.

Arrecife will be holding its official Christmas lights switch-on event this Friday, and will turn on more than 800,000 bulbs for the coming festivities.

Researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaría have proposed a bus service that serves Lanzarote's principal tourist attractions, in order to reduce the use of cars and cut carbon emissions.

Haría Ayuntamiento has criticised the decision of Spain's Interior Ministry to place a SIVE (Integrated External Vigilance System) at the Mirador de Guinate, without consulting them.

The Canarian Government is likely to approve a vaccine passport for interior spaces such as bars, restaurants and nightclubs tomorrow. The scheme will require people entering these premises to display proof of vaccination, and is similar to the system currently operating at airports for all international arrivals, and which will be extended to arrivals from Spain from 1st December.

Parking spaces at the new La Perla shopping centre in Puerto del Carmen should be ready by spring, according to Lanzasuiza, the owners of the project.

Lanzarote will shortly see two new Mayors take the reins of power in San Bartolomé and Haría, following the death of Alexis Tejera, and Chaxiraxi Niz’s maternity leave.

Lanzarote's Cabildo and the Ayuntamiento of Arrecife are in turmoil after a day which saw the pacts between the PP (popular party) and the PSOE (Socialist Party) shattered.

The Mayor of Yaiza, Óscar Noda, signed off a €364,000 contract to start works in San Marcial del Rubicón which will reform the sports area.

The Arrecife Ayuntamiento have started their new cleaning initiative this week, “A cleaner Arrecife, neighbourhood by neighbourhood”.

Lanzarote will return to Level 2 on Monday 22nd November for the first time since June, following what the Canarian Government described as “an abrupt rise” in infections.

The Yaiza Ayuntamiento, in collaboration with Sonia Marcías & filmmaker Àlvaro Cuadrado, spread a message of overcoming challenges in life through metaphors.

Lanzarote's hospital occupancy figures shot up yesterday as six more people were admitted to the main Covid ward, bringing the total of patients to 10. Meanwhile, Spain's Prime Minister has announced that booster jabs will be offered to the over-60s.

This week the Yaiza Ayuntamiento continued with its 1.3 million euros road works program, starting work on El Tenique.