The Arrecife Ayuntamiento have put out to tender the plans for a community kitchen which will have an annual budget of 400,000 euros and be managed by the non-profit organisation, EMERLAN.

The Guardia Civil have sent out a warning about the rise in scams through the Bizum app. The app, launched in 2016, allows users to conduct person-to-person payments via their smartphones.

The Cabildo has closed the LZ-703 road leading to Los Hervideros, the spectacular natural viewpoint on Lanzarote's west coast where waves crash into the rocks, because of possible landslides and subsidence.

The square in Yaiza was in full swing last week, with long-standing traditions, markets and concerts at the official unveiling of the annual Belén.

A new roundabout will be created on the top of the hill in Macher, in the zone known as La Calderina, on the stretch of the LZ2 between the existing roundabout that leads to Puerto Calero (with Yaiza secondary school) and the roundabout to Puerto del Carmen (with the Eurospar).

Clinics and testing centres can be found in all of Lanzarote’s three major resorts, as well as in the capital Arrecife. Here's a list of where to get tested in each resort.

Covid passports will be valid on the Canary Islands from Friday the 10th December until the 15th January, and may be extended beyond that date.

From next Tuesday, 7th December, all passengers over the age of 12 arriving in England must take a pre-departure Covid test in the 48 hours before their arrival, the UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps announced yesterday.

A 40-year-old man was found dead on the Camino de Rositas in Yé yesterday, and is assumed to have been the victim of fatal heart attack.

A judgment by Spain's Supreme Court has given the green light to the Canaries' planned introduction of Covid passports in bars, restaurants and nightclubs. It now remains to be seen whether the Canarian Government will introduce the controversial measure, and if so, in which situations.

These are the public holidays for 2022. May Day and Christmas Day fall on Sundays this year, so the Canarian Government has moved these holidays to 14th April and 26th December.

This week the Arrecife Ayuntamiento continues its work to repair and renew certain areas of the capital. The skatepark will have all new wooden ramps, metal sheeting and a new coat of paint.

Lanzarote has been taken down to Level 1 of the Canarian Government's Covid alert system after just a week at Level 2.

A walker and a hunter have discovered ancient remains dating from long before the Spanish conquest of the Canaries.