The effects of the vaccination drive on the Canaries may already be apparent, as recent figures show the apparent elimination of the virus in care homes, and a reduction in the amount of over 65-year-olds contracting the Covid virus on Lanzarote.

As the UK waits for Boris Johnson to announce his government's “holiday roadmap” later today, Spain will also have to address the recovery of its most important tourist market. And the first thing it will have to do is to make it legal in the first place.

Spain’s vaccination programme is now picking up speed rapidly, and the massive project of immunizing 70% of Spaniards by the end of summer continues apace, as increased supplies of vaccine start to arrive.

Spain fears a fourth wave of Covid infections as cases rise once again in several regions. For the moment, however, Lanzarote’s downward trend continues and the Canaries seem to be holding steady.

The Canaries will not enforce the new national law that prohibits sunbathing without a mask, and will hope to rely on a loophole in the law that permits measures to be “authorized by local health authorities.”

La Graciosa has been invaded by local officials after a British professor discovered that a cactus found on the island contains a powerful chemical that is almost identical to Viagra.

A meeting between the Spanish government and regional leaders today will examine whether any changes can be made to the new national law ordering that masks must be worn at all time in public places, including beaches and pools while sunbathing and while walking in the countryside.

The Canaries has now fully immunised over 100,000 people with two doses of vaccine, and will continue its Covid immunisation programme over Easter, despite a serious shortfall in the supply of AstraZeneca vaccines.

As the 90-day deadline approaches for non-resident British citizens in Spain, an article that has been widely shared on social media has made suspicious and unsubstantiated claims about the intentions of the Spanish authorities.

The Canaries continue to break vaccination records, administering 11,500 jabs throughout the islands on Friday. Until now, 274,777 people have received at least one dose, and almost 200,000 have been fully immunised.

We visited the current exhibition dedicated to Lanzarote's rural and coastal women at the Casa Amarilla in Arrecife's city centre and discovered a fascinating and thought-provoking glimpse at a not-too-distant way of life that seems unimaginable now.

Island authorities and ecologists have condemned the Canarian Fishing Department’s approval of the detailed planning of a proposed fish farming area measuring more than 9 kilometres, which lies a couple of kilometres off the shores of Puerto del Carmen, Playa Honda and Arrecife.

From tomorrow, 26th March, until the 9th April, special restrictions will apply on the Canary Islands and throughout Spain. These have been introduced mainly to reduce travel and avoid the risk of family gatherings.

Spain will lift its three-month travel ban on flights from the UK on March 30th, it was announced yesterday.