51-year-old Josu Uribe will be leading the Rojillos into their 2020/21 campaign. The veteran manager from the Asturias region of north-east Spain has had many highlights during his 30 years as a coach, most notably in 2002/03 when he led UD…

A recent survey has claimed that almost  a third of Spaniards (32%) would be happy to get a Covid-19 vaccine tomorrow. Another third would be favourable towards receiving a vaccine, but are worried about the adequacy of testing or being used…

Lanzarote and the Canaries continue to make promising progress in slowing down new coronavirus infection rates. However, with four deaths the total of fatalities on the islands has now reached 202. On the Canaries as a whole, the total…

Today is the feast day of Our Lady of the Volcanoes, the patron of Lanzarote. It's Lanzarote's principal public holiday, and still an important event despite the cancellation of this year's fiesta because of the Covid-19 pandemic.   Nuestra…

Tinajo is the third-largest municipality on Lanzarote, but the second least-populated, with just 6,279 residents at the last census. Stretching from the volcanoes of Timanfaya in the west to the sandy desert region of El Jable in the east; from the wild coastline of the north to the wine fields of La Geria in the south, it's perhaps the most typically "Lanzarote" of all the municipalities.

A 60-year old man became the eighth victim of the coronavirus pandemic on Lanzarote yesterday. The man, who suffered from preexisting conditions, is the second victim of the virus in the second wave of the pandemic on the island. The…

As Lanzarote and the Canaries registered large increases in new cases over recent weeks, the fear was that many of those cases would deteriorate, involving hospitalisations and deaths. However, the amount of hospitalisations has remained…

As the new season approaches, so does the 50th anniversary of UD Lanzarote. To commemorate this, the club which has worn the same kit for 3 seasons will be sporting a new kit that honours the anniversary. The new kits come in the home…

Cabildo president María Dolores Corujo has welcomed the decision of the Spanish government to authorise PCR tests on all tourists to the Canaries on their arrival and before they leave.  At a meeting with Lanzarote tourist professionals…

The Canarian Government has decided to open all schools on the Canaries for the new academic year which begins next week. At a meeting yesterday, government spokesman Julio Pérez said “classes can begin safely, as the necessary measures…

The Canarian Health Council has identified 49 Covid-19 outbreaks on the Canaries, with 11 of them assigned to Lanzarote. Of the 49 Canarian outbreaks, 33 have arisen from family reunions; nine originate in the workplace, six have arisen…

Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister, Arancha González Laya, has said that Spain will open negotiations with the UK to reopen air bridges to the Canaries and Balearics following Mondays announcement of a new “islands policy” by the UK government. Currently, …

Canarian President Ángel Victor Torres has expressed his “deep discontent” at the decision of Spain’s Migration Minister, José Luis Escriva, to cancel a planned visit to the islands, during which he was scheduled to find out more about…

A recently-published article by two professors from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria highlights the effects that the lockdown and the “new normal” are having on those with autism spectrum disorders. The study, by María…