The Lanzarote Cabildo and the Canarian Government have collaborated to bring the prestigious Canary Islands Music Festival (FIMC) to the island this January.

A Dublin woman has been convicted of defrauding a friend of approximately €30,000 after exploiting the victim's dream of investing in a Lanzarote bar, The Irish Times reports.

UPTOMOON in Playa Honda, is a state-of-the-art photography studio with some incredible new features. Last month we visited and chatted to owner Eileen, who told us about this fantastic venture.

Haría Ayuntamiento is gearing up for the arrival of the Three Kings and the traditional parade through the municipality. The magical day is set for Monday, 5 January, promising excitement and wonder for families across the region.

The yellow alert for rain this evening, January 1st, will run from 6 pm to 3 am.

A man drowned at Papagayo yesterday, between the beaches of Playa de las Mujeres and Caleton de Cobre.

A collision between two cars near Masdache yesterday morning resulted in one vehicle being burnt out completely.

The Canarian Health Service has called for blood donors urgently, and has confirmed that it has lifted the ban on donors that applied to anyone who had spent six months in the United Kingdom between 1980 and 1997.

Lanzarote’s main fire station, or Consorcio Insular de Emergencias (Island Emergency Consortium) is located in northern Arrecife, a few streets away from the hospital. Outside the building are a row of shiny, brand new fire engines, a jet-ski and a recently-installed metal tank with a winch that will be used to thoroughly extinguish fires in electric vehicles.

2025 saw Lanzarote fuller than ever, with more residents and tourists 2025 on the island than ever before, more cars on its roads and more demands on public services.

Our readers regularly send us messages and emails regarding Lanzarote, here are some of your thoughts that we printed in the January edition.

There’s no stopping our football correspondent Ian Lane. Last month he was laid up in Arrecife’s general hospital after a knee operation, but despite severe pain and being doped up to the eyeballs, he still managed to send us his report. Get well fast, Ian!

A fisherman has been banned from angling for three years and fined €8 a day for 18 months after catching and killing an angel shark.

The Canarian Government has issued a pre-alert for wind, rain, storms and rough seas in anticipation of the arrival of Storm Francis on the evening of Thursday January 1st.