The One Stop Problem Shop

Eleven people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil accused of smuggling fake ‘branded’ cigarettes into Tenerife. Authorities estimate that, had the cigarettes hit the streets, the public coffers would have been out of pocket to the tune of 400,000 Euros. Me...

Barring further delays the section of Tenerife’s new ring road from Adeje to Santiago del Teide will be finished by October 2011. ...

The Coalition Canaria (CC) party is pressing the Canarian government to push for the Canary Islands to have their own domain names on the internet. (more…)

A 45-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Sunday when his bike left the road. The accident happened at around 6pm last night on the TF-1 motorway near the new San Isidro bridge in Granadilla de Abona...

An Iberian Airlines aircraft with 132 passengers on board was forced to return to Tenerife’s north airport this morning after developing engine problems. (more…)

A British man was arrested in Puerto Santiago on Saturday and charged with attempted murder. (more…)

Those who have had running battles withmobile ‘phone companies’ computers being down due to the overwhelming demand for registration over the last few weekswill be pleased to know they do not have to lose their numbersor any prepaid credit on them. Th...

A preliminary report by the Instituto Canario de Investigaciones de la Construcción, (Icinco), into last Sunday’s landslide in Los Gigantes says the rock fall was probably caused by water. (more…)

A 77-year-old Scottish tourist paid dearly last Sunday when he decided to buy a video camera, a battery and a carton of cigarettes from a shop in Los Cristianos...

An eight month old baby girl from the Canary Islands has become the youngest patient in Europe to undergo an operation to receive cochlear implants. (more…)

The number of cases of swine flu in the Canary Islands doubled during the last week of October, rising to more than 324 cases per 100,000 head of population. (more…)

So it wasn’t our imagination. The Spanish Met Office say that October this year was “extraordinarily warm” in the Canary Islands, with temperatures 2.4C above the normal average for the time of year. (more…)

The Canary Islands’ Tourist Board has launched a seven million Euro advertising blitz across 14 European countries in an attempt to boost visitor numbers. (more…)

Four Germans, living in Gran Canaria, had to be rescued at dawn this morning after the engine broke down 19 miles from shore. The crew sent out a distress call around midnight last night (more…)