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Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:18

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit, 53, dies after plunging 10 metres from airport car park on Spanish holiday island

A 53-year-old British man has died after falling from a car park at Gran Canaria airport. The man plunged approximately 10 metres – equivalent to

12 Sep, 2025 @ 11:46

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s Tenerife to carry out largest-ever volcano eruption drill – days after ‘unusually shallow’ earthquakes recorded near Mount Teide surface

OVER 1,000 residents will be evacuated from their homes later this month when authorities in Tenerife carry out the island’s largest-ever volcano eruption drill. The

8 Sep, 2025 @ 12:32

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Tenerife

Desperate search underway after Brit sailor, 34, vanishes 50 miles off Gran Canaria coast during round-the-world trip

FEARS are growing for a British sailor embarking on a solo round-the-world trip after his abandoned boat was discovered drifting off the Canary Islands. A

3 Sep, 2025 @ 11:06

Canary Islands·Lead

Tommy Robinson avoids charge over alleged St Pancras assault – hours before far-right activist fled to Spain

TOMMY Robinson will not face charges over assault allegations that led the British far-right extremist to flee the UK for the Spanish island of Tenerife,

29 Aug, 2025 @ 12:43

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Man seriously injured in Spain’s Canary Islands after being knocked over by barrels of beer

A MAN has been seriously injured in the Canary Islands after a pallet of beer barrels fell on top of him. The nasty incident occurred

27 Aug, 2025 @ 14:49

Canary Islands·Lead

Spanish team is developing robots to explore underground caves on the moon and Mars

SPANISH scientists are testing robots in volcanic tunnels to see if humans could one day live in similar caves on the Moon or Mars. Researchers

18 Aug, 2025 @ 11:58

Andalucia·Canary Islands·Lead·Malaga

Salmonella death of Brit, 70, during birthday trip to Spanish island luxury resort blamed on ‘shocking hygiene standards’

AN investigation into the death of British tourist Leslie Green, 70, has concluded that he died of a salmonella infection earlier this year. Mr Green,

12 Aug, 2025 @ 12:08

Canary Islands·Lead

Alert for holidaymakers in Spain’s Canary Islands: Rare red weather warning issued for extreme heat – with temperatures surpassing 40C

AUTHORITIES in Spain have issued a rare red weather alert for the Canary Islands as a heatwave brings sky-high temperatures to the archipelago. The red

10 Aug, 2025 @ 10:12

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

British girl, 11, dies after drowning in 30cm deep kids swimming pool in Spanish tourist hotspot

AN 11-YEAR-OLD British girl has tragically died after drowning in a children’s swimming pool while holidaying in the Canary Islands. The unnamed youngster was pulled

10 Aug, 2025 @ 09:49

Canary Islands·Lead

Brit tourist, 16, arrested in Spain’s Tenerife over ‘attempted hotel sex attack’

A 16-YEAR-OLD British tourist has been arrested by police in Tenerife on suspicion of typing to rape a fellow Brit holidaymaker. The male teenager is

7 Aug, 2025 @ 15:20

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

No filter for fines: Tenerife in Spain declares war on eco-wrecking social media influencers

THEY fly in for the likes – but could be leaving with five-figure fines. Tenerife in the Canaries has officially declared war on a new

5 Aug, 2025 @ 11:40

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Other News

BREAKING: Tommy Robinson arrested over alleged assault – days after Olive Press revealed far-right activist had fled to Spain’s Canary Islands

TOMMY Robinson has been arrested over an alleged assault – days after the Olive Press revealed that the British far-right extremist had fled the UK

4 Aug, 2025 @ 21:20

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Violent scenes as football hooligans clash during pre-season friendly in Spain’s Canary Islands

THIS is the shocking moment dozens of Spanish football hooligans ran riot at a pre-season friendly in the Canary Islands. Video footage posted on social

4 Aug, 2025 @ 15:19

Canary Islands·Lead·Sport

Far-right fugitive Tommy Robinson flees to Tenerife after alleged UK assault – but could he soon return to mainland Spain?

FAR-RIGHT rabble-rouser Tommy Robinson has done a runner again to Spain – this time fleeing to Tenerife just hours after allegedly knocking a man unconscious

30 Jul, 2025 @ 15:54

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead

Girl, 17, suffers horrific 95% burns after man sets her on fire in Canary Islands

A TEENAGE girl suffered serious burns to her body after a 20-year-old man set fire to her inside a squatted property in Las Palmas, Gran

16 Jul, 2025 @ 13:27

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Narcos burn boat at sea and cook cocaine worth millions as Spanish cops close in

DRUG traffickers deliberately torched and sank their yacht off of Tenerife after being cornered by Spanish customs patrol boats. The two crew members, one French

8 Jul, 2025 @ 16:51

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Europe’s best beach is found in Spain – as is the second, according to German travel company

EUROPE’s best beaches have been ranked by travel company Omio, and Spanish beaches take the first two placings out of 75. Number one is Teresitas

2 Jul, 2025 @ 16:48

Canary Islands·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Tenerife

‘Sperm whales, loggerheads and coral forests’: Spain to expand its protected sea reserves

SPAIN has taken another important step forward to protect its oceans by expanding marine reserves yet the road ahead is long, a marine scientist says.

18 Jun, 2025 @ 16:58

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Summer holiday chaos for Brits as hotel workers in Tenerife to strike ‘every Friday’

HOSPITALITY workers are planning to strike in Tenerife every Friday in July and August after union negotiations on a pay increase failed to reach an

12 Jun, 2025 @ 11:52

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

British tourists stuck in ‘third world hell’ at airport in Spain – in ‘taste of things to come when EES arrives’

IN A TASTE of what might happen at Spanish airports this summer- with a record number of UK tourists expected- long passport control queues formed

29 May, 2025 @ 17:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Seven people dead as rickety migrant boat with 180 travellers capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands

AT LEAST seven people died on Wednesday when a boat carrying around 180 migrants capsized as it was being escorted to a Canary Islands harbour.

28 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Canary Islands·Lead

‘We are not a free bar’: Spanish leader responds to drop in British tourism to holiday islands

THE president of the Canary Islands sought to defend the archipelago’s tourism strategy in its regional parliament on Tuesday, stating: “We are not a free

28 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics·Travel News

REVEALED: The three beaches in Spain with the best photographic ‘wow factor’

THREE Spanish beaches have been proclaimed to have the ‘wow factor’ when photographs are posted online via social media or in travel blogs. The holiday

25 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Galicia·Lead

Tragedy in Tenerife: British boy, 4, drowns in hotel swimming pool

A BRITISH boy, 4, died after being pulled out of a Tenerife hotel swimming pool on Thursday. The incident happened shortly before 5pm at a

23 May, 2025 @ 12:00

Canary Islands·Lead

British tourist, 68, dies in Spain three months after being ‘sucker punched on a night out’

A BRITISH pensioner has passed away three months after he suffered a horrific assault while holidaying in Spain. Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, was ‘just

21 May, 2025 @ 14:35

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead