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ON THIS DAY: The deadly chain of events that caused the world’s worst aviation disaster on Spanish soil 49 years ago

By Michael Coy TODAY marks exactly 49 years since the world’s deadliest aviation disaster claimed 583 lives right here on Spanish soil. But in a

27 Mar, 2026 @ 15:30

Canary Islands·La Cultura·Lead

WATCH: ‘Record-breaking’ Storm Therese triggers flooding and evacuations across the Canary Islands – with red ‘danger to life’ warning issued for popular holiday hotspot

HOPES that Storm Therese was beginning to subside have been dramatically washed away after the weather system unleashed its fiercest deluge yet on the Canary

25 Mar, 2026 @ 10:23

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Emergency declared on the Canary Islands as ‘tropical’ Storm Therese continues to cause havoc and dams threaten to overflow

MILITARY forces are being deployed to Gran Canaria as Storm Therese wreaks havoc across the archipelago with torrential rain and severe flash flooding. Local authorities

24 Mar, 2026 @ 12:12

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Torrential rain, landslides and thousands of Brits stranded as Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ – and it’s not over yet

LARGE swathes of the Canary Islands remain on alert for poor weather this Sunday as Storm Therese’s ‘second front’ continues to wreak havoc across the

22 Mar, 2026 @ 13:29

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

WATCH: Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ as its caked in snow, swamped in floods and smashed by high waves

THE Canary Islands were plunged into chaos after Storm Therese battered the holiday hotspot with torrential rain, 120km/h winds, and heavy snow. Described by meteorologists

20 Mar, 2026 @ 17:58

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

Storm Therese hits Spanish holiday hotspot just as Trump’s Iran war drives a surge in tourist bookings

EXPATS and tourists in the Canary Islands are on high alert as Storm Therese makes landfall today. AEMET has issued yellow warnings for wind and

18 Mar, 2026 @ 11:50

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

British passenger is kicked off Canary Islands cruise over monkey pox fears – but his test results showed up something closer to home

A BRITISH tourist was booted from a TUI Canary Islands cruise over a suspected monkey pox scare – only to discover the real culprit was

13 Mar, 2026 @ 12:30

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Tenerife

Spain braces for new tourism boom as holidaymakers shun other destinations over Middle East conflict fears

EUROPE’S biggest tour operator, Tui, says that Spain could be the beneficiary of holiday-makers switching their vacations from the war-torn Middle East. Companies are reporting

6 Mar, 2026 @ 12:40

Business & Finance·Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Bombshell tests claim nearly HALF of ‘migrant minors’ arriving in the Canary Islands are actually adults

MIGRATION rules are coming under renewed scrutiny amid allegations that Spain’s system for protecting child migrants is being exploited. A European Parliament mission has found

27 Feb, 2026 @ 10:03

Canary Islands·Lead·Other News·Tenerife

BREAKING: 4.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Tenerife just days after 6,000 mini-tremors underneath Mount Teide sparked eruption fears

HOLIDAYMAKERS and locals across the Canary Islands were unexpectedly shaken earlier today after a 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck between the islands of Tenerife and Gran

26 Feb, 2026 @ 16:05

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Tenerife

Pope Leo’s first trip to Spain as pontiff confirmed – here’s where he will visit

POPE Leo XIV will visit Spain in early June, the Vatican City’s Press Office has confirmed. It was announced at the beginning of the year

26 Feb, 2026 @ 11:14

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Madrid·National News·Tenerife

King of Norway, 89, admitted to hospital while holidaying in the Canary Islands

KING Harald V of Norway was hospitalised in Tenerife while enjoying a winter holiday with his wife, Queen Sonja. Yesterday evening King Harald was admitted

25 Feb, 2026 @ 11:59

Canary Islands·Celebrity·Lead

WATCH: Father and daughter rescued in dramatic operation after being swept to sea from same Tenerife rock pool where four tourists died late last year

TRAGEDY was narrowly averted in the Canary Islands over the weekend after a daring rescue operation was launched to save a father and his 8-year-old

23 Feb, 2026 @ 18:40

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Video

Could Spain’s biggest volcano be about to erupt? All you need to know after Mount Teide is rocked by more than 1,400 mini-earthquakes in less than a day

FEARS are mounting that Spain’s tallest volcano could be about to erupt after Mount Teide was rocked by more than 1,400 tremors in just a

20 Feb, 2026 @ 15:15

Canary Islands·Environment·Green·Lead·Tenerife

Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in the Canary Islands after ‘murdering 10-year-old son and seriously injuring the boy’s mother’

A MACHETE-ARMED suspect has been shot dead by officers in Tenerife after allegedly murdering his 10-year-old son and critically injuring the boy’s mother. Police were

20 Feb, 2026 @ 12:08

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

One of the best schools in Spain is in Tenerife. It’s official

OF the over 4000 international British schools in the world only 60 of them are “Outstanding in every aspect” according to official British school inspectors. These

19 Feb, 2026 @ 12:28

Canary Islands·Education·Sponsored·Tenerife

Benidorm and Torremolinos among eight Spanish towns up in arms over lack of state support for the millions of tourists they receive each year

A FEDERATION of eight Spanish tourist resorts are complaining that they don’t get enough help from the government to pay for basic services. The Alliance

13 Feb, 2026 @ 12:05

Benidorm·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Costa del Sol·Mallorca·National News·Tenerife

Act stupid, pay the price: Spanish tourist hotspot to whack hefty fines on reckless holidaymakers who need rescuing

COSTLY rescues could soon leave reckless swimmers footing helicopter bills of €2,000 an hour under a new Canary Islands law The Canary Islands Government has

12 Feb, 2026 @ 14:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Outrage in Tenerife over ‘racist’ sign put up near migration reception centre

A ROW has broken out in the Canary Islands after far-right activists placed a ‘hateful’ sign outside a reception centre for migrant children in Tenerife.

10 Feb, 2026 @ 12:47

Canary Islands·Lead·Politics

British teen killed in a hit-and-run in Spain ‘buried without his heart after Spanish authorities decided to keep it’

A MERSEYSIDE teen was buried without his heart after Spanish authorities told his mother they were keeping the organ for evidence in their criminal investigation

30 Jan, 2026 @ 10:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

The seizure of 10 tonnes of cocaine from a rust-bucket ship reveals how the cartels resurrect ‘ghost ships’ to smuggle drugs into Spain

RUSTING against the dock in Santa Cruz de Tenerife sits the United S, a vessel that looks like it belongs in the scrapyard. Instead, it

12 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·EXPLAINER·Lead

WATCH: Elite Spanish police storm cargo ship off Canary Islands and uncover record-breaking 10 tonnes of cocaine buried under mountain of salt

ELITE officers from the Policia Nacional have seized the largest high-seas cocaine haul in the force’s history after storming a merchant ship in the Atlantic

12 Jan, 2026 @ 14:40

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Stay alert’ warning for British tourists targeted by pickpockets in Spanish holiday hotspot

HOLIDAYMAKERS have been given a stark new reminder to watch their wallets and phones after bright ‘stay alert’ signs began appearing in Tenerife’s busiest tourist

12 Jan, 2026 @ 11:53

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

BARCELONA, Madrid, and the Canary Islands have been suggested as possible parts of Spain that Pope Leo could visit later this year. There has been

9 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Madrid·National News

Revealed: More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain on small boats in 2025

A NEW report has laid bare the severity of the migrant crisis after it was revealed that more than 3,000 people have died attempting to

29 Dec, 2025 @ 15:54

Canary Islands·Lead

Cult tricked members with expensive animal sacrifices and illegal drugs- coupled with threats and manipulation in Spain

FIVE people have been arrested in the Canary Islands for their involvement in a cult that ripped off members with charges for animal sacrifice rituals

24 Dec, 2025 @ 10:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Canary Islands

ON THIS DAY: The deadly chain of events that caused the world’s worst aviation disaster on Spanish soil 49 years ago

WATCH: ‘Record-breaking’ Storm Therese triggers flooding and evacuations across the Canary Islands – with red ‘danger to life’ warning issued for popular holiday hotspot

WATCH: Emergency declared on the Canary Islands as ‘tropical’ Storm Therese continues to cause havoc and dams threaten to overflow

WATCH: Torrential rain, landslides and thousands of Brits stranded as Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ – and it’s not over yet

WATCH: Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ as its caked in snow, swamped in floods and smashed by high waves

Storm Therese hits Spanish holiday hotspot just as Trump’s Iran war drives a surge in tourist bookings

British passenger is kicked off Canary Islands cruise over monkey pox fears – but his test results showed up something closer to home

Spain braces for new tourism boom as holidaymakers shun other destinations over Middle East conflict fears

Bombshell tests claim nearly HALF of ‘migrant minors’ arriving in the Canary Islands are actually adults

BREAKING: 4.1 magnitude earthquake rocks Tenerife just days after 6,000 mini-tremors underneath Mount Teide sparked eruption fears

Pope Leo’s first trip to Spain as pontiff confirmed – here’s where he will visit

King of Norway, 89, admitted to hospital while holidaying in the Canary Islands

WATCH: Father and daughter rescued in dramatic operation after being swept to sea from same Tenerife rock pool where four tourists died late last year

Could Spain’s biggest volcano be about to erupt? All you need to know after Mount Teide is rocked by more than 1,400 mini-earthquakes in less than a day

Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in the Canary Islands after ‘murdering 10-year-old son and seriously injuring the boy’s mother’

One of the best schools in Spain is in Tenerife. It’s official

Benidorm and Torremolinos among eight Spanish towns up in arms over lack of state support for the millions of tourists they receive each year

Act stupid, pay the price: Spanish tourist hotspot to whack hefty fines on reckless holidaymakers who need rescuing

Outrage in Tenerife over ‘racist’ sign put up near migration reception centre

British teen killed in a hit-and-run in Spain ‘buried without his heart after Spanish authorities decided to keep it’

The seizure of 10 tonnes of cocaine from a rust-bucket ship reveals how the cartels resurrect ‘ghost ships’ to smuggle drugs into Spain

WATCH: Elite Spanish police storm cargo ship off Canary Islands and uncover record-breaking 10 tonnes of cocaine buried under mountain of salt

‘Stay alert’ warning for British tourists targeted by pickpockets in Spanish holiday hotspot

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

Revealed: More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain on small boats in 2025

Cult tricked members with expensive animal sacrifices and illegal drugs- coupled with threats and manipulation in Spain

Chaos finally over at Malaga airport? New English-language videos guides hope to slash queues this Easter

ON THIS DAY: The deadly chain of events that caused the world’s worst aviation disaster on Spanish soil 49 years ago

Arrest made over street shooting that sparked 24-hour police lockdown in Malaga’s Ronda

Eight arrested in dawn raids across Spain and Scotland following two-year probe into organised crime

Gang arrested over €32.8m tax scam on alcohol imported to Spain

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