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Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

THE search for an elderly British man who fell from an adults-only cruise ship near the Canary Islands has been called off with the passenger

2 Dec, 2025 @ 15:25

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

WATCH: Two Italian mafia members wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

TWO members of a notorious Italian mafia gang have been arrested in Spain by the Policia Nacional. The fugitives were wanted for an array of

28 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

A FRANTIC search is underway near the Canary Islands after an elderly British passenger on an adults-only cruise ship fell overboard. The alarm was sounded

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:05

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Scenes of chaos at Tenerife South Airport as EES rollout continues to gridlock Spain’s airports

EES rollout continues to gridlock Spanish airports with scenes of chaos spotted at Tenerife South Airport. Departures and arrivals at the terminal saw long queues

25 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

WATCH: Horrifying moment crowd of tourists are swept off pier by deadly wave in Tenerife

VIDEO footage shared on social media shows the horrifying moment a crowd of tourists were swept into the Atlantic Ocean after a tidal surge struck

11 Nov, 2025 @ 13:58

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Weather

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

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

BREAKING: Jay Slater suffered ‘accidental death’ after 100ft fall in Spain’s Tenerife, inquiry finds

JAY Slater’s death was ‘accidental’ with ‘no third party involved’ after the British teenager fell from a height in the Canary Islands, an inquiry has

25 Jul, 2025 @ 12:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

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

Shocking new details reveal what ‘really happened’ the night Jay Slater died in Tenerife

HARROWING new revelations have emerged about the final hours of British teenager Jay Slater, who died in Tenerife last June. Witnesses told the podcast Jay

12 Jun, 2025 @ 14:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

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

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Concern in Spain’s tourism sector as Brits turn their back on holiday islands

BRITS are turning away from Spain’s main tourism islands- new figures show. Tenerife’s tourism sector is sounding the alarm after bookings from British tourists went

20 May, 2025 @ 12:03

Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Tourists to be hit by ‘green tax’ when visiting in Spain’s tallest mountain

TOURISTS visiting Spain’s tallest mountain are set to be hit by a new ‘green tax’ from 2026. Visitors to Teide National Park in Tenerife will

8 May, 2025 @ 17:43

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Tenerife·Travel News

Big increases in tourist and cruise taxes announced to stop 'saturation' of top holiday area in Spain

Spanish tourist hotspots brace for ‘unprecedented mobilisation’ from protestors this summer

ANTI-tourism protestors are warning tourists of ‘unprecedented mobilisation’ planned this summer in major Spanish tourist destinations. The Southern European Network Against Touristification (SET) has confirmed

3 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca·Tenerife·Travel News

Outrage in paradise as brazen squatters take over a luxury Tenerife hotel – and a Spanish court has told the rightful owners: ‘You’ll have to pay their bills!’

THE owners of the Callao Sport Hotel in sun-drenched Tenerife have been ‘slapped with a legal bombshell’ after their latest attempt to evict an out-of-control

1 May, 2025 @ 15:09

Lead·Other News·Property·Tenerife

Missing: Taylor did not catch his flight home from Tenerife

Fears for missing British tourist in Tenerife: Family of Taylor say he is injured and ‘in a bad state’ after missing flight home

A BRITISH tourist has vanished from Tenerife after missing his flight home. An online appeal has been launched to track down Taylor (pictured above), who

26 Mar, 2025 @ 13:59

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Autistic 'Irish' boy, 11, 'is sexually assaulted in front of his family' at hotel in Spain's Tenerife

Outrage in Tenerife after 200 squatters take over a HOTEL and start selling its furniture online

NEIGHBOURS in Tenerife are up in arms after around 200 squatters entered a nearby hotel and began selling the hotel’s furniture online. The group, mostly

25 Mar, 2025 @ 11:30

Lead·Tenerife

Missing Dutch expat is found in ‘squalid, pitch-black basement’ in Tenerife – after ‘unknown man’ denied he was inside

A MISSING Dutch expat has been located in Tenerife more than a week after he vanished following a trip to the hospital. Fears were growing

6 Mar, 2025 @ 13:06

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Spanish police investigate disappearance of ‘well-known’ British expat in Tenerife

SPANISH police are investigating the disappearance of a British expat in Tenerife. Gary Ferns (pictured above), 70, was reportedly picked up by ambulance at Playa

4 Mar, 2025 @ 12:05

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

Fears for missing Dutch expat who vanished from Spain’s Tenerife five days ago: Family are ‘extremely concerned’

READ UPDATE: MIssing Dutch expat Derk Jan van Dijk is found in Tenerife FEARS are growing for a Dutch expat who vanished on Tenerife following

2 Mar, 2025 @ 13:29

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

British ex-soldier who vanished in Tenerife is found

A FORMER solider who disappeared during a trip to Tenerife has been found, his family said this morning. Fears were growing for Jake, 34, after

1 Mar, 2025 @ 11:16

Lead·Tenerife

Fears for missing British soldier in Tenerife after he was ‘refused boarding on Ryanair flight home’

READ UPDATE: British ex-soldier is found ‘alive and well’ after disappearing in Tenerife A BRITISH ex-soldier is missing from Tenerife after allegedly being refused boarding

28 Feb, 2025 @ 15:32

Lead·Tenerife

‘Extreme case of ofendiditis!’: Spanish museum sparks backlash after removing mummy from display over fears it will ‘offend’ visitors

A SPANISH museum has sparked backlash after it removed a mummy from display over risk of ‘offence’. Madrid’s National Archaeology Museum (MAN) removed a mummy

27 Feb, 2025 @ 19:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Tenerife

Outrage in Tenerife as mother and son are forced to live in car after squatters seize their home

A MOTHER and son have been forced to live in their car in Tenerife after squatters took over their home, prompting outrage from locals. La

24 Feb, 2025 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Jet2 flight from Spain to UK makes emergency landing after passenger in his 70s dies mid-flight

A PASSENGER has died after suffering a medical emergency during a Jet2 flight from Spain to the UK. The tragic incident took place mid-air last

17 Feb, 2025 @ 06:00

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

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Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

Scenes of chaos at Tenerife South Airport as EES rollout continues to gridlock Spain’s airports

WATCH: Horrifying moment crowd of tourists are swept off pier by deadly wave in Tenerife

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

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

BREAKING: Jay Slater suffered ‘accidental death’ after 100ft fall in Spain’s Tenerife, inquiry finds

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

Shocking new details reveal what ‘really happened’ the night Jay Slater died in Tenerife

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

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

Concern in Spain’s tourism sector as Brits turn their back on holiday islands

Tourists to be hit by ‘green tax’ when visiting in Spain’s tallest mountain

Spanish tourist hotspots brace for ‘unprecedented mobilisation’ from protestors this summer

Outrage in paradise as brazen squatters take over a luxury Tenerife hotel – and a Spanish court has told the rightful owners: ‘You’ll have to pay their bills!’

Fears for missing British tourist in Tenerife: Family of Taylor say he is injured and ‘in a bad state’ after missing flight home

Outrage in Tenerife after 200 squatters take over a HOTEL and start selling its furniture online

Missing Dutch expat is found in ‘squalid, pitch-black basement’ in Tenerife – after ‘unknown man’ denied he was inside

Spanish police investigate disappearance of ‘well-known’ British expat in Tenerife

Fears for missing Dutch expat who vanished from Spain’s Tenerife five days ago: Family are ‘extremely concerned’

British ex-soldier who vanished in Tenerife is found

Fears for missing British soldier in Tenerife after he was ‘refused boarding on Ryanair flight home’

‘Extreme case of ofendiditis!’: Spanish museum sparks backlash after removing mummy from display over fears it will ‘offend’ visitors

Outrage in Tenerife as mother and son are forced to live in car after squatters seize their home

Jet2 flight from Spain to UK makes emergency landing after passenger in his 70s dies mid-flight

EES chaos over? Spanish government finally confirms which queue Brits with TIE cards should join at the airport

This surprising region of Spain is where house prices are rising fastest – but bargains can still be had if you move fast

New Costa del Sol sex horror : Two men arrested for drugging and assaulting woman on Sabinillas beach

Owner at wits’ end after wealthy family squat his property as their ‘second home’ – and even start renovating it to their liking

Call for Costa del Sol motorists to sign petition demanding discounts on exorbitant AP-7 toll road