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Fugitive Brit wanted for ‘repeatedly sexually assaulting a child’ is arrested on Spanish holiday island

A BRITISH man who fled the UK before a trial over alleged sexual offences has been arrested in the Canary Islands following a joint investigation

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:01

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘Historic’ anti-tourism marches see hundreds of thousands protest across Spain

TOURISTS were hiding in their hotels after the Canary Islands saw more 100,000 residents protesting against tourism. Protests took place in Tenerife, Fuerteventura, El Hierro,

19 May, 2025 @ 11:01

Canary Islands·Lead

Real Madrid star, 22, ‘will face criminal proceedings’ over alleged distribution of child pornography

REAL Madrid star Raul Asencio is set to be hauled before court for allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor, a judge declared on

15 May, 2025 @ 15:03

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

‘Extreme’ sun-risk warning for tourists heading to the Canary Islands

HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting the Canary Islands in the coming days should take precautions due to ‘extreme’ UV-levels, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health. Aemet has

9 May, 2025 @ 09:45

Canary Islands·Health·Lead

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

Horror in the Canary Islands: Remains of dismembered Colombian woman found on beach

A BAR owner has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman’s dismembered body was found on a popular tourist beach in Gran Canaria.

8 May, 2025 @ 16:59

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Canary Islands hit by major power cut just days after nationwide blackout

THE Canary Islands have been hit by another major power cut, just days after a nationwide blackout brought Spain to a standstill. Tens of thousands

8 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Canary Islands·Environment

WATCH: Incredible scenes as devastating floods strike holiday island of Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands

FLASH floods have unexpectedly hit the eastern Canary Islands over the weekend, with the devastating effects shared online. The heavy rain wasn’t supposed to reach

14 Apr, 2025 @ 10:52

Canary Islands·Lead·Video·Weather

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