Tag: Tenerife
Almost one million affected as major blackout in Tenerife leaves entire island without light
Street and traffic lights stopped working and the emergency services, who received 688 calls throughout the day, had to help around 60 people who were stuck in elevators.
TO BOLDLY STOW: Six British people arrested with tonne of cocaine on Spanish boat named ‘Bold’
A gang of six UK drugs traffickers have been arrested by Spanish and British police
Jail for British gangster traced to Spain and nabbed while waiting for wife at airport
Detectives had linked Lindsay to a gang who have been jailed for a total of 87 years after an investigation into violence, drugs and firearms offences
British teen expat stabs parents and throws himself into ravine at popular holiday spot in Spain
Officers continue to search for a motive behind the attack
British mum arrested after ‘abandoning baby in street’ following drunken row with partner in Spain holiday hotspot
Police then spoke to the kid’s father, before tracing the woman to nearby the hotel where the couple had been staying
WATCH: FBI and Spanish police cuff American torturer in dramatic roadside arrest in Spain
The victim claims they were tied by their hands and feet in a room with 'dozens of weapons' on show
Judge allows convicted British criminal to go on Spain holiday after taser and cocaine bust
Judge Jenkins agreed to postpone the crook’s sentencing as ‘an act of mercy’ but campaigners have said it sends mixed messages to crime victims
NEW TRICKS: Dog called as witness in animal abuse trial against former owner
TESTIMONY: The dog, called Miracle, at the court in TenerifeA DOG has been called as a witness...
Critically ill British mother trapped after ‘nightmare’ holiday in Spain sees friends rally to pay medical costs
Elaine was left partly paralysed by a stroke in 2015 and now her insurance company has refused to pay out because of a 'technicality'
Police investigation as British woman in Spain smashed in head by lorry doors and airlifted to hospital
The Guardia Civil are now investigating the incident, but there has not been an update from anyone involved since Wednesday
Father arrested after the bodies of German mother and child found in a cave on Spanish island
The man was arrested near Adeje in Tenerife after his other son, aged five, escaped the mountain cave and alerted the police
Expat sprayed with ‘devil’s breath’ date rape drug on Spanish island and forced to empty bank account
A woman approached the Irishman and accused him of trying to seduce her, and then sprayed the date rape drug in his face
Ryanair can’t reveal pilot’s illness which forced Spain to UK flight into EMERGENCY landing just 13 minutes in
Despite the situation, the Dublin-based airline could not provide any more details as to the nature of the illness due to privacy laws
WATCH: ‘Woman not wearing shoes’ sparks bloody brawl on Ryanair flight from UK to Spain
A picture showed blood on one of one of the plane’s overhead lockers before the flight set off back from Tenerife
Brits fuming after flight to Spain grounded because there was ‘no water for tea’
The 8.55am flight was forced to divert to Manchester less than an hour after takeoff
Spain holiday hotspot in Canary Islands rocked by earthquake
The epicentre was confirmed by the National Geographic Institute as being 5km below the surface
British ‘gang boss’ arrested for murder in Spain is wanted for 29 crimes and could face 100 years in...
BUSTED: Police caught the man who they think ran an international criminal empire near Tenerife South airportPOLICE...
Spain tourism hotspot could cancel tax for British tourists amid Brexit fears
SCRAPPED: Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo said that getting rid of a VAT-like tax could encourage more tourists after Brexit
BREAKING: Body found in search for missing British expat in Spain
A BODY has been found in the search for a missing British expat Amy Gerard.The 23-year-old vanished outside a popular bar in Tenerife in...
MISSING: Search underway for British expat who VANISHED from outside bar in Spain
A SEARCH is underway for a British expat who disappeared from outside a bar in Spain at the weekend. Amy Gerard, 28, vanished from Irish...
WATCH: Balconies destroyed as HUGE wave smashes building in Spain, 40 evacuated
https://www.facebook.com/TenerifeForums/videos/957032094480169/THIS is the moment huge waves in the Canary Islands destroyed the balconies of an apartment block. The enormous waves off the north coast of...
James McAvoy warns tourists on social media after almost falling for €11,000 hotel scam in Spain
The X-Men actor was almost duped out of £10,000 when booking a holiday in Tenerife
British expat found with dead tortoise in her vagina in Spain may have been sexually assaulted
A BRITISH expat who was found to have a dead tortoise in her vagina may have been a victim of sexual assault.The woman, based...
PICTURED: British boy, 4, who tragically drowned in swimming pool in Spain
THIS is the tragic four-year-old boy who drowned in a swimming pool in Spain. Presley Stockton was holidaying with his family when he died at...
Irish father’s heartbreaking tribute to young boy killed in hit-and-run in Spain as two people arrested
THE father of an Northern Irish schoolboy who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run has described the boy as having a 'smile that touched...
British pensioner killed in fatal three-car pile up in Spain after driver travels on wrong side of road
A BRITISH woman has died after a three-car pile up in Spain. The 77-year-old was killed after the car she was travelling in, driven by...
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