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The Latest Breaking News from the Canary Islands

Spain and Portugal travel warning if you're visiting the islands

The Canary Islands in particular will be impacted by extreme weather

Liverpool Echo

Met Office confirms Storm Oscar could tip UK toward near-30C heat boost this week

Daily Mirror

UK Foreign Office issues Spain holiday warning for Canary Islands ahead of Storm Oscar

Storm Oscar is set to batter the Canary Islands and the AEMET has activated an orange weather warning

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Spain weather warning as Storm Oscar hits holiday hotspot

Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to batter the Canary Islands

Manchester Evening News

Storm Oscar warning as Canary Islands braced for heavy rain, 55mph winds and flooding

Brits hoping for a sunny trip to the Canary Islands this week should pack a raincoat and umbrella as Storm Oscar is set to bring heavy rain and 55mph winds to the popular tourist destination

Daily Mirror

Bad news for Irish holidaymakers as Storm Oscar bears down on Canary Islands

Storm Oscar, named by AEMET, a spanish weather service, will bring with it the potential for large waves and localised flooding

Irish Mirror

Dad fighting for his life after falling from Lanzarote hotel balcony hours after arrival

Dan Boyle, 31, fell on his family's first night in the Canary Islands, just hours after landing at the airport.

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Dad 'fighting for life' in hospital after plunging 30ft from Lanzarote hotel balcony

Dan Boyle fell from the height just hours after he and his family arrived at the airport. The 31-year-old was resuscitated on the pavement after the horror fall in the Canary Islands

Edinburgh Live

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Other lives: Fruit and vegetable trader who used his language skills to import produce from Spain and the Canary Islands

The Guardian - UK

Spain probing African migrant voyage after reported Moroccan gunfire

(This May 26 story has been refiled to remove the reference to Maleno as Morocco-based in paragraph 10)

Reuters

The Spanish island where they say it with a whistle

On the Spanish island of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, people can communicate by whistle. Dating back centuries, the ancient language of Silbo Gomero is still widely used on the island. The ENTR team met the whistlers keeping it alive.

France 24

Edinburgh passenger found dead in Lanzarote after failing to board flight home

Robert Campbell flew from the capital to the Canary Islands for his first holiday abroad and was due to return on Thursday, May 11, but took unwell and had to go to hospital

Edinburgh Live

Jet2 launches UK flights to 20 new destinations including Spain, Greece and Cyprus

Jet2 will start flying from Liverpool John Lennon Airport from next March to destinations including Spain, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Portugal, Madeira and Cyprus

Daily Mirror

Spain seizes Brazilian fishing boat with cocaine haul on rough seas

Spanish authorities have seized a Brazilian-flagged fishing boat off the Canary Islands with 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in a hidden compartment in its machine room, police said on Friday as they brought the boat to the port of Las Palmas.

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Daily Record

A Place In The Sun host Jean Johansson left with head in her hands during 'difficult search'

The couple, from London, were on the lookout for a one or two-bedroom apartment in the Canary Islands and came armed with a maximum budget of £180,000.

Irish Mirror

Family holiday to Spain turns into 'nightmare' moments after arriving at all-inclusive resort

May Drysdale jetted off to the Canary Islands with her daughter Debbie and granddaughter Katie as a celebration for beating breast cancer. But just moments after arriving the holiday took a horror turn.

Daily Record

Scots family holiday to Tenerife turns into 'nightmare' moments after arriving

May Drysdale, 75, from Midlothian jetted off to the Canary Islands on April 7 after beating breast cancer.

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Watch An Enduro Champ Gymkhana His Africa Twin Down A Volcano

Enduro ace Kirian Mirabet takes on the La Palma volcano, as well as the streets of the nearby city of El Paso in the Canary Islands, all on his Africa Twin.

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The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Desperate for new lives, they took to the sea

Every year, hundreds if not thousands of West African migrants disappear trying to reach the Canary Islands and, they believed, better lives in Europe. The real death toll is unknown, and so many people and boats are never seen again. But in 2021, something strange happened.

The Guardian - UK

Sand, sea and a shipwreck: can this tiny Moroccan town become a sustainable surfers’ paradise?

The rusting wreck of a commercial ferry has so far scuppered attempts to open Tarfaya to tourism – but locals are determined to turn the town around

Daily Mirror

Lanzarote wants 'higher-quality' tourists as boozy Brits fall out of favour

The Canary Islands are looking to attract 'higher quality' tourists joining a line-up of Spanish destinations that seem to have had enough of boozy Brits

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