The Latest Breaking News from the Canary Islands

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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

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