4 h. ago ‘I quit the UK to live on a Spanish island and now my rent is less than £300’

Olivia Mamode started a new life in Menorca and was amazed at how cheap it is

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4 d. ago Two more beaches in Tenerife forced to close due to contamination

Local reports say two more beaches on the popular Spanish island have closed as "a preventive step" after tests of the water quality showed contamination

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6 d. ago Spanish island hit by power outage as thousands left in the dark

The island was not affected by the massive blackout that hit most of Spain and Portugal on April 28

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1 week ago Ibiza and Majorca holiday flights cut demanded by islands' government in war on tourists

The Balearic island administration is pleading with the Spanish government to exercise its powers and to tell the airport authorities not to implement any more flights

Politics

2 w. ago Bianca Censori turns heads in thong bodysuit as she roams Mallorca solo, days after Kanye reunion

Kanye West and Bianca Censori seem to have squashed the divorce rumours as they are spotted on a date on the Spanish island, but the Australian beauty stepped out solo this week

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3 w. ago Holiday chaos as British tourists told 'don't come here – we can't take it anymore'

Anti-tourism protesters in Tenerife have told Brits to stay away from the Spanish island this summer as they vowed to "take the fight to the streets" in tourist hotspots

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3 w. ago Sad real reason Star Wars legend quit fame to live on farm after iconic role

Hayden Christensen shot to worldwide fame as Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels, but the actor decided to pack it all in and live on a farm for four years

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3 w. ago Spanish island brings in major sun loungers change with 'pay and display' rules on popular tourist spots

A popular island in Spain has introduced a new pay-and-display system for sunbeds on its most crowded beaches.

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3 w. ago Urgent Mallorca tourist warning as Spanish island airport rocked by crime wave

Brit tourists heading to one of Spain's most popular islands, Mallorca, need to be wary as soon as they step off the plane, as a crime wave is said to have erupted at the airport

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4 w. ago ‘We feel like we’re back in Senegal’: the Sufis helping migrants in the Canaries

Part-school, part-social network, a Mouride circle on the Spanish island is helping teenage asylum seekers prepare for adulthood and navigate a challenging welfare system• Photographs by Diana TakacsovaIn a three-storey building in a residential neighbourhood in Gran Canaria, about an hour’s drive from the airport, more than a dozen teenage Senegalese boys in colourful, flowing robes sit in a circle, soulfully chanting supplications. Behind them, girls sit with their heads covered, praying. On the top-floor terrace a feast of steaming rice, meat and vegetable gravy is being prepared.It is a bright Sunday afternoon in February. The young people are mostly asylum seekers from Senegal, who live in detention centres where conditions can be brutal, according to Spanish human rights groups. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago TUI cancels flights to popular tourist spot leaving travellers facing Easter holiday chaos

Spanish authorities declared a state of emergency in the Canary Island following torrential weather last weekend.

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4 w. ago TUI update as Brits tourists' holidays axed after huge floods on Spanish island

Spanish authorities declared a state of emergency after rain swept across the Canary Islands over the weekend causing floods, with the popular tourist destination of Costa Teguise on Lanzarote badly hit

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last month British holiday hotspot Lanzarote hit by flash floods after month of rain falls in hours

Footage shows cars submerged on waterlogged roads and streams turned into dangerous rapids in the Spanish island

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last month Flood water and thick mud flow through Lanzarote streets as state of emergency declared

Roads have become muddy rivers in Lanzarote on Monday, 14 April, after torrential rainfall over the Spanish Canary Island.

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last month Going on holiday to Lanzarote? Everything you need to know about the weather

Fears around travel to Spanish island ahead of Easter weekend

Politics

last month British holiday hotspot hit by flash floods after months of rain falls in hours

Footage shows cars submerged on waterlogged roads and streams turned into dangerous rapids in the Spanish island

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last month British holidaymakers issued with Lanzarote travel warning after Spanish holiday island by floods

Around 6cm of rainfall fell in two hours on the popular island on Saturday causing some flash flooding and blocking roads

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