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Sod it, buy a square of land for Live Arico

Live Arico
24.02.2010 - Finally, the purchase of land is moving from a dream to a reality, as Live Arico attempt to buy a piece of land in Fasnia. more...

Living & Lifestyle

Guttering or Waterfall?

23.02.2010 - Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...

Showbiz

Pablo Milanés

23.02.2010 - Cuban singer songwriter Pablo Milanés is on schedule to perform in the Canaries in early March despite the health problems that forced him to call off a concert in Argentina at the end of January. more...

Showbiz

Queens for a year

22.02.2010 - Carnaval is well underway, and as we go to press two of the three Santa Cruz queens have already been chosen. Mara Lorenzo Sosa is the junior queen for 2010 and Olga Guillén Tavío is the senior queen. more...

Showbiz

Eurovision farce on the cards?

22.02.2010 - Spain’s Eurovision Song Contest participation this year looks set to descend into farce yet again as TV channels and radio stations step up their pressure to have their candidates selected to represent the country in Oslo. more...

Showbiz

Sherlock Holmes

21.02.2010 - Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has earned his reputation finding the truth at the heart of the most complex mysteries. With the aid of his trusted ally Dr. John Watson (Jude Law), the renowned ‘consulting detective’ is unequalled in his pursuit of criminals of every type. more...

Health

How food can affect mouth health

21.02.2010 - Changes begin in your mouth the minute you start to eat certain foods. Bacteria in your mouth make acids. The acids start the process that can lead to cavities. more...

Health

More lung transplants

20.02.2010 - Doctors at the Puerta de Hierro hospital in Madrid have presented a new technique which will bring hope to the over 150 patients in Spain waiting for lung transplants. more...

Melissa Shales on the terrace of the one of the pool bars at the Bahia del Duque

Living & Lifestyle

Have pen, will travel

20.02.2010 - “Travel is the world’s largest industry”, probably music to the ears of most tourism chiefs and tour operators, and the point of departure for our interview with the Chairman of the British Guild of Travel Writers, Melissa Shales. more...

Pets

Lost, now found

16.02.2010 - Nice to report that Luna, the lost dog we featured in our last issue, has now been adopted from K9. more...

Pets

Find Tornilla a home

13.02.2010 - Hello, my name is Tornilla and I am four months old. Like so many more of my canine friends I was dumped in the street, but luckily for me the people of Live Arico found me and I now live in a nice foster home with other dogs and a cat. more...

Living & Lifestyle

Young at heart

13.02.2010 - Young, living in Adeje and looking for something different to do to celebrate St Valentine’s day? You’re in luck. more...

Living & Lifestyle

Ten things not to say on Valentine’s Day

13.02.2010 - “You really thought I would like that instead of flowers?”
“Oh my God, it’s not a diamond ring....oh, it’s not” more...

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First fire of 2010 hits La Palma

La Palma - 19.03.2010 - The week-long spell of warmer weather has already brought the Canaries' first woodland fire of the year. more...

Energy-saving homes unveiled

Granadilla - 19.03.2010 - Tenerife unveils today its first housing development consisting of homes designed specifically to save energy. 25 houses built as part of an international competition will be shown to the media today in the Renewable Energies Institute in Granadilla. more...

Foster mother appeals conviction

La Orotava - 18.03.2010 - The La Orotava woman sentenced earlier in March to nine months in jail for refusing to hand back her foster daughter to her biological mother has appealed against her conviction. more...

Dust warning

Canary Islands - 18.03.2010 - After a series of alerts for wet and windy weather comes one of a different type for the Canaries today and over the week-end. more...

Arona picks up disabled access award from Queen

Arona - 18.03.2010 - The mayor of Arona is to collect a prestigious award today from Spain's Queen Sofía in recognition of the work done to make local resorts more accessible to disabled tourists and locals. more...

Islands gear up for St Patricks Day celebrations

Canary Islands - 17.03.2010 - Resorts throughout the Canaries can expect a green day today, not to mention a very busy night, as thousands of Irish ex-pats and tourists celebrate St Patricks Day. more...

Interviews

The future of the species

Living & Lifestyle

Guttering or Waterfall?
Have you noticed how few houses in Tenerife have guttering? When it rains you get a waterfall blocking your front door. more...

Motoring

New Škoda - Superb Combi

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