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The Latest Breaking News from Gran Canaria

Spain holidays: Boost for Irish heading to popular island destination as Covid rules ease

Tenerife and La Palma were downgraded in February from Level 4 to Level 3, and are now followed by Gran Canaria

Irish Mirror

'I collapsed and face-planted the pavement abroad and it changed my life'

Clare Rutter was living her dream life in Gran Canaria when an excruciating wave of pain sent her crashing to the floor. She is still suffering the after-affects now but has found a new way to live

Wales Online

College lecturer becomes first Irish woman to row solo across Atlantic

Kilkenny native Weekes entered the water in Gran Canaria on 6 December before arriving in Barbados on Thursday, February 24, some 80 days later

Irish Mirror

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Hero passenger saves man's life after he suffered heart attack on flight

Jon Thordason was heading home from a holiday in Gran Canaria when fellow passenger Terry Potter collapsed during a cardiac arrest

Daily Record

Man saves fellow passenger's life on flight home from Gran Canaria

'Cardiac arrests can happen to anyone at any time'

Wales Online

Man saves passenger's life on flight back home from Gran Canaria

Brave Jon Thordarson, a Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedic from Hull, saved Terry Potter's life after he suffered from a heart attack on a flight from the Canary Islands travelling to the UK

Daily Mirror

Spain Covid rules for Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura & rest of Canary Islands

Under the latest rules, Gran Canaria and Tenerife have the strictest restrictions, but they have been relaxed slightly ahead of half-term

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Spain keeps Covid measures in place at holiday hotspots including Tenerife and Benidorm

Restrictions remain on socialising, eating and drink in resorts including Gran Canaria, Marbella and Majorca

Manchester Evening News

Covid measures remain in popular Spanish holiday hotspots from Tenerife to Benidorm

There are restrictions on socialising, eating and drinking in resorts like Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Majorca. Lanzarote and Marbella

Wales Online

Scots cyclist Willie rescued by three time world champ Peter Sagan

Willie McColl punctured three times in Gran Canaria and was stuck until Tour de France star Peter came riding to his rescue with spare tubes

Daily Record

More than 300 migrants rescued off Spain's Canary islands

Spain's sea rescue service on Wednesday picked up more than 300 migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands in rickety boats, with nine of them clinging to a semi-sunken dinghy.

Reuters

Popular resorts in Spain introduce strict new Covid rules for bars and restaurants

Canary Islands introduced heightened level of alert for Gran Canaria and La Palma following a spike in the number of Omicron infections

Wales Online

Mali bans German military plane from airspace, forces diversion, Berlin says

Mali's authorities banned a German military plane with 75 troops on board from overflying the country late on Wednesday, forcing it to divert to Gran Canaria, the German defence ministry said.

Reuters

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