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As temperatures rise in Tenerife this summer, or anywhere else for that matter, here's a cool (har) DIY project for the broke and sweaty.

How to build a $30 air conditioner

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Trading standards officers are investigating a tour firm that sold non-existent flights. Bosses at the company have also been ordered to appear before ABTA's Code Of Conduct committee following at least 30 customer complaints.

One flight they sold to Tenerife, was supposedly aboard Monarch flight number 3106 departing from Manchester on Saturday. In fact, Monarch charter flight 3106 departs every Friday.

Phantom flight fury

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Passengers from the Oriana will be able to explore Tenerife?s fertile valleys en route from Cape Town to Southampton next April.

Explore Tenerife's fertile valleys

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Travellers should also look out for: "Lavish hospitality, flattery and the "red carpet" treatment" which are all recruitment stragies used by foreign intelligence services. Not to mention time share apartment salespeople.

Brits abroad warned: Don't become enemy spy

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The National Statistics Institute recently published the figures corresponding to the current number of foreign residents living in Spain. According to the study, 8.4 percent of Spain's population is non-Spanish.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)

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The average number of children per mother in Spain has risen to 1.32 - the highest since 1993. Births to foreign mothers make up 13.7% of the total.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute)

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Bhavnani arrived on the island of Tenerife in 1964 to run a wholesale store called Casi Kishoo which sold towels, sheets and clothing. Today he is a board member of Bankinter, a bank of whose capital he owns 10 percent.

Simplicity the key for Tenerife tycoon

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Entry prices to tourist attractions were most keenly felt in the Canary Islands. Over half (54 per cent) of the visitors who reported a nasty shock when purchasing entry tickets were holidaying in these year-round resorts.

A day at Tenerife?s ?must see? attraction Loro Parque, for example, would set a family of four back €79 (around £55).

Unexpected Holiday Expenditure

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This is perhaps a strange thing to be doing at this time of year, but Belle Vue speedway star, Simon Stead, had to do just that.

Stead has been called into Great Britain’s World Cup speedway team for the opener, to stand in for the injured Mark Loram, but faces a desperate race against time to make it, because he had jetted out to Tenerife for a mid-season break.

Lions boss Neil Middleditch said he had called Simon but it took all day Friday to get him because he was on a beach in Tenerife. He was working on getting a flight home to make tonight's meeting.

Full story in The Sun Online

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Laura Brown, 32, a photo-librarian from London, uses Skype - the best known of a new breed of web-based telephone services - to phone her brother in Amsterdam and mother in Tenerife.

Over the past couple of years, millions of people have slashed the cost of their bills by ringing friends, family and business contacts abroad free over the internet.

Web callers hang up on fixed phone lines

Skype - The whole world can talk for free

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The Telegraph, in Travel news in brief, reports that, "Visitors to the United States are being warned to take sensible precautions following the deaths of 37 people this week in a heatwave that has been spreading eastwards across the country."

It rather depends on how far east that weather front decides to travel, but we have already experienced some fairly elevated temperatures this month, so it is as well to be prepared.

At the end of July last year, the heatwave claimed 17 lives in the Canary Islands and in August 2004 the islands were put on a state of alert over 40 degree temperatures.

Heat is of most threat to those with existing health problems and particularly those with respiratory difficulties, such as asthma.

(July 30 brought some strong, gusting winds to the north of the island. Perhaps they were the tail end of the Birmingham Tornado?)

Labels: Tenerife Weather, Weather

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The tree for July 2005 is the "Cinnamomum camphora" or camphor tree. A member of the laurel family (Lauraceae), this lush evergreen tree with its aromatic glossy green leaves is native to China and Japan. Marco Polo first mentioned the camphor tree during his visits to China in the 13th century.

As trade routes spread, so did the camphor tree. Today it flourishes not only in China and Japan and the Asian areas but also in Argentina, Australia, California, the Canary Islands, Egypt, Europe and Florida.

Long live the camphor tree and it does

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Manchester Evening News reports that nearly 1,000 holidaymakers, bound for Florida, were stranded at Manchester Airport amid reports that one of their planes had been used to fly passengers to Tenerife instead because of a problem with the plane on that route.

Anger as 1,000 miss flights to sun

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Half a million single tickets to holiday destinations with airline dba, have been on sale at Aldi discount supermarkets in Germany since last Wednesday. This follows a similar operation, launched a few weeks ago in Penny Markt supermarkets, by Air Berlin, which specialises in the favourite German holiday destinations (Mallorca, the Canary islands).

Discount plane tickets at the supermarket in Germany

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The number of British tourists visiting Egypt is expected to fall rapidly after last Saturday's terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh, with holidaymakers switching to destinations that are considered safer.

Instead, people are choosing to go to Cyprus, the Canary Islands, Italy and Switzerland. Thomas Cook has adapted its summer programme, securing extra hotel rooms in Cyprus, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Holidaymakers switch to 'safer' places

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Phoenix Canariensis is one of the most grown and appreciated ornamental trees of the world. Its native habitat, the Canary Islands, is renowned for its richness in climatic diversity and its endemic flora.

The wild populations suffered a dramatic decrease during the early centuries of the Spanish colonization of the islands, which started at the end of the 15th century. Today the Phoenix canariensis is sparsely and un-evenly distributed on all the seven islands.

A description of the island of Tenerife of the 16th century said: " . . . the northern side of the island is completely covered by enchanting forests of palms and dragon trees." Now, here in the El Palmar Valley and at other places in and near Teno are among the few places you will still see these majestic trees growing in the wild in Tenerife.

Phoenix canariensis in the Wild

Only the female palms produce the fruits. The fruits are not edible and look like small dates, up to 1.5 inches long (3.5 cm). They are not poisonous, but are very astringent.

Canary Islands Date Palm

Canary Islands Date Palm Abroad

Several species of palm thrive in the Bay Area's Mediterranean climate. One of them, the Canary Island date palm (Phoenix canariensis), graces the Embarcadero in San Francisco.

"The most regal, large-scale (palm) tree," the Canary Island date palm was brought to California from the Canary Islands by Spanish missionaries in the 18th century, said Damon Hull, sales and operations manager at Jurassic Palms in Albany. Junipero Serra planted them at each of the missions he established.

Some of the oldest Canary Island date palms in the state can be found at the historic Presidio in San Francisco. The Claremont Hotel in Oakland also has numerous Canary Island date palms.

San Francisco Chronicle - Palms up!

Massive and imposing, the Canary Island date palm is the center of attention wherever it is planted, growing up to 60' tall. In areas of high rainfall, like Florida, these palms are often seen with ferns growing from among the old leaf stems.

Floridata - Phoenix canariensis

PACSOA (Palm & Cycad Societies of Australia) show
some Phoenix canariensis with the famous backdrop of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Phoenix Canariensis Art print by Betty Whiteaker.

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Vernon was one of only two cadets who will be touring several nations on the Coast Guard training vessel the Barque Eagle. The Eagle will visit ports in Rota, Spain; Madeira, Portugal; the Canary Islands and Bermuda.

From sea to shining sea...

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For Sexual Health Week (30 July ? 7 August) Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) and Solihull Primary Care Trust have joined forces to hand out sexual health packs to young holiday makers at Birmingham International Airport.

Young people from the West Midlands came out top in a recent Foreign & Commonwealth Office survey of the risks taken by young holiday makers, with 64% of people surveyed from the West Midlands reporting "having casual sex" as a favored holiday activity, compared to the national average of 28%.

The campaign stand at Terminal One, Birmingham International Airport (BIA), will be manned by THT staff and volunteers who will target 18-30 year olds with sexual health packs containing condoms, lubricants, safe sex materials, alcohol unit calculator wheels and bottle tops to protect holiday drinkers from having their drink spiked.

Don't come back from holiday with more than you bargained for

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The deserts of Africa are poised to jump the Mediterranean and up to a third of Spain could soon become desert, according to a United Nations report.

A recent editorial in the conservative ABC newspaper put the implications in simple terms.

"If things continue like this, we won't need to go to Africa to enjoy the tranquillity of the desert. We can just go to the Canary Islands, Valencia or Murcia."

Environmental disaster stares Spain in the face

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Youssou N'Dour, Apache Indian and Nitin Sawhney are among the acts featured at the year's World of Music, Arts and Dance festival (Womad) in Reading.

Womad was originally inspired by singer Peter Gabriel to introduce a new audience to many talented international artists and gain an insight into other cultures.

Gradually the festival has grown. In 1988, Womad events sprang up in Denmark and Canada and now festivals are annually held in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Canary Islands and Sicily.

Crowds gather for Womad festival

This year's WOMAD festival in Gran Canaria is scheduled to be held between November 10 - 13. Visit Womad.org for event details.

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Spanish authorities seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine on a Ghana-registered vessel in international waters off the African coast on Sunday, arresting 12 Ghanaians, four Koreans and two Spaniards.

Spain said the traffickers had picked up the drugs in an unidentified South American country and refuelled along the African coast before setting off for Europe.

Earlier this week the chief of Brazil's anti-drug efforts, Ronaldo Martins, said a ship carrying 2.2 tons of cocaine raided by police 700 miles south of the Canary Islands last week, was linked to the Colombian rebel group, FARC.

The Scotsman - International - Drugs trade hub moves to Africa

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The real fun begins Nov. 27 when American Fire leaves the dock at Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It will be among 30 such boats heading to Antigua in the Leeward Isles.

Midwest tandem in Broward to train for 2,900-mile Atlantic rowing race: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Bill Clinton has been getting into the swing of things by taking in a round of golf on the sun-drenched island of Tenerife. The former US president, who has just completed a tour of Africa, is enjoying a break from his humanitarian efforts by unwinding on the Spanish isle.

Clinton aims for a birdie in the Canaries

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Former US President, Bill Clinton, arrived on the Canary Island of Tenerife on Sunday to give a lecture, talk about the current situation in the world and play golf, as well as to enjoy some Canarian cuisine.

Clinton gave the lecture in the Auditorio de Tenerife on Monday, July 26th, to promote relations between Europe, America and Africa, especially with regard to helping the African continent in the fight against poverty.

Island Corporation President, Ricardo Melchior, classified Clinton's visit as historic and that it will "... effect the importance of Tenerife in the world".

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Clinton Foundation

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Scandinavians pay higher taxes with little complaint as they are well aware of the benefits they receive as a result ... Another advantage is the public health service, which prescribes Norwegians suffering from rheumatism a four week break in the Canary Islands.

European current affairs comment and analysis from Europe

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The group refused entry on Sunday had flown in from the Canary Islands on a scheduled flight. Among the six men was a member of parliament.

Spaniards unwelcome in W Sahara

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Canarias7, one of the two major dailies in the Canary Islands, has broken the silence of the Spanish press around the human rights violations committed by the Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement that lays claim to the Moroccan Sahara.

Hundreds of Sahrawis went missing in Tindouf

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Jul 25, 1797 – British naval commander Horatio Nelson's right elbow is shattered by grapeshot during an assault on Tenerife; the arm had to be amputated.

Jul 25 from Wikipedia

Finally, after the English requested terms of surrender, "Don Antonio Gutierrez, the Commandant General of The Canary Islands acted as a gentlemen and, with great generosity, accepted these terms. It went further than this; the Spanish helped to ferry British wounded back to their ships and invited the officers to dine with them that evening."

Attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife

But, don't go thinking that they kissed and made up and promptly forgot all about it!

The city of Santa Cruz takes great pride in displaying the gun with which the famous arm was reputedly shot. Also ...

"It was claimed that Nelson's arm was kept behind the altar in the Cathedral in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. So far as I know no-one has refuted this. Anyone going on holiday to Gran Canaria might want to check out if it's still there. It would be one hell of a holiday souvenir."

Whilst the above claim is unlikely, if you visit Tenerife (not Gran Canaria) you will find many real souvenirs from the battle.

Santa Cruz and Nelsons Arm

Paintings depicting the battle can be found in the collections of the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts and the Regional Military Museum. (Museums)

The heraldic arms of the City, Port & Square of Santa Cruz de Santiago de Tenerife has a green cross, symbol of the Foundation of the Cross, which gave name to the city. Behind the cross, in red, appears the Sword of Santiago (St. James, Spain's Patron Saint), on whose day it was the city trounced Horacio Nelson. Under this sword appear three lion's heads, which symbolize the victory of the city over the English pirates.

Santa Cruz from Wikipedia in Spanish.

July 25, 1496 is also the date of the end of the conquest of Tenerife by the Spanish.

The date of Nelson's attack, 25 July, is still a public holiday in Santa Cruz, along with the town's foundation day, 3rd May.

"El Brazo de Nelson" (Nelson's Arm) is also the name of a wargames club, Club of Games of Strategy and Modelling in Tenerife.

Related:
Nelson remembered 200 years after Trafalgar
British hero has never been forgotten in a corner of Tenerife

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Two months ago a Brit girl, 22, was raped by six holidaymakers in Tenerife. Now the Foreign Office, women's support groups and travel bosses are warning women to beware of strangers.

33 MED HOLS BRITS ARE RAPED IN 12 WEEKS

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Alain Bombard, died July 19 at a hospital in Toulon, France. He was 80. Bombard became an instant legend in France in 1952 when he drifted from the Canary Islands to Barbados in a small rubber boat.

Alain Bombard, 80, crossed Atlantic in lifeboat

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Spanish police seized about 3 tonnes of cocaine on a Ghanaian-flagged fishing boat intercepted in international waters off the African coast and arrested 18 people, authorities said. The boat was being towed to the Spanish port of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

Spanish police seize big cocaine haul

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According to provisional data for the first six months of 2005, Spanish energy company, ENDESA (represented in the Canary Islands by UNELCO), showed an increase in production in the Balearic and Canary Islands and Ceuta-Melilla of 6.5%. Production decreased 3.7% in the Spanish peninsular and 2% in Spain overall. Energy produced via renewables/CHP rose 4.3% (to 1.008 GWh) and via wind power by 20%.

Provisional data for the first six months of 2005

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A joint operation of the Brazilian Federal Police with the police forces of Spain, England, and Italy ended in the seizure, on July 21st, of a Brazilian flag fishing boat transporting 2.5 tons of cocaine, estimated to be worth 136 million pounds. Seven Brazilian members of the ship's crew were arrested in international waters near the Canary Islands.

International operation captures 2.5 tons of cocaine

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After the explosions in Western Turkey, "clients had cancelled or changed their holiday destination from Turkey to places like Cyprus and the Canary Islands.", said one Irish travel agent.

Explosion prompts holiday cancellations

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This offers a certain stability to European growers concerning their income when the new banana import regime is to go live in 2006. It mainly concerns banana growers on the Canary Islands on behalf of Spain, Madeira on behalf of Portugal and Martinique and Guadeloupe on behalf of France.

Spain, France and Portugal sign banana pact

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The 38-foot catamaran, which took the couple to Iceland, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, the Canary Islands, Senegal, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, stood tall in some very nasty weather.

Toronto couple ends four-year sailing odyssey:

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Daniel Reilly, of Maghull, set up Nexus Airways in his bedroom after finding inspiration from a school project.

The 18-year-old now leases a Boeing 737 which will be flying to Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura from Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.

Flights will commence out of Liverpool from November.

Teenage airline aims for take-off

Nexus Airways website

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A German jet taking 174 holidaymakers to Tenerife in the Canary Islands was forced to land in western France after one of its engines had to be shut down, the Condor airline announced on Monday.

German jet makes emergency landing in France

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The thirteenth annual 'Red Shirt Night', which raises funds to send a party of disabled former jockeys to holiday in Tenerife, met at Pontefract Friday evening (July 15th) under the auspices of The Injured Jockeys' Holiday Fund.

Disabled former jockeys to holiday in Tenerife

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Travel Daily News reports that the new glossy ABTA magazine returns to a still hugely popular, but more grown-up Tenerife.

Brand new glossy ABTA magazine out now

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You are likely to come across fireworks at every carnival, fiesta, holiday event and birthday in Tenerife. The quality, made by local island firms, is truly outstanding. Here's how to get good snaps of them.

How to photograph fireworks

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Spanish police said that the people carrier in which the family were travelling in was on the wrong side of the road when it was in collision with an oncoming taxi at around 11.30pm on Tuesday in San Miguel de Abona, Tenerife.