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The message, written by Brian May, on the front of the BangUniverse site, says "Our book, modestly entitled "BANG! - The Complete History of the Universe" is now available". (Actually, it was published in October.) We mentioned that May had been in the Canary Islands around that time - we like you to know that we do get the occasional celebrity visitor - and that May is writing some music for a telescope.

This post, which mentions the book and has photos of and by Brian May, quotes (presumably from the book) under an image that May took of Mount Teide:

"My favourite place on earth ...well, close to it ..... The magnificent National Park of Las Canadas, Tenerife .... the volcano is El Teide. This is where I spent many months observing the Zodiacal Light when I was a student, working on my PhD thesis. As soon as I am up there, above the clouds once more, I feel I am home."

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Whilst the Carnaval in Santa Cruz is undoubtedly the biggest and most famous, those who want a taste of the fun with a little less bustle, can head to any one of the many other carnavals held in just about every town and village on the island - even the tiny 100 inhabitant hamlet of Teno Alto gets in on the act.

Carnaval 2007 in La Orotava

In La Orotava, where the theme this year is "Fiestas in Egypt", the Gran Coso (Main Parade), is being held on Tuesday, February 20th. An Old Car Rally starts the day off at 10 a.m. that morning from the Plaza de la Constitución and, at 4 p.m. the carnaval parade begins from Cruz del Teide to Plaza de la Paz (El Calvario). Malibu Band and others are in charge of the knees up from 7 p.m. onwards.

On Thursday, February 22nd, there is also a Drag Queen Festival at 9 p.m. in La Orotava, featuring some of the best drag acts from Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

La Orotava Carnaval 2007 Program | Photos of La Orotava Carnaval 2006

Carnaval in Puerto de La Cruz 2007

The theme in Puerto de la Cruz this year in "Paris in the 20's" and the most important event of this international carnaval is their Gran Coso Apoteosis del Carnaval (Main Parade), which is held on Saturday, February 24th, from 4 p.m. onwards in the streets; Avda. Colón, Plaza de los Reyes Católicos, Calle Obispo Pérez Cáceres, Avda. Generalísimo, Calle Zamora, Calle Santo Domingo, Calle La Marina, Plaza del Charco, Calle San Felipe and Paseo Luis Lavaggi.

More Events in Puerto de la Cruz Carnaval 2007 listed here

Carnaval in Los Gigantes 2007

Tenerife Sun tell us that, "In Los Gigantes the Carnival runs from March 1-5 and the theme for those wishing to get heavily involved is Mexico." More info here

Carnaval in Los Cristianos 2007

Whilst I cannot find details on Los Cristianos carnaval for 2007, yet, this is the biggest in the south and never far from your hotel if you are staying in one of the resorts. One note, LastMinute do issue the warning that event details can change, but I think it very unlikely that the dates of Los Cristianos Carnaval would be, as they list, as being from the 20th to the 24th of February (well, I know they wont).

That week coincides with the dates in Santa Cruz and, Los Cristianos always holds theirs at least a week or two later. One of the reasons that carnaval is spaced out in different towns is so that everyone can attend everything, of course. The other is that fair ground rides and hot dog stalls, etc., cannot be in two places at once. :)

Or, as Tenerife Sun Newspaper says, "Towns and villages all over aim to put on their own displays of street partying as soon as the Santa Cruz Carnival has run out of steam." To be honest, even that is not an entirely accurate analysis: Santa Cruz merely takes a short respite before beginning on organizing the next!

Calendar of Events for February 2007

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The Albergue de Bolico, with the collaboration of the Council for Sports of the town hall in Buenavista del Norte, present a program, Teno Natural 2007. A total of 11 guided walks, beginning with Casas de la Cumbre (Houses on the Summit) on Sunday, February 4th.

This program, will allow both residents and visitors to get to know some of the most singular natural and cultural attractions in the Teno area, with laurisilva (cloud forest), cliffs, coastal areas and popular traditions all included amongst the routes, with specialized guides, being offered to areas such as Abache, Cumbres de Bolico, La Fortaleza, Teno Alto, Monte del Agua, Guergue or the Barranco de Masca, among others.

Booking is via the Central de Reservas Albergues de Canarias (Central Booking Office) on 902 455 550, with special prices for guests staying at the hostal.

El Albergue Bolico y el Ayuntamiento de Buenavista del Norte presentan un programa anual de rutas en el Parque Rural de Teno

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Not huge numbers, as in the resorts, but nevertheless an increasing number, with 3,952 visiting the Tourist Information Office, which opened in the summer of 2005, in the corner of the town's central, Plaza de Los Remedios during 2006.

The majority of these visitors, some 2,255, according to the tourist office' figures were British or German, while the rest were from the Spanish mainland.

Surprisingly, November was their busiest month so far, with a total 484 visitors, which works out to an average of 23 people per day. Pop in before they get too busy!

As well as providing information on things to see and do in the Buenavista del Norte and Teno areas, in various languages including English, their shop - a replica of the village stores that are traditional in the islands - offers local produce, such as cheeses from Teno Alto or wines from El Palmar.

Un total de casi cuatro mil personas visitaron el punto de información turística de Buenavista del Norte en el año 2006

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
Photo: Steve GullickBritish based, Australian musician, best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is to perform at the Auditorio de Tenerife on April 21st, 2007. Marchaymas call it an essential concert from one of the big names in the panorama of British pop-rock.

More details from the Auditorio de Tenerife. Via: Marchaymas.com

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One of the best folk groups in the Canary Islands, La Laguna based, Princesa Iraya, have a website in process of construction, say BienMeSabe. Whilst the gallery of photos, videos and music is still to come, this will be an interesting visit as, through close attention to detail, the group are also known as a walking "museum of traditional costume" of these islands. They even have their own weaver.

Princesa Iraya Via: BienMeSabe

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Mount Teide, the largest mountain in the Atlantic and the third largest volcano in the world, has a new website to present its case for inclusion as an UNESCO World Heritage Site, where you can support the proposal and learn about Teide's history and natural values.

To be particularly recommended is the TVE video (you'll see the blue button, bottom left of the page) available at the site, which shows Teide's singular nature - nowhere else is there such variety and diversity in such a reduced space - with a look at all the different formations, various colors and shapes of the rocks, a walk through the four seasons on the mountain and its unique and singular flora and fauna.

WWW.TEIDEPATRIMONIOMUNDIAL.COM

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The storm and heavy rains that affected the Canary Islands over the weekend caused the worst ever natural disaster in the history of the island of El Hierro, with damages higher than those left by Tropical Storm Delta in 2005 or the forest fire in 2006.

Report with photos showing the damages: ¿Quién ayuda a El Hierro?

The deluge, in which close to 500 liters of water per square meter was registered in the worst affected area of El Pinar, washed away roads, destroyed homes and vehicles and caused catastrophic damages to agriculture and livestock.

The ecological disaster also left 178 of the island's critically endangered Giant Lizards dead, when rock falls half buried the lizard recuperation center. Some parts of the building are beyond repair and the lizards lost were those born between 2001 and 2005. Only sixty adults and 43 young, born in 2006, were able to be saved, which presents a serious setback, both for the species and for the work of the center.

Whilst, in Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, with only isolated cases of damage, the water has been beneficial to agriculture, in Gran Canaria too, the rains caused many people to be evacuated after containing walls collapsed near their homes.

Not all of the blame can be attributed to the weather, but also to the poor state of infrastructures and the lack of preparedness to cope with events of this magnitude. One year on from Delta, it seemed that authorities were wishing and hoping that nothing like it would ever occur again and, as this shows, it can happen.

It was anticipated that the access roads to Mount Teide, that had to be closed owing to the snow which fell over the last few days, would be reopened yesterday.

La borrasca causa el peor desastre natural de la historia en El Hierro
Tomás Padrón pide auxilio ante la peor catástrofe natural que ha asolado El Hierro
El temporal también deja en El Hierro un total de 178 lagartos gigantes muertos
Graves daños en la agricultura y la ganadería herreña
El invierno llega con un mes de retraso

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EL DÍA publish details of the order of events for the Gala for the Selection of the Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz. Directed by dancer, Rafael Amargo, the gala takes place at the Fairs and Congress Center in the Tenerife capital on February 14th. The approx. two hour gala and will be televised both locally and around the world.

Singer, D'Noé, will open the gala to the rhythm of hip hop. After D'Noé, there will be appearances from Edith Salazar, continuing with transsexual actress and model, Bibiana Fernández, also known as Bibí Andersen and then, Cuban singer and presenter of children's programs, Lucrecia, who last performed at the Santa Cruz Carnaval that paid homage to the late Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, in 2004.

Hailed as one of the gala's "main dishes", is a performance from the ex of bullfighter, Jesulín de Ubrique, Belén Esteban. Normally more at home nude, on the cover of magazine, Intervieu, Esteban will again be covering a Madonna number.


Belen Esteban singing Madonna's "Hung Up" in the program, Ana Rosa

The gala's introduction will then continue with "triunfitos" (participants from reality-show talent contest, Operación Triunfo), Soraya and Rosa, before a performance from 70's and 80's diva, Gloria Gaynor, who, two days later will be appearing for the second time at the Drag Queen Gala in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

After the presentation of the judges, the 18 candidates for Carnaval Queen 2007, will parade in their huge costumes. While the jury deliberates, there will be a performance by the winning murga group and by an "international artist". No details on who that is yet, as initially Jennifer López was pencilled in, but didn't have space in her diary.

After failed attempts to contract comics, Los Morancos and presenter, Paz Padilla, the director has included the name of Willy García as presentor of the spectacular gala, although, say EL DÍA, García denies having received any offer.

ASÍ SERÁ LA GALA

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The snow may be all gone in Britain and winter came late to Tenerife this year (causing some pretty negative effects too), but the pretty part can be seen in this still capture from the Canarian Astrophysics Institute's webcam (found on this page) this morning.

Mount Teide looking truly magnificent in a thick white winter coat. Mind you, enjoy the view from afar: the temperature on that page is registering MINUS 3.8 degrees centigrade.

Weather at the Teide Observatory

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Not for the first time, the Tenerife Island Corporation is undertaking a project in the Teno Rural Park to try to get the "exotic" species of invasive plants under control.

There was also a report recently that the regional government it to bring in measures to penalize owners of exotic plants and animals, which are threatening the islands' native species and doing environmental damage in the archipelago.

What has never been clear (to me anyway) is what constitutes an unwanted "illegal alien" in the plant world. This press release about this years eradication campaign names some of those species and, there are a few surprises amongst them.

The twelve month plan, which will cost the Cabildo almost 85,000 Euros, is targeting "exotic flora" such as Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum), Sticky Snakeroot (Ageratina adenophora), Prickly pears (opuntia sp) and Gorse (ulex parviflorus).

The cactus, or prickly pears, had, I thought, been originally introduced as a cash crop. There is white gorse (pictured above) in the El Palmar Valley, but on the way to Teno Alto in spring, the roadsides are absolutely lined with pretty yellow gorse and damaging it may be, but it also makes this one of the best times to visit.

However, the environmental folk say that it's necessary to remove these invasive plants, because they are competing with native species in the most valuable areas of the park, which are distributed amongst various areas of the Teno Rural Park in the valleys of Santiago del Teide, El Palmar, the Teno Plateau, Punta de Teno and in Masca, Erjos and the mountain areas of Bolico and the Monte de Agua.

They don't intend to take prisoners either: The elimination of the exotic flora, says the report, will consist of first manually pulling them up by the roots, then burning them. The soil will also be cleaned to attempt to remove any remaining seeds.

The Teno Rural Park does have areas of very high natural value with a variety of important ecosystems, among them the laurisilva (cloud forest) and the remains of ancient woodlands in the area of the Monte del Agua that must be protected.

El Cabildo ejecutará un proyecto de control de flora exótica en el Parque Rural de Teno

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The heavy rains for which the Canary Islands have been on orange alert since Friday, have been felt most of all in the smaller islands of El Hierro and La Gomera, where both airports had to be closed for almost a day. Meanwhile, at Tenerife's north airport, ten flights had to be diverted elsewhere, while another 19 were cancelled.

The heavy rains that fell from Friday afternoon left a large part of the inhabitants of El Hierro without electricity and the island's authorities decided to evacuate the state-run Parador hotel that is close to the coast, in case the sea became an uninvited guest.

In many places the amount of water brought by the rains reached 300 liters per square meter, causing many vehicles to be dragged off by flooding and numerous roads became blocked by fallen rocks. On the rest of the islands there have also been various rock falls and traffic accidents, although none have been fatal, nor caused serious injury. Nevertheless, the government maintained the alert and their recommendations, particularly, not to leave home unless absolutely necessary.

In Tenerife, the Oceanographic Institute's building was damaged on three floors and a vehicle turned over in the TF-5 motorway near El Sauzal.

The bad weather also caused the cancellation of various planned events on the islands, such as the pilgrimage to Candelaria or the presentation of the candidates for Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz that was due to take place on Friday night. According to Marchaymas, this will now take place tomorrow, Monday, January 29th.

A family concert was cancelled at the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz, while games, in which some 3,500 children were due to participate, had to be called off.

In Güímar, authorities decided not to hold the traditional romería in honour of San Antonio Abad, while in Buenavista del Norte, their celebrations for the saint went ahead, but on a smaller scale than the originally planned program.

The good news is that today, Sunday, the rainstorm should begin moving off the islands towards the east and, I hear, that Teide is completely white with snow!

El temporal cierra aeropuertos y vías en las islas occidentales

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Anna Watson has obviously been to Santa Cruz for the Carnaval - not this year, mind you, because the Carnaval Queen hasn't yet been chosen: that takes place on February 14th - and says, "... I bought an owl mask made of real feathers, which, coupled with a brown winter coat, made me a dead ringer for a giant tawny owl. But in a town where grown men are walking around dressed as girlish goatherds, complete with milk pail, pinny and plaits, a giant owl doesn't stand out too much."

Too true! It's a nice article about the nature of Carnaval and about Santa Cruz.

Temptation island

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The Canary Island began the year with an intense promotion at 11 travel fairs during the month of January to markets, such as Holland, Austria, Norway, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark and Spain, thanks to cofinancing from the European Fund for Regional Development. Of the eleven fairs, one was of nautical nature, while the others were general tourism and travel.

Canarias inicia en 2007 su intensa promoción en Europa con la participación en 11 ferias en enero

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And, not everyone is happy about it. Travel Agents in the Canary Islands say that the Canarian Government's decision to make Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday), the day before Good Friday, which has always been a holiday as part of Easter's Semana Santa (Holy Week), into a normal working day this year, in order to make Canaries Day, on May 30th into a holiday, will have a serious effect on the economy.

La declaración del Jueves Santo como laborable afectará a la economía isleña

Public Holidays in Spain - festivals and celebrations

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"Recruitment problems are plaguing the EU's border agency Frontex and may hamper its efforts to curb illegal immigration", report the BBC. Frontex director says "this might cause projects to be cancelled and even endanger the lives of migrants making risky sea crossings", such as those almost daily to the Canary Islands.

Staff woes hit EU border agency

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The BBC reports that "Spain is to standardise its clothing sizes for women as part of a government drive to ease pressure on young girls over their body size. Clothes currently on sale in Spain often vary in size from shop to shop, despite carrying the same size label." If that's not enough confusion for you and, if you are only visiting and want to buy something in your size, then you also have to learn a different numbering system than you would have found, for instance in the UK or the US.

What is your equivalent size? See this list of International Clothing Sizes
Compare European, British, American and Japanese shoe sizes here.

Spain resizes clothes for women

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The Canary Islands government has declared a state of orange alert in the archipelago with the prediction that a big storm is on it's way towards us that will affect the western islands, including Tenerife, from tonight and stay for the duration of this weekend.

Rains are expected to be heavy: a lot of rain, in a short space of time, more than is habitual and for which, they estimate, precautions are necessary.

Civil protection and emergency services are alert to the possible consequences and recommend the population to avoid leaving home, have candles ready in case of interruptions in the electrical supply, disconnect electrical appliances in case of storms, not to touch electrical appliances that are wet and avoid areas that are susceptible to flooding, amongst other common sense precautions.

The eastern islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, will be less affected, but they still recommend taking the same precautions. They anticipate that the storm will begin to move away from the Canary Islands, initially, on Sunday and also expect snow in La Palma and Tenerife above an altitude of 1,900 meters.

Alerta naranja por lluvias en Canarias

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Typically Spanish report that, more than 120 National Police held a sit down protest at the Tenerife Sur airport on Tuesday. Police are angry over planned cuts in the payments they receive for accompanying immigrants on repatriation flights and, allege a lack of coordination between the Spanish Interior and Employment Ministries that is resulting in chaos in the repatriation process of the illegal immigrants.

National Police sit down at Tenerife Sur airport

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Lonely Planet's Sarah Andrews is in the Canary Islands, researching the guidebook and learning to live sustainably ... in the smallest Canary Island, El Hierro, a rural island where tourism has yet to descend, where chickens (not pesticides) keep pests away from banana plants, sheep (not herbicides) keep fields weed-free, and crops are rotated every season, easily making El Hierro the most eco-friendly place in Spain.

El Hierro, the eco-friendly island

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Tickets go on sale today for the various Carnaval events that take place in the Fairs and Congress Center in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. This is something I've never bothered to attend in person - the big Gala, like many international sporting fixtures, is probably better seen on TV for a good view - but I have always been curious about how much it costs. Entrance to the Gala for the Selection of the Carnaval Queen, to be held on February 14th, is a very reasonable 15 euros (around £10).

El viernes salen a la venta las entradas para los actos del Canaval de Tenerife

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Saharan dust blew off the west coast of northern Africa and over the nearby Canary Islands on January 13, 2007. NASA's Terra satellite was there to photograph the phenomenon and the especially thick dust to the north and east of the islands.

Dust Blowing over the Canary Islands

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The body of a British man, recovered off the coast of Tenerife on Friday, has been identified as Lee Fitzgerald, 47, from West Sussex, who is believed to have fallen from rocks close to the resort of Playa de las Americas.

Briton's body recovered off Tenerife
Sussex man found dead in sea

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Shrove Tuesday, February 20th, the big day of Carnaval 2007 in Santa Cruz, when the Gran Coso (Main Parade) will fill the streets, Avenidas de Anaga and Maritima, in the afternoon, has been reserved, in the evening, for Cuban "Timba" orchestra, NG La Banda. "NG" stands for "nueva generación" (new generation).



Formed by José Luis "El Tosco" Cortés, who had previously written and played for Los Van Van, "NG La Banda amalgamated the innovations of the groups that came before it with many of its own to create a type of music that wasn't Son, Songo or Rumba - nor was it Rock, Jazz or Funk. It had ample amounts of each blended in, but its most potent component was something entirely new - something that was born in the streets and barrios of Havana in the late 1980's. Cortés called it "Timba".

You can judge for yourself from the video above, but NG La Banda is certainly considered one of the best. Reportedly, the organizers had set Los Van Van as their primary objective, however they were already booked to play in Venezuela.

Santa Cruz town hall had also looked at the possibility of contracting other artists, such as Rubén Blades, Gloria Estefan and Don Omar. In the case of the first two, the huge fees they demanded caused the negotiations to be aborted.

Paulina Rubio at Carnaval de Tenerife

Although, there are still a few contractual details to be worked out, Mexican singer Paulina Rubio is to perform at the Santa Cruz Carnaval on Saturday, February 24th. Ms. Rubio last visited the island in October 2006, to promote her latest album, Ananda, and had promised then that she would offer a concert in Tenerife.

There will, of course, be many other orchestras and groups performing at various points in the capital, over the various nights of the Carnaval. Among them, is local girl group Nueva Línea. Watch their video clip here and at their website.

PAULINA PARA LA PIÑATA Via: Marchaymas.com

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Spain repatriated to Senegal several hundred would-be migrants on Sunday as part of a joint effort to stem the tide of illegal job seekers trying to reach Europe from Africa. "Three flights have arrived from Tenerife with a total of 213 people on board. Three more flights are expected this afternoon with about the same number of people," an airport official in Saint-Louis told Reuters.

Spain sends Senegalese migrants home again

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The Telegraph.co.uk has an article on "Where to party this carnival season" and include Santa Cruz in Tenerife as the first of their "Six sizzlers". They say, "Tenerife in the Canaries holds what is widely believed to be Spain's biggest carnival parade. As elsewhere, the dominating spectacle comprises floats, samba schools and other musical dances and fancy dress parades, particularly on Shrove Tuesday."

Of course, if this year's Gala director, Rafael Amargo, gets his way, those "other musical" themes will also include more music in English. Now, I don't know about you, but even though I am English and, primarily, listen to English music at home, when I watch carnaval, I expect carnaval music; latin music, samba, salsa, something exotic ... That, seems to be, to me, the whole point. It's carnaval!

Does it really need "watering down" for acceptance by an American TV audience?

But it's great that Tenerife gets listed first and, not that you would want to go anywhere else, but the article also tells you about other carnaval party fun.

Marching to different beats around the world

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Short Tenerife Diving Video: Tenerife Times diving with Rays in
Las Galletas, Tenerife along with Chris from Tenerife Scuba.

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Singer, composer and, since 2003, Minister of Culture in Brazil, Gilberto Gil, is to play at the Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz on February 25th, 2007, as part of one of the biggest dance, drama and music festivals in the last few years.

Arrested by the military government of Brazil for anti-government activities, in 1969, Gil moved to London on his release and began playing with groups like Yes, Pink Floyd and the Incredible String Band. He also worked with Jimmy Cliff and, in 1980, released a cover of "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley & the Wailers) that was a massive hit and introduced reggae to Brazil.

Gilberto Gil at the Auditorio Via: VOY

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Spanish Sun Newspaper report, "The British Ambassador, Sir Stephen Wright, announces the appointment of new British Consul for the Canary Islands, Stephen Jones, who will replace Consul David Ward in Santa Cruz Tenerife, who is retiring on 31 January, and Consul Peter Nevitt in Las Palmas Gran Canaria who retired earlier in 2006."

Stephen Jones will direct all consular operations in the Canary Islands, and manage both the British Consulates in Santa Cruz Tenerife, and in Las Palmas. "This is the first time that the Consular role in both Tenerife and Gran Canaria have been combined and will appear to many to be a logical step.", says Barrie Mahoney at Round Town News.

Stephen was born and grew up in Manchester, has a wealth of relevant experience in the tourist sector and already knew the Canary Islands well.

New British Consul for the Canary Islands

British Consulate in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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The Civil Guard in Tenerife, yesterday, located the body of an, as yet unnamed, British man, who had been missing since Monday, on the coast of Costa del Silencio, in Arona. Apparently, there were no signs of violence.

Aparece en el mar el cadáver de un británico, sin signos de violencia

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The BBC report that, "An internal Home Office report has warned of a potential threat to UK border controls from illegal immigrants arriving in the Canary Islands."

This is based on the loose association that, since the routes have changed, the migrants were starting to come from English-speak