A vast blob of hot, dusty air from North Africa is heading towards the Canary Islands and arrives on Thursday. Temperatures will rise by as much as 9ºC and will peak at over 40ºC over the weekend. 

22.07.2016 Gran Canaria cools down today and will be pleasant tomorrow before the heat returns on Sunday. It's too hot for walking!

The Las Palmas aquarium now has an official opening date: The Poema de Mar throws open its giant doors on June 17, 2017.

The Maspalomas lighthouse building is due to open as a cultural museum and handicrafts centre but work is on hold due to termites.

It's June, summer has arrived and there's just no point publishing a Gran Canaria weather forecast every week. 

Maspalomas is the ninth best Blue Flag beach in Spain, according to Skyscanner.com's Top 20 List.

The Las Palmas High Court No. 5 has ordered Anfi de Mar timeshare resort to return €189,000 to a timeshare owner with an illegal contract.

Scenes for a new episode of cult UK TV series Black Mirror are beimg filmed in Tejeda this weekend and the star is none other than Mad Men star Jon Hamm.

The internet says that the Yumbo is about to be engulfed by a tsunami of unfair rules that will wreck Pride, force all the bars to shut down, and be the end of Gran Canaria's gay tourist industry.

If you see smoke in the Gran Canaria highlands this weekend, don't panic as everything is under control.

Disney agents have been scouring Gran Canaria for locations for the next Star Wars film, according to local press reports.

15/04/2016: Gran Canaria should be warm and sunny this weekend although expect clouds to build up as the days go on.

Oil exploration permits around the Canary Islands have run out so there will be no more drilling in the near future.

A sunny start to the week with cloud and showers in the north from Wednesday.

Four new 5 Star hotels are now of strategic importance to Gran Canaria, according to the Canarian government.

Tuesday, March 22: Sunny and warm in south Gran Canaria this week but cloudier in the north.

March 2016: Tauro beach has been flattened by heavy machinery laying the foundations for its new, Caribbean sand replacement.

If the Canary Islands lift the self-imposed moratorium on building new hotels and tourist accommodation, they could generate up to 100,000 stable jobs within 10 years, according to a study by local think tank CATPE.

January 2016 was the hottest for 55 years across the Canary Islands and February doesn't look much different.