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Metro
10-06-2025
- General
- Metro
Canary Islands hit by fourth power cut in only weeks
A power outage has hit the Canary Islands, affecting more than 50,000 people and disrupting traffic lights and shops. The island of La Palma went dark at 5.32pm after a 'generation turbine tripped' at the Los Guinchos power plant in Breña Alta. Around 90% of the island was without power for two hours, Canarias7 reported. As of 8.12pm, more than 50% of power has been restored, the island's Security and Emergency Department said on X. El Comité Asesor del PLATECA reunido bajo la dirección del consejero @territoriocan_ Manuel Miranda, realiza seguimiento de la situación➡️Las empresas suministradoras informan que el servicio se ha restablecido en más del 50% y continúan trabajando para su reposición total — 112 Canarias (@112canarias) June 10, 2025 Canary Islands President, Fernando Clavijo, added on the platform that officials are working to 'restore power as quickly as possible'. The Canary Islands Emergency Plan (PLATECA) was activated at 6pm local time, declaring the blackout an 'emergency situation'. Coming only months after Spain's nationwide blackout, La Palma president Sergio Rodríguez said the island is not in the 'first world'. He added: 'We have a completely obsolete power plant that's been around for more than 50 years.' 'La Palma is an island that wants to develop; it must aim to restructure its entire energy system, starting with the systems we currently have.' A notice on an outage map by Endea, Spain's largest utility company, says 'improvement works on the electrical grid' are impacting supply. La Palma's power has been knocked out four times since May 8, when a failure in a substation at the same Los Guinchos power plant left 19,526 customers without power for nearly two hours. The island heavily relies on planet-warming fossil fuels as it is not connected to the mainland, meaning failures at power plants can ripple across the island's fragile power grid, Spanish tech hub Xataka said. Spain suffered a daylong power outage in April, upending the lives of millions of people. Hospitals were forced to run on generators, trains stopped running and many schools closed. Panic buying quickly spread, with shopkeepers having to keep track of cash-only transactions using pen and paper. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Spanish police cause uproar over photo of older women enjoying alfresco chat MORE: Sunbed Wars 2025 arrives in Benidorm after holidaymakers 'stampede' for best loungers MORE: Your favourite places to eat in Europe that aren't the usual tourist traps
The Irish Sun
07-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
First picture of woman, 41, found dismembered on beach on Gran Canaria after sending pal final text message
A COLOMBIAN woman whose body was found dismembered on a Gran Canaria beach has been identified as 41-year-old Triana Arias. It comes after local police arrested the owner of a popular bar in Las Palmas for his alleged connection to the horrific murder. 3 First picture of Triana Arias, 41, who was found dismembered on a beach on Gran Canaria Credit: Canarias7 3 The Dismembered body of a woman was found on a beach in Gran Canaria Credit: RadioTelevisión Canaria - 3 The bar where the owner was arrested has now been sealed off with police tape and an armed guard Credit: RadioTelevisión Canaria - Tragic Arias had previously texted a mate to say that she was going to a party - but she was not seen alive after that. Her hacked up Police believe the person who killed her had first stabbed her in the neck before trying to dismember her body. They also suspect she was unconscious and bleeding to death while the attacker chopped at her legs. READ MORE WORLD NEWS According to local eyewitness reports, the arrested suspect is the owner of the popular Arenales Bar Cafeteria. The investigation is still ongoing, and police have not ruled out further arrests. Part of Arias' neck was also hacked off. Cops think this was an attempt to dispose of her body in a container or bags before the corpse was left on a San Andres beach. Most read in The Sun The bar where the owner was arrested has now been sealed off with police tape and an armed guard. After her body was found by a passer-by, the Armed Forces' Homicide Unit was deployed to the search for her killer. The bar owner was arrested at his home in Las Torres on May 6, and is due to appear in court either on Wednesday or Thursday. Tragedy in Trémolat: The Shocking Death of Karen Carter A search has been conducted at both his house and business premises. Several officers in balaclavas took away a number of sealed plastic bags as they collected potential evidence. It is not the only tragedy to have struck the Canary Islands in recent days. A man in his late 40s He is reported to have fallen to the promenade while trying to take the snapshot in the early hours of Sunday morning. Emergency services rushed to the scene of the incident, but he was pronounced dead upon their arrival.
Sunday World
06-05-2025
- Sunday World
Irish ship engineer mugged after docking in Gran Canaria
He stopped the thieves from nabbing his phone, but they got away with his wallet An Irish ship engineer was mugged after the cargo ship he was working on docked in the Port of La Luz and Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on Sunday morning. The man called the Spanish police to report the incident which occurred around 9am. He said that he struggled with the two thieves, and while he stopped them from nabbing his phone, they got away with his wallet. The two officers who responded to the call saw two young men running down the nearby Secretary Artiles Street and gave chase. One of them was then caught on Franchy Roca Street and arrested, local news outlet Canarias7 said. Police reported the second man's escape to their station, and he was apprehended a short time later by another officer at the intersection of La Marina and Simón Bolívar Street. It's reported that the Irish engineer has been working on a ship undergoing maintenance and repairs in the port since mid-April.
