Sailing boat runs aground on the rocks at Órzola with five young French sailors aboard
All five crew were hurt by knocks, none seriously, after the boat struck the rocks near the harbour in the early hours.
Good morning, here's what's happening in Lanzarote today. A quiet Sunday with few new stories. Further down you'll find yesterday's top news in case you missed it.
Up to 30 degrees in the south, dust haze and a heavy swell on the west coast
A hot Sunday with dust in the air, occasionally strong trade winds inland and waves over two metres in the west.
Nearly 500 triathletes and a minute's silence at the Ocean Lava in Puerto del Carmen
Fernando Marian and Maike Döhling won the Olympic distance at the 16th edition, which started on Los Pocillos beach.
More news today
Lanzarote's Young Socialists elect a new leader, with housing as their flagship issue
José Carlos Roger Toledo was elected secretary general at a congress held yesterday at the Casa del Pueblo in Arrecife.
Selene Caraballo, the Arrecife archaeologist studying childhood among the ancient Canarians
About to defend her PhD, this physical anthropologist, born in 1996, wants to bring heritage closer to people and encourage girls into science.
Today's big theme
A Sunday of heat, dust haze and rough seas, with a sailing boat on the rocks at Órzola as a reminder that the Atlantic doesn't forgive mistakes.
Business & SMEs
What you need to know if you run a business on the island
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Seasonal lets now need a 31-day minimum, and listings are already being pulled
Spain's Consumer Affairs ministry has asked two platforms to remove more than 8,300 listings that passed off tourist flats as seasonal rentals.
Canary firms, with Lanzarote's Chamber of Commerce, hunt for EU funding in Brussels
The second business mission of Enterprise Europe Network Canarias tripled its applications and held more than a hundred meetings.
Hotel bosses look for ways to keep staff as hospitality training declines
More than 200 professionals at the fourth Canarias es Talento meeting, organised by Asolan with the Lanzarote Tourism Federation.
Consume Lanzarote: €60 vouchers for just €30 at local shops
The Cabildo is putting up half a million euros to generate up to a million in spending at island shops. Dates have not been announced yet.
Cybersecurity
Alerts and patches affecting businesses and public bodies in the islands
All alertsCritical level
If your business uses Fortinet, update now
INCIBE-CERT has given its highest severity rating to a batch of Fortinet patches for FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail and FortiAuthenticator.
What to doCritical level
Critical PHP flaws force Canary public websites to lock down
Spain's CCN-CERT warns of PHP vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution, and several island institutions have restricted services as a precaution.
What to doWhat's on
Things to do in Arrecife and around the island
Full listingsExhibitions · 8 October – 16 January
Exhibition: 'Atlas Lanzarote' by María Rosa Aránega
El Almacén, Arrecife, Arrecife
Exhibitions · 8 October – 16 January
Exhibition: 'Cleaning the Mirror II' by Marina Abramović
El Almacén, Arrecife, Arrecife
Exhibitions · 8 October – 16 January
Exhibition: 'Lanzarote' by Jesús Madriñán
El Almacén, Arrecife, Arrecife
Exhibitions · 8 October – 16 January
Exhibition: 'Wild Palms' by Germán Páez
El Almacén, Arrecife, Arrecife
Dance · 22–31 October
Traslación Dance Festival
Public spaces and unusual spots around the island, Island-wide
Markets · 25 October – 27 December
Teguise Craft Market (Sundays)
Teguise old town, Teguise
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