Los Cristianos Sunday Market Closes and Reopens

The popular Los Cristianos Market in Tenerife closed on Sunday 1st June 2014 without much warning, apparently for security reasons. There has since been much local protest regarding the closure, many local businesses rely on the bus loads of bargain hunting tourists, which the market brings to the area. We were pleased to note that […]

Posted on: 15 June 2014 | 9:33 am

Euro Pound Exchange Rate Graph June 2011 – Pound Plunges Sharply

Euro Pound Graph for June 2011 – June was an appaling month for Sterling against the Euro seeing the pound plunge sharply over the past two weeks. The GBP/EUR rate plummeted last week to the lowest since March 2010, falling against a basket of currencies as well as the Euro. Britain’s currency slid against the […]

Posted on: 9 July 2011 | 8:54 am

Euro Pound Exchange Rate Graph May 2011 – Pound Recovering

Euro Pound Graph for May 2011 – May was a good month for Sterling against the Euro seeing the pound recover due to problems within the Eurozone Sterling made strong gains throughout the last week in May against the Euro broadly off the back of continued market commentary regarding the problem of the debt crisis […]

Posted on: 31 May 2011 | 3:45 pm

Woman from the UK decapitated in Los Cristianos, Tenerife

A woman from the UK was repeatedly stabbed and had her head cut off (decapitated) by a Bulgarian national in Los Cristianos this morning. This happened in a busy Chinese bargain store in the centre of the town. According to eye witnesses, the man stabbed the woman several times with a large knife and then […]

Posted on: 13 May 2011 | 3:48 pm

Sterling vs. Euro – 3rd May 2011; Positive GDP figures

Sterling vs. Euro – 3rd May 2011; Positive GDP figures brighten outlook for shaky UK economic recovery The eagerly awaited UK GDP first quarterly figures for 2011 were released on Wednesday and showed the economy expanding in line with general expectation at 0.5%. Given the previous quarter’s negative 0.5% contraction last week’s positive figures depict […]

Posted on: 3 May 2011 | 6:29 am

Sterling vs. Euro – 26th April 2011

26th April 2011 – Sterling vs. Euro. During a short week’s trading, the GBP/EUR cross only fluctuated 1.2% between the high and low of the week. Sterling rose vs. the Euro on Tuesday as the single currency weakened due to debt concerns. Portugal had begun talks with international authorities about the terms of a bail-out. […]

Posted on: 26 April 2011 | 5:15 am

Tenerife Milky Way timelapse video by Terje Sorgjerd

Check out one of the most amazing timelapse videos of the Tenerife Milky Way, and the upper landscapes of Tenerife, shot by Terje Sorgjerd.

Posted on: 25 April 2011 | 8:20 am

Euro Sterling – pound nearly hits 12 month low

18th April 2011 – Euro versus Sterling, the pound nearly hits a 12 month low. The pound continued its downward trend against the Euro last week, with lower inflation figures from the UK weakening Sterling. At one point rates were near a 12 month low, before staging a small recovery at the end of the […]

Posted on: 18 April 2011 | 8:11 am

Tenerife Night Sky showing the Milky Way

Tenerife Night Sky showing the Milky Way – Amateur astronomer Juan Carlos Casado stitched together this extraordinary shot from nine photos of the night sky. Article already published in the Daily Mail. Viewed as one digitally-fused image, as they are here, and the result is a 360-degree panorama. The faint band of light that stretches […]

Posted on: 16 April 2011 | 8:09 am

Euro versus Sterling – 10th April 2011 – Status Quo

10th April 2011 – Euro versus Sterling, the current Status Quo. In a move that had been widely anticipated since their March meeting, The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that the Governing Council had voted to raise the key benchmark interest rate from 1 percent to 1.25 percent. As the ECB looks to […]

Posted on: 11 April 2011 | 3:43 am