Local news in brief week 21, from Lanzarote in May 2025, includes Ironman winners, cruise ships for Playa Blanca and protest march.

Explaining how the number plate system for cars and motorcycles works here in Spain. And why taxi rear number plates are blue now.

Lanzarote in Numbers is an annual report produced by The Cabildo to give key statistics and data about the island. We break it down.

Information about defibrillators in Lanzarote.

Shilann Doyle needs some help to pay for an operation and Lanzarote locals are supporting here with an event in Puerto del Carmen.

Cochineal dye and food colouring was once a staple industry of Lanzarote and the reason for the cactus fields in Guatiza. Here’s the story.