Updated 18 February: Tragically, it has been confirmed today that this teenager has died. He was transferred in critical condition to Candelaria Hospital but sadly it has now been announced that he succumbed to the severe injuries he sustained in yesterday’s fall.  Original post 17 February:  A 13-year-old boy is in hospital this afternoon after falling several metres from an electricity pylon in the Guargacho area. Emergency services say that they were called out just before half past two with reports that he had fallen after getting a shock from the cables and was unconscious, and ambulance crew found him in cardiac arrest and with severe headREAD MORE

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a general election on 28 April. Sánchez is leader of the socialist party, PSOE, which has been in minority Government since a vote of No Confidence last summer (see HERE), and as we saw only a week ago with the proposed urban letting law (see HERE), Sánchez can’t get legislation through Parliament. He has called this election, Spain’s third in four years, after the budget itself failed to be approved. The election will be held just a month before the local and European elections and no doubt all sides will be hoping at least for a majority governmentREAD MORE

A 54-year-old British diver died this afternoon off the coast of Abades in Arico. Emergency services say that they were called out shortly before 4pm with reports that the man had been brought to land after getting into difficulties but needed assistance. A medic in the Control Room established from those helping the man that he was in fact in cardiac arrest; she then proceeded to give telephonic advice on how to attempt to resuscitate him while medical crews were dispatched. Sadly, despite the efforts of ambulance and helicopter crews, the man could not be helped and he was declared dead at the scene.READ MORE