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Spanish police have arrested two British men who falsely claimed that they had a bomb on a flight from Manchester to Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.

The two men, who are in their 20s, appeared to be drunk and claimed to have a bomb just as the plane was landing at Tenerife airport.

At the request of the crew, police entered the plane and identified two passengers as the alleged authors of the fake bomb alert and immediately detained them.

The Thomas Cook flight was carrying 218 passengers and eight crew members.

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Endesa and the Canary Islands Technological Institute (ITC) have signed a collaboration agreement to develop a smart grid in La Graciosa, in order to achieve greater energy efficiency and the highest use of the renewable energy sources on this island, which is off the coast of Lanzarote, thus making it a sustainable island.

The objective is to develop a clean energy supply solution with wind power, solar energy and electric vehicles, and to make this small island self-sufficient in terms of energy, thereby reducing the island’s dependence upon the island of Lanzarote.

A clean energy supply solution for La Graciosa will be developed by using a smart micro grid in equipment used in generation, energy storage, active and demand management, a reliable wind and solar prediction system, smart meters enabling remote management, electric car recharge systems, etc, to make the island self-sustainable in terms of energy.

This initiative will help the Canary Islands to achieve the EU’s 20-20-20 target (20% renewable energies, 20% improvement in energy efficiency and 20% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2020).

La Graciosa is the only inhabited island in the Chinijo Archipelago which also includes Alegranza, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este and Roque del Oeste, all of which form part of the largest marine reserve in Europe and is an area of outstanding natural beauty.

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