Archive for April, 2011

The new timetable for visiting hours to the Salobrena Castle. Click on Image to enlarge »

We collect the Gazette from the printer tomorrow, but bear in mind that Motril has a four-day bank-holiday weekend, so most places there won’t get the Gazette until the 4th. Anyway the online edition, of course will start going up on the 1st, as always, albeit in the evening. Distribution is as follows: The... »

Shower Power We start the World Section of your April Gazette with the usual hard hitting journalistic news to which you’ve become accustomed. Naked women taking a shower near a busy road ended up causing a collision… hardly surprising! The naked stunts/protests have taken place in cities throughout the world, and are being organised... »

A collection of national news items from around Spain, as appeared in the hard copy edition of the Seaside Gazette. »

Scientific research has just demonstrated, scientifically, that a manually obtained blood pressure in the doctor’s office is higher than a blood pressure taken by an automated device without a white-coated doc insight – big news? »

In cases of accidents it is often quite difficult to know if the victim is entitled to compensation and in most situations it is impossible to automatically determine the responsibilities of the different parties involved without the intervention of a judge. »

My girlfriends and I were recently sharing very handy tips that have been passed down to us - mostly by our grandmothers. I haven’t tried all of them myself yet, so I can’t guarantee how well they work. Here are a few I’d like to share with you »

Englishman, Nigel, Summersby, resident of Íllora, won a raffle on which he was given 4000 euros to spend in 51 local shops, all in one day. »

Granada's PP has formally denounced the Socialist mayor of Loja, Miguel Castellano, for allegedly selling off plots of land at “laughably” low prices to intimates, fellow-travellers, and others favoured by the Socialists. »

if you aren't sure where to go for a pleasant walkabout, just use your mobile to navigate to Eurorando 2011, which will give you all the poop on paths and happy trails, especially those to be found in Andalucia and the vecinity of El Padul. »