Metropolitan
News from Granada city and its surroundings
The Unwanted Gift
The Guardia Civil have arrested a man in Zubia (suburb of Granada) for allegedly hiding drugs in his ex-wife's car and then making anonymous, phone tip-offs to the police. The reason? Reportedly, to gain custody of his son. »
Nude Man Interrupts Mass
There seems to be a growing trend of interrupting religious services at churches and what follows is just one more case of this. A man stripped off his clothes at the altar and launched a tirade of invectives against the congregation. »
A Happy Ending
On the 15th of March there was an article in the Ideal newspaper concerning a couple that was living in the back of a car, after losing their jobs and finally their home. Such was the sympathy evoked by the article that the following day the same newspaper announced that the couple hand... »
Whoops!
The Chairman of the Granada Press Association threw what can only be described as an atomic wobbly when confronted by a heckler at an Hispano-Israeli conference in Granada. Things became simply surreal when a young woman burst into the hall waving a Palestinian flag quickly followed by the Chairman whipping his belt off and... »
Jailed for Attempted Murder
Yes, it is annoying when workmen cut off your water or electricity for maintenance or repair work without letting you know before hand: if they know in advance, why not let you in on it so that you can fill up the bath, for example? However, no matter how annoying it might be, stabbing... »
Bogus Construction Company
The Guardia Civil has arrested a man in Pinos Puentes (near Granada) for allegedly charging 24,000 euros for a series of construction jobs that were never carried out. Why 24,000 and not a nice round 25,000 euros? Because 24,000 euros is exactly 4-million, die-hard pesetas - even after so many years, people might use... »
Granada Labour Reform Protest
Some 12,000 people gathered in the centre of Granada on Wednesday 29th February, to protest against labour reforms. At the head of the marchers were local representatives from many of the unions, including the CCOO and the UGT who sent their leaders in the Granada, Ricardo Flores and Manuela Martinez, who called the reforms, "useless,... »
Strummer Street
Do you remember The Clash? Then you will remember Joe Strummer, who is in the process of having a street in Granada named after him. From 1984 he was often here, loving the fact that he could hang out in a pub and nobody recognised him... well, almost nobody. He was friends with the... »
False Gasman Arrested
A 26-year-old man was arrested by the Guardia Civil for alleged fraud, involving an 80-year-old woman in Monachil. »
That Sinking Feeling
Otura, which is a town off the autovia just before Granada, is sinking about a centimetre a year - hardly free fall, admittedly, but not frightfully clever, either. »
