Complete programme for this important Jazz event. Note: all main concerts are in the Majuelo and start at 22:30h, but there are also free concerts elsewhere. »

Britain’s Channel 4 visited the El Pinero fruit farm in Almuñécar to shoot footage on mangoes and other fruit for its Superfood programme. »

A 31-year-old man injured his arm after jumping from the roof of his house in Guájar Faragüit to escape a house fire. »

I had gone down to Chiringuito El Peñon in Salobreña at Friday lunchtime on my bike - only a lunatic uses a car on the Costa Tropical in July - and there it was, a bus stuck on the roundabout. »

Over in Sevilla a roadworker dropped dead from severe heatstroke whilst he was laying tarmac on the A-406. »

The Salobreña night-time, street markets began on the Friday the 7th and will run every Friday throughout the summer until the 1st week of September. »

Amazing as it might seem, given the date and weather, Motril’s beaches were without lifeguards and warning flags for the first week of July. »

There are a couple of activities in Otivar this Friday and Sunday, especially for kids. »

A charity concert Flamencos in aid of Acompalia, will take place on Sunday August, 6th at 22.00h in Parque El Majuelo, Almuñécar. »

La Herradura’s Centro Cívico is home to a collective art exhibition in the Pepe Gámez showroom. »

The summer’s here, the roads are clogged and it’s thirsty weather: bad combination, so here’s three cases of drivers chosing booze, not water, to quench their thirst. »

According to the Chairman of the Port Authority, Francisco Álvarez de la Chica, Motril Port has the largest, free WIFI area in the whole of the province. »

The street-cleaning company in Almuñécar and La Herradura, made a major sweep of accumulating dumped household furniture etc on Friday 7th and Saturday the 8th. »

The locals of Larrabetzu, in Vizcaya (Basque Lands) have long wanted to demolish a large stone cross erected in honour of the fascist dictator, Franco - then the day came. »

An ambulance was involved in a collision in Torrox around 07.40h on the 5th at the entrance to a tunnel on the eastbound lanes of the A-7. »

Located opposite Almuñécar's bus station, the boutique La Clériga is all about offering a personal, fashion-shopping experience, »

A team of spelaeologists (potholers) made an amazing discovering in a cave within the municipality of Motril; finds include 70 pieces from the Nasrid dynasty; i.e., 500 years ago. »

The Soportújar municipal exhibitions hall is hosting the collective works Alpujarra residents, which will run until the 24th of this month. »

A day that will go down in the annals of breathalyser tales is the 10th of May, 2015 when a biker, who was clearly well over the limit, uttered the immortal words… »

Salobreña was the epicentre of national media interest today, thanks to a Spanish cartoon character, Tadeo Jones; brickie turned Indiana Jones, hence the surname. »

The Motril branch of the Partido Popular is asking for more summer personnel for the public-health services on the Costa Tropical, especially Calahonda and Carchuna. »

The emergency services in Extremadura have located the bodies of four victims in a canyoneering accident, all for are of the same family. »

According to the Almuñécar Tourist Board, foreign visitors to the town in the first six months of the year was up five percent, which is not to be sniffed at! »

The Salobreña dependency, La Caleta, is holding its annual fiestas from the 13th to the 16th of this month. But before that, on the 8th, the Feria del Dia opens. »

Tonight at 22.00h you will have the chance to attend a concert set in front of a Roman Aqueduct in Almuñécar… if you are lucky, because seats are limited. »

Salobreña held a condom-use campaign on the 1st of July aimed at youngsters entitled, Con Condón No Hay Sustos (With A Condom, There’re No Scares). »

Two policemen from the Policía Nacional in the city of Granada managed to rescue an elderly man from a fire in his 1s-floor flat. »