Javier Fajardo Ledesma from Otivar's Restaurante Buenavista won first prize in Mejor Cocinero de la Costa Tropical II, organised by Hotel Victoria Playa in Almuñécar. »

Some three hectares of mountain shrub went up in the hills above Taramay near Loma del Gato in Almuñécar on Thursday afternoon. »

This Motril dependency has long sought independence from its mother town but now it has all the necessary paperwork together, at last. »

Roadworks on Calle San Joaquín in Almuñécar has turned up Roman remains. The street in question is near the Cueva de Siete Palacios. »

A driver knocked over nine cyclists yesterday in Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, seriously injuring several of them. »

There has been a general cry of alarm after it became known that the 2018 budget included linking the catastro to real market property prices. »

A man from Vélez Benaudalla remains hospitalised in the ICU of Traumoltologia in Granada after receiving a brutal beating from his nephew. »

A 50-year-old man tried to set himself alight in the Emergency Department of a Granada hospital yesterday morning. »

The Asociación de Amigos del Pago de Guerra is finalising the arrangements for the XVIII Romería, planned for this Sunday, the 8th. »

The cleaning operation to remove wax from street surfaces in Almuñécar and La Herradura has begun in earnest. »

In the last few weeks a telephone company has been installing fibre-optic cables in the old town of La Herradura. »

Along all the autovías in Spain there is a perimeter fence to keep wild animals out to avoid accidents, but when elephants arrive by lorry... »

The Almuñécar Town Hall has dodged another silver bullet in the form of a two-million-euro fine over a building project on the Punta de la Mona. »

The heavy rains and high winds at the end of March caused the death of a 4-year old in a Madrid park when a tree fell on him. »

The Almuñécar Fire Service was busy Saturday evening, putting out a fire on a piece of overgrown wasteland near Costa Banana. »

Fresh from denouncing the 'cannibalising' of a municipal ambulance, the PP opposition leader in Salobreña has turned his criticism to the bus stop. »

The decision by the Motril Town Council to reject a call to make swimming where there is a red flag flying forbidden has drawn criticism. »

A Moroccan driver was chased in central Almuñécar and detained by the Policía Local after he had been seen driving erratically around the octopus roundabout. »

Salvamento Marítimo (sea rescue) were called out on Thursday to pick up a windsurfer whose mast/sail had broken - he was half a nautical mile out. »

A busy Easter on the Costa Tropical with two swimmers rescued in Almuñécar - busy because a surfer in Motril had to be rescued, too, on the same day! »

The municipal police in Granada came across a man, who did not appear to be in command of his faculties, handing out banknotes of up to 50 euros to passersby. »

Next Tuesday, with Semana Santa behind us, there will be an English-language film screened in Almuñécar entitled, The Bookshop. »

Art enthusiasts have until the 4th of April to view the works on display at the exhibition hall, Rowland Fade in the Casa de la Cultura in Almuñécar. »

A Romanian woman has been arrested in Almuñécar, accused of stealing an expensive watch using the 'hug' method, which is a form of pickpocketing. »

The Green Meanies A.K.A The Guardia Civil, arrested two brothers in Órgiva for the illegal possession of firearms. »

According to the Salobreña opposition party, the PP, the Mayor has converted an ambulance into a works van. They say that the ambulance, which belongs to Protección Civil, was the best equipped one in the municipality. »

A woman in Motril fell from a 2nd-floor balcony on Monday from her flat on calle Millán which is near Cuatro Esquinas and Calle Las Cañas. »