Halloween in Granada was an excuse for vandals and other lunatics with one man claiming that he had a “mission” to complete involving the strangulation of a woman in her early 80s, bless his cotton socks.
Busy Halloween Night
by Martin Myall •
Los Guájares Hill Fire
by Martin Myall •
It seems like not everybody is glad that the hill-fire season is over, perhaps feeling a tad nostalgic… because there was another one of the First day of November!
Ceramic & Sculpture Exhibition
by Louise Powell •
La Herradura has a ceramics exposition running at the moment in the Pepe Gámez exhibtion hall in the Centro Cívico, with the title of Materia Viva.
Almuñécar November Cultural Events
by Louise Powell •
Almuñécar Cultural agenda has around 30 events for November, ranging from classical music, blues, flamenco, and tango to literature, conferences, dance, as well as kiddies’ activities.
Rioting Organisation Cracked
by Hugh MacArthur •
The joint collaboration between two national and two regional police forces led to the arrets syesterday of eight young individuals, linked to the criminal activities of lootings and rioting in several in several cities around Spain.
Explosion at Munitions Factory
by Martin Myall •
El Fargue munitions factory is back in the news after an explosion there around 08.45h yesterday, which could be heard in the nearby city of Granada.
Mountain Fire Behind Nerja
by Hugh MacArthur •
We might be in the cooler autumn but there is still the risk of hill fires, as Wednesday has shown with one declared within the municipality of Nerja, up in the Parque Natural de Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama.
Shot Dead in Hospital
by Martin Myall •
A man who had been hospitalised in Cataluña, victim of a shooting incident, was later gunned down in his hospital bed…
Close to Salvation but not Enough
by Martin Myall •
A man in his early 60s possibly choked to death (the cause of death is not clear) around 10:30h on Wednesday, while having breakfast inside a bar located on Calle Antígona in Málaga.
Almuñécar’s Public Art Festival
by Louise Powell •
At the moment there is a Public Art Festival, entitled, Trópica, running in Almuñécar until the 31st, which, as its name suggests, features activities open to the public.
Flamboyant Café-Pastelería in Dúrcal
by Promotional Article •
Flamboyant is a very popular café and pastry establishment, whose name comes from a French word meaning resplendent, and refers to a beautiful tree also known as the flame tree due to the intense red colour of its flowers.
Camino a los Tablones
by Vivienne Hughes •
Workers have surfaced a 600-metre section of the lane leading to the Los Tablones Cemetery in Motril, which also gives access to around 20 farming plots and homes.
Minis, Left, Right & Centre
by Hugh MacArthur •
If you saw a herd on Minis whizzing by last weekend, you weren’t seeing things, but rather the participants of the Ruta de Mini Clásicos por la Costa Tropical.
La Rábita Castle Work
by Hugh MacArthur •
It’s taken 15 years but finally things are beginning to move concerning the restoration of the Castillo La Rábita.
Mother & Children Hit by Biker
by Hugh MacArthur •
A mother and her two children were struck by a motorbike on Calle Ancha on Sunday night. Calle Ancha is the one that starts in front of the old bus station.