Well yesterday was not a day to venture out in all along the Costa Tropical, with streets in Almuñécar and Salobreña boasting boating-lake-size puddles. »

There has been a rockfall on the N-340 between Salobreña and Motril, which has caused the westbound lane to be closed until it can be removed. »

A building developer is going to spend 45m euros on two new hotels on the Pradollano (Sierra Nevada) ski resort. »

According to one of the major workers' unions, the CGT, sea-rescue launches are undermanned and are demanding a crew made up of at least four, permanent members. »

The flu is here and the sniffers, sneezers and soggy-hanky brigade are flocking to medical centres, hospitals and witch doctors for relief from their torment. »

The Policía Nacional in Nerja arrested a Russian citizen, who was wanted with a European Arrest Warrant out on him. »

Thanks to international cooperation between national police forces, an alleged Norwegian pedophile was arrested in Almuñécar. »

After you've lived on the Costa Tropical for a while, you grow to appreciate the Alpujarra because it is so different, but at the same time, so familiar. »

A 29-year-old driver is accused of deliberately driving another car off the road... on his second attempt »

Officers from the Torrox Policía Local managed to save the life of a Danish woman after she suffered a heart attack at home last Sunday morning. »

A 52-year-old man in Salobreña has been arrested, accused of fraud for misappropriation of another person's credit card in order to steal money from the victim. »

Around 2,000 sq/m of grass & shrub land within the municipality of Molvízar was affected by a fire on Sunday in the area known as Marchal Alto. »

The Provincial Education Delegate for Granada,, Antonio Jesús Castillo, has resigned after plans to reshuffle rural schools ran up against strong opposition. »

Vélez de Benaudalla Town Hall wants to promote tourism and sports, which translate nicely in cycling and hiking along their new footpath running above the old N-323. »

The Guardia Civil (Seprona) has begun to investigate the municipal dog compound over accusations of animal cruelty. »

The Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) has raised the alert level to Level Orange for today and tomorrow owing to the snow forecast. »

Three blind men had decided to do the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, accompanied by their guide dogs. One of them is from Pampaneira (La Alpujarra) and they were... »

A man in his 80s suffered a road accident whilst riding his scooter on the N-340 more or less above Cotobro in Almuñécar. »

A lorry driver from Motril was involved in a road accident on the AP-7 in Castellón (Valencia) when he lost control of the vehicle. He is at present in... »

Yesterday, fire personnel from Almuñécar had to pull out a woman from a crashed car in Molvízar after she came off the GR-5303 where it passes... »

Readers will remember that a couple of months back Motril fishermen discovered an invasive species of Asian seaweed in their fishing grounds - now it has appeared off Almuñécar. »

A bar owner was closing up when two individuals burst in armed with large knives - it was coming up to midnight and they weren't there to sell encyclopaedias. »

A convict from the provincial prison in Albolote managed to escape whilst out on a clean-up operation around the Cubillas Reservoir three weeks ago. »

Again, the presence of a Saudi ship allegedly carrying arms in Motril Port has caused protests, this time from Podemos. »