What better place to observe the solar eclipse on Wednesday the 12th than on top of Sierra Nevada! OK, there are better places, if you don’t mind hiking it up to northern Spain, but nevertheless!
The Solar Eclipse & Perseids
by Martin Myall •
Reader: 5-Star Hotel
by Gazette Reader •
Millions for a five-star hotel, but who will pay for the mistakes of the past?
Cabin Cruiser Runs Aground
by Hugh MacArthur •
A cabin cruiser ran aground Tuesday afternoon on Playa de Ferrara, in Torrox Costa, after it broke free from the bouy it was anchored to next to the entrance channel to the beach .
Just Another Disaster
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar has two major problems at the moment; a main artery (Paseo de La Caletilla) and the Municipal Market which relies on generators to provide electricity, as it is still not connect up the mains system.
Reasons To Be Grumpy
by Gazette Reader •
We drive through town every day, passing all the famous revamped roundabouts. I do not recall an opening ceremony and photo opportunity by the illustrious staff of the ayuntamiento acknowledging this immense waste of public money.
Passion at The Wheel
by Martin Myall •
Passion at the wheel can be dangerous – and we don’t mean coming away with something other than undying love. No this was a couple who thought that being parked up whilst ‘being friendly,’ was boring.
Forgotten in A Supermarket
by Martin Myall •
We become forgetful with age and leave things in supermarkets, like keys, a personal shopping trolley, your grandmother’s funeral ashes… Wait!
Baby Left in Car Dies
by Vivienne Hughes •
Whilst we used a tongue-in-cheek tone about the forgotten funeral urn, there is nothing nothing that can be taken lightly about the death of baby that had been left in a car in August in the Canary Islands.
Defence Minister Breaks Ranks
by Martin Myall •
Whilst Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, might be treading a very diplomatic path concerning Morocco, the feisty Defence Minister, Margarita Robles is not taking what happened quietly.
Strange Things in The Surf!
by Editor •
Where the sea meets the land and when the summer is in full swing, you get very weird beings turning up in the surf; not just the Granadinos, bless their cotton socks.
Mobile Mast Controversy
by Vivienne Hughes •
A mobile-phone mast on top of a building in Vélez-Málaga has been turned off following clashes between the rulling coalition and the PSOE opposition group.
Grants for Hotels
by Martin Myall •
The Central Government has announced that they will be extending a grant for 6-million euros to two hotel projects; one in La Herradura and the other on Playa Granada in Motril.
Day Centre for Special Needs
by Vivienne Hughes •
Almuñécar is still steering towards building a day centre for people with special needs, which will be built on the cleared ground were the Turismo Tropical complex used to stand and which is presently being used as summer parking.
Extensive Criminal Record
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Policía Nacional in Motril have arrested, yet again, a middle-aged man for burglar, suspected of forcing his way into two establishments in the town centres on two separate days.
Thank God!
by Martin Myall •
Quick aside, when we say “Thank God,” any one will do, but anyway, to the point, the Ministry of Transport has announced the conclusion of work on the A-7 tunnels.