Reasons To Be Grumpy

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

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.

Baby Left in Car Dies

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

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!

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.

Grants for Hotels

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

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

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!

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.

Wildfire Suspects Investigated

Police investigation into the recent wildfire in the Valle de Lecrín near the Embalse de Béznar on the 25th has two person under investigation, suspected of being the perpetrators. The fire affected around 150 hectares of woodland, caused the evacuation of 80 people, and led to the confinement of residents in the municipality of El…

Human Avalanche

The Central Government has decided to bring in 60 soldiers to back up the Guardia Civil in the Spanish, North African enclave-town of Ceuta.

Motril Boat Explosion

Around two in the afternoon yesterday a small motorcruiser caught fire next to the Motril Port Yacht Club, injuring two from the same family; the boat owner and his daughter.