The Policía Nacional arrested a 27-year-man after he wrecked his bank branch because he was annoyed that he had no money in his account. Oh, and he also issued death threats to the staff, for good measure.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Shoplifting Priest
by Martin Myall •
A priest in the province of Cádiz was caught shoplifting and fined 800 euros. The man, a vicar at the Catedral Vieja de Cádiz, had been caught red handed with top-brand clothing concealed in his briefcase.
Expensive Foreigners
by Martin Myall •
The Andalusian health service, SAS, spent two million euros treating foreigners, either residents or tourists, during 2010 in Granada alone. Mind you, they passed it on to the private insurance companies or the countries of origin of these patients.
Crazy Fine
by David Darby •
A resident of Motril has complained about his treatment by local police officers who fined him for walking in the road.
Ricardo Romero was completely flabbergasted at what happened as he walked down the very narrow street of Piedrabuena, with his sister.
They had been shopping and had a small ‘pull along’ shopping basket, but the pavement was so narrow that they could not both fit, so Ricardo naturally stepped into the road.
‘Driven’ Book Publication
by David Darby •
As the editor of The Seaside Gazette hard copy, my time is rather limited for any other ventures. However, some seven or eight years ago I wrote a novel, which has been pretty much collecting dust ever since.
Well, the other day I thought ‘if you don’t do something with it now, you never will.’
So, with no proof read or re-write beforehand, I have published it on Amazon Kindle.
It’s a thriller, with the action starting in rural England and ending up here on the Costa Tropical. It was extremely good fun to write and I sincerely hope anyone that reads it gets some pleasure from it as well.
Tandem Paragliding
by David Darby •
Have you seen the advert for Tandem Paragliding in the hard copy of The Seaside Gazette? It looks to be a fantastic experience and we already have one Gazette guy who has had a flight as a gift from his wife and another, very excited, Gazette Ed who is looking forward to his go.
Well, if you’re struggling over what to get your wife, husband or even difficult teenager, how about an experience that will remain with them forever.
For more information about the ultimate gift voucher, contact hotel California on 958 88 10 38.
Indigo annieSloan
by David Darby •
Christmas gift ideas including a large selection of new English books, from kiddies titles to gardening and cookery. Handmade goodies and Christmas tree decorations, starting at just €3, or some bespoke Christmas cards. It’s all at Indigo Annie Sloan in La Herradura this festive season.
New Exhibition Centre for Motril
by Martin Myall •
The Nave del Azúcar, part of the old Pilar sugar mill, has just reopened its doors as an exhibition centre, after a long restoration process.
Over a hundred works of art are now on display there, within its 800 sq/m, distributed over two floors. This present display is part of the Ramon Portillo Picture Competition. In fact, so many artists took part in the competition that the works of some of them spilled over into the Casa de la Condesa.
Velez Benaudall Road Closed for Roadworks
by Martin Myall •
Motril councillor, Manuel Ballesteros, has issued a press statement to inform road users that habitually use the old Velez Benaudalla road that this road will be closed on Monday.
Motril Concerned over Own Ramblas
by Martin Myall •
After see what happened, further down in the coast in Calahona, the Motril Town Hall is eyeing nervously three of its own ramblas that have not been cleared out of choking vegetation.