A member of the Granada Policía Local was injured during a rescue operation to save a young Belgian woman who was trapped on a ledge after falling down a ravine in the Jesús del Valle area.
Lynching an Arsonist
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A group of inmates at the Granada provincial prison in Albolote tried to lynch a fellow inmate who was accused of starting a fire in the prison. Only the rapid intervention of the prison guards managed to save the victim, who is Moroccan.
Loud Mouth
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Thanks to the tendency of a criminal to boast of his exploits, an off-duty policeman was able to tip his colleagues off that a young male passenger on the same bus that he was travelling on was crowing about how he had stabbed and killed somebody.
The Evicted and Fallen
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A 56-year-old man, who had been evicted from his 4th-storey flat for non-payment of rent, fell to his death after he tried to regain access via an patio window.
Costly Phantom Calls
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Bernadino Román, a 70-year-old gent from Zubia (Granada) frequently suffers from insomnia, which is quite common in somebody his age, and like most with this tendency, he is a late-night/early morning TV spectator, when the growing number of TV channels offer little more than tarot card reading, porn, the odd film and mind- numbing televised competitions.
Crisis Attrition
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Since 2007 a stunning 5,000 businesses have gone down the drain in Granada – imagine how many have gone bust all over the country.
Worst Quake Since 1956
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The locals of Lorca, near Murcia, are asking why an earthquake of 5.2 should have such a devastating effect on building structures around town. Experts agree that the shallow depth of the epicentre and the sandy soil of the area certainly contributed to the damage, but what is becoming more evident is that building standards employed during the housing boom might also have something to do with it.
7 Star Hotel News
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Whether or not the projected hotel will be a 7-star hotel or a 5-star one is really besides the point, because even a luxury 5-star hotel is a major asset to Almuñécar. However, it doesn’t end there.
Christian Message
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On a more spiritual note, we include a press release from the local Protestant Christian community:
Fouling the Streets
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It’s a dog’s life for mutt owners in Almuñécar – or at least for 16 of them, who have all been fined 150 euros for ‘unsolicited manure deliveries.’ But is not only the poop landmines that can get you fined; not having the dog on a lead in public or letting it onto the beach, whether it is on a lead or not, will cost you the same.