Martin Myall

Bad Neighbour

People who live along Calle Francisco Maldonado in Torrenueva Costa are not happy with one particular neighbour, whose behaviour is not very conventional.

Too Few Doctors

Carchuna and Calahonda, two of Motril’s municipal dependencies, have a fixed population of 4,300, yet they only have two doctors to cover the whole population.

Cutting Fire Personnel Numbers

The workers union, Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) has voiced strong criticism to the Provincial Council for lowering the minimum threshold for the number of personnel in fire stations, instead of increasing the number of personnel available.

A String of Rescues

Few people would argue that having an active life in our senior years is not a good thing, but hiking around the second highest peak of Sierra Nevada in your late 60s could be viewed as reckless… however.

11-Year-Old Attacked by Knifeman

A second violent incident in the province of Toledo occurred on Saturday, this time involving an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed and killed by a masked assailant in the football grounds of Mocejón (Toledo).

Extra-Lane A-44 Traffic

Starting tomorrow at 17.00h, northbound traffic on the A-44 will have three lanes at its disposal, thanks to one of the southbound lanes being incoporated to this end.

Messy Revellers

The Almuñécar Councillor for Beaches and the Environment, Lucía González, has given the figures behind the clean up following fiesta week.

Weather: 16th to 21st

You will have noticed that temperatures have cooled a little, especially at night, with temperatures in the low 20s on the coast and middle-to-high teens inland in the Valle de Lecrín (Dúrcal) and the Alpujarra (Lanjarón).

Stretched Thin

Whilst all eyes on the Costa Tropical were on the fire behind La Herradura and Almuñécar, the Infoca provincial units had to deal with a fire in Dúrcal and another in Fornes, which is near the Bermejales Reservoir.