Martin Myall

Guardia vs. Jet-Skis

Rest assured that the Guardia Civil are going to be keeping an eye on the pesky jet-skis this summer, as they put into place a special operation that began on the 1st of July to control jet-ski usage on the Costa Tropical.

Chainsaw Disagreement

Dúrcal residents were very surprised to find out that somebody had attacked someone else with a chainsaw – visions of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre spring to mind, although it wasn’t that dramatic.

Throwing Water Away?

The socialist opposition party in the Almuñéca Town Council claims that the Río Verde watertable is being constantly drained because of building work next to Las Góndolas.

Motril Port & Huge Transformers

We’ve all become used to those long-load lorries bringing gigante windturbine blades down the A-7 to Motril Port, but recently equally load lorries have brought in huge Hitachi Energy transformer down for export.

The Eternal Problem

The 70-odd chiringuitos along the Costa Tropical are desperate to hire staff, frantically searching long before the summer arrived, but each summer the problem grows.

Youth Centre for Herradura

It looks like the Mayor of Almuñécar has given up on the idea of replacing the old Estación Náutica with its swimming pool for a block of flats after encountering considerable opposition, so he is going to making into a youth centre.

Drug Smuggling Arrests

The Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service arrested six people in a joint operation as alleged perpetrators of smuggling, more precisely, piloting the drug refuelling RIBS.

Guadalajara Burns

We didn’t report on the fire in Almería that claimed so many lives; people trapped in the flames, because, frankly, it was all over international news from the very beginning, but it’s not the only major fire that Spain is coping with.

Rats Run Amok?

well, whilst the party in power sings its own praises and highlights improvements to their town, the opposition party will scour the municipality looking for something to complain about.