Volunteer divers from Buceo Almuñécar cleared 40 kilos of rubbish from the seabed around the Peñones del Santo (rock with cross) in Almuñécar.
Canine Acid Attack
by Vivienne Hughes •
Police are trying to track down the person or persons who threw acid over a dog, causing it horrific injuries.
Motril’s Procesión Magna
by Vivienne Hughes •
Thousands of people turned out on Motril streets and squares to witness the Procesión Magna. Eleven different Hermandades (Easter Brotherhoods) participated.
Building-Waste-Dump Protests
by Vivienne Hughes •
(CSC) Locals from the residential area to the north of the Castillo Alto industrial estate are up in arms over a plan to create a building-material dump.
Cyclist Runs Down Woman
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Local in the city of Granada are trying to track down a hit-&-run cyclist who ran down a woman on a zebra crossing.
Motril Stabbing over Noise
by Vivienne Hughes •
(FVM) A man in Motril was arrested by the Policía Nacional after allegedly stabbing several times a neighbour over an excessive-noise dispute.
Bungee Death Judicial Update
by Vivienne Hughes •
(DEL) Readers will remember the bungee-jumping accident on a bridge between Béznar and Lanjarón, resulting in the death of a young British woman – the trial is reaching its conclusion.
Almuñécar Paragliding Death
by Vivienne Hughes •
There is still very little information but what we do know is that a paragliding pilot died as a result of an accident yesterday afternoon in Almuñécar.
MTV Lands in La Herradura
by Vivienne Hughes •
(HMI) Are you too old to know what the MTV is? Nah! Yes the MTV is an American cable & satellite TV channel; do the annual MTV Awards ring a bell. Well, they’re in La Herradura.
Eurofighter Down
by Vivienne Hughes •
On Spain’s equivalent to the Armed Forces Day, the 12th of October, an aircraft taking part in the aerial display crashed, killing the pilot.