The local Branch of the IU has put its weight behind a nationwide initiative for a protest black out tonight.
New Year’s Concert
by Vivienne Hughes •
On the 4th January at 20.30h at the Teatro Calderon in Motril a total of 65 musicians from all over Andalucia will be performing in a New Year’s Concert
Another Benny Acquittal
by Vivienne Hughes •
A Motril law court has acquitted Juan Carlos Benavides of perversion of justice and abuse of land-use planning.
Mugged in a Hospital Bed
by Vivienne Hughes •
Isabel had come out of surgery for two lumbar hernias and was lying in her hospital bed on the 4th floor of Granada’s main hospital when a young man came in. This 56-year-old woman was the only one in the room because her ward companion had been taken down for surgery and her daughter had just left for work after visiting her.
East Costa Tropical Rubbish Problems
by Vivienne Hughes •
Travelling East along the coast of Granada, once you get to Motril the greenhouses start, and where there are greenhouses, you have rubbish. Perhaps for this reason the locals of Castell, Gualchos, Lújar, Polops and Carchuna-Calahonda are aware and troubled by the problem.
Plaza Orellana Facelift
by Vivienne Hughes •
The First Councillor for Carchuna-Calahonda, Concepción Abarca, can be seen here eyeing, proudly, the end result of the Plaza Orellana facelift.
Acompalia Ends 2013 on a High Note
by Vivienne Hughes •
Hospice charity Acompalia’s festive fundraising concert brought together communities, traditions and talents for a great cause at a beautiful home in Granada’s Lecrin Valley.
Good Garbage, Bad Garbage
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Salobreña Town Hall have taken a step closer to approving new legislation that will see the new costings to hotels for the removal of their rubbish in 2014 and they are claiming that the amendment to the legislation will benefit 90 percent of the hotels in the town… however, some of the other 10 percent will be paying up to five times what they paid in the current financial year.
Super Selfie
by Vivienne Hughes •
Back to the reason for this article, which is that the ultimate ‘super selfie’ must be the one taken at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. The people all smiling into the mobile phone camera are U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Danish Prime Minister Hell Thorning-Schmidt.
Las Gaviotas Gets A Visit
by Vivienne Hughes •
Kiddies from the Colegio Público Las Gaviotas in La Herradura had a chance to meet the local firemen, police and Protección Civil volunteers and find out what to do in an emergency.