The Guardia Civil’s Environment Department (Seprona) has closed down two illegal construction-material dumps in the Axarquia.
Ilegal Dumps Closed Down
by Vivienne Hughes •
Pets & Motril Port
by Vivienne Hughes •
Motril Port, thanks to an accord with shipping companies running the ferries, will allow tourists to bring pets in, in order to “favour the arrival of tourists.”
Bather Goes Missing
by Vivienne Hughes •
Maritime Rescue and the Guardia Civil participated in a search Sunday afternoon looking for a woman who swam out from a Fuengirola beach and hasn’t been seen since.
Almuñequero Arrested in Armilla
by Vivienne Hughes •
Officers belonging to both the Armilla and Almuñécar Policía Local were involved in the arrest of an Almuñécar man following his attack on his partner.
Fireball Lights Up Night Sky
by Vivienne Hughes •
Dozens of people saw it in Granada, though it was visible in the rest of Spain and Portugal, crossing the sky with a burst of light that literally turned night into day.
Suntan Lotion Withdrawn
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Agencia Española del Medicamento y Productos Sanitarios has ordered the withdrawal of several brands of suntan lotion because they fail to provide the protection that they claim.
Dog Attack in Salobreña
by Vivienne Hughes •
A woman in her mid 60s was injured as a result of being attacked by a dog, last Sunday afternoon.
National Geographic Ship
by Vivienne Hughes •
The cruise ship, National Geographic Explorer, has docked at Motril Port with 133 American, Canadian and Danish passengers onboard, nine years after its first visit.
School Kids Plant Trees
by Vivienne Hughes •
Fifty schoolchildren from Colegio Segalvina junior school were out helping to plant saplings near the mouth of Río Guadalfeo.
Granada’s The Best Choice
by Vivienne Hughes •
Katie Gatens wrote an article in The Times where she points out the obvious — the City of Granada’s poor connections; i.e., the lack of flights to the UK.