After eleven drivers on the A-7 had reported that they had received impacts from stones thrown from an overhead bridge, police opened an investigation.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Man Beat Child with Bat
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Nacional are looking for a man who had allegedly beaten a 2-year-old with a baseball bat in Sevilla.
Brit Teens in Suicide Pact
by Martin Myall •
A teenage couple of British nationality announced on Instagram that they were going to kill themselves by jumping from a high building – the boy did.
Fireman Drowned in Flood
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Costa Tropical seems to have escaped the heavy rains, but that was not the case on the east coast of Spain or in the province of Málaga.
How to Keep a Low Profile
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Local in Rincón de la Victoria arrested a Frenchman for traffic offences in the early hours of one morning last week.
Andalusian Elections Announced
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Prime Minister of the Andalusian Regional Government, Susana Díaz, has just announced that there will be elections on the 2nd of December.
Summer Ends but Drownings Haven’t
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Pinos Puente Town Hall has just declared three days’ mourning in condolence with a local family after their baby drowned in a pool.
Junta Acts Against Plastic Waste
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Junta de Andalucía has set in motion a campaign for the retrieval of discarded plastic from the greenhouses that has been dumped in gullies and ramblas.
Wet, Wet, Wet Weekend
by Martin Myall •
Well that was a wet weekend, from the north of the province to the south. Take Campotéjar on the Jaén border where the river burst its banks, for example.
Andalusia Seeks Migration Help
by David Darby •
Motril has received record numbers of migrants this year already and we’re only in September. This human tragedy was brought into sharp focus yesterday as the Motril Town Hall arranged the burial of the five migrants, four men and one woman, who lost their lives at sea after their inflatable boat was sank.