(ESP09) The staff manning the two emergency numbers, 061 and 112, will be going on strike over the Christmas period.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Boy Left in Car While Dad Parties
by Vivienne Hughes •
(COE08) Around mid-November a 40-year-old father was arrested for leaving his 4-year-old son in a car for hours whilst he was in a swingers bar, allegedly drunk.
Imprisonment for Animal Cruelty
by Vivienne Hughes •
(TVI02) The owner of a bogus animal-protection association in Torremolinos was in court after allegedly killing hundreds of animals.
2017 Worse Forest-Fire Year
by Hugh MacArthur •
Andalucia has seen 15,254 hectares of forestland and mountain shrub destroyed by fire so far this year, which is three times higher than last year.
It’s Bumpy Out There
by Martin Myall •
It might have been relatively quiet this evening where you are, but just out to sea we had six earth tremors in the space of 23 minutes.
The Last Duel in Spain
by Martin Myall •
Pistol duelling went out with a bang – never better said – in Spain thanks to a very controversial duel in 1904 in Sevilla involving the Marqués de Pickman and his wife’s lover.
Andalusian Tourism Figures
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Head of the Andalusian Tourism Board, Francisco Javier Fernández, has released figures for tourism in our region during summer 2017 – and they are good.
Coastal Protection Law Stopped
by Martin Myall •
The Regional Supreme Court has sunk the Junta’s law limiting building on the first 500 metres of the coast; i.e., a 500-metre-wide coastal strip.
Intrepid Traveller
by Hugh MacArthur •
A ferry working the Spain-North Africa links came across an illegal immigrant in the middle of this very busy shipping lane… on a surfboard.
Alone at Home with Dead Parents
by Martin Myall •
Four children, all minors, spent five days, alone at home with the bodies of their parents – the bodies were discovered on Saturday the 23rd.