Andalusia

Regional news from Andalucia

Paddle-Board Rescue

It was just before eight in the morning last Sunday when two women on a paddle board managed to contact a friend to say that they couldn’t get back to the shore.

Handy Andy not So Dandy

It was in the early hours and a young man was trailing a group of foreign females tourists. What he didn’t know was that he was also being trailed by to plainclothes officers.

Strong Earth Tremor

There was a sizeable earth tremor off the coast of Almeria (5.5 degrees of magnitude) which was felt in Almería, Granada, Málaga and Jaén, as well as outside Andalucia in Murcia, Alicante and Albacete.

María’s Supremacy Is Over

Once upon a time, and not very long ago, María was every Spanish girls name, literally. However, as a girl’s name, now it has dropped to second place giving the crown to Sofía.

Burning Scooters

An electric scooter was left charging overnight in a flat in the city of Málaga, which provoked a fire after it overheated and burst into flames.