With this article, the online version of the Seaside Gazette reaches the 4,000-article mark, after starting out in April 2009. We reached the 3,000th post mark on November the 26th last year, meaning that we have increased our article stock by 25% in only ten months.
Andalusia
Regional news from Andalucia
Staggering Phone Bill
by Hugh MacArthur •
How would you like to receive a mobile phone bill for 20,000 euros? Ana María García did and is not bothered – the Town Hall pays it.
Business As Usual
by Martin Myall •
The PP Mayor of Estepona sacked an advisor after he was charged in connection with the Gürtel corruption Scandal only to hire his live in partner.
Violent Women
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional in Granada arrested two women, aged 20 and 21, neither with police records, for glassing another girl. To glass means to attack with a broken glass, normally, but not always, to the face.
The Looney Left?
by Hugh MacArthur •
A councillor from the far-left IU party at the Mijas Town Hall managed to make a fool of himself before the whole Council.
Brits Being Naughty
by Martin Myall •
A British couple in Coin have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs with a rented removals van. A total of 168 kilos of drugs were hidden inside the furniture and household objects bound for Blighty (The UK).
Time Share Scam
by Vivienne Hughes •
A man will stand before a judge for allegedly swindling 300 people in a time share scam, most of whom were British citizens.
Murdered in Honduras
by Martin Myall •
An 43-year-old Almeria man from Viator, Eduardo Pérez, was murdered in Honduras, where he had been residing. He had received several death threats in the last few weeks after reporting that his credit card had been cloned.
An Accidental Fire…
by Vivienne Hughes •
A mysterious fire broke out in the records department of the most indebted town hall in the whole of Spain, which has caused a few raised eyebrows.
140 Kilometres Dragging a Cross
by Martin Myall •
When people say that somebody has a cross to bear, he usually means it metaphorically, but this is not the case concerning Justin Márquez. Nope, Justin has dragged a bloody great wooden cross from Málaga to Gibraltar along the old main road.