A car went up in flames on the N-340 where it passes through Carchuna yesterday afternoon causing quite a spectacle.
East Coast
Costa Tropical east of Motril
Carchuna Beach Landing
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Policía Nacional arrested six illegal immigrants who had landed on a Carchuna beach around 16.00h yesterday afternoon.
Speargun Accident
by Hugh MacArthur •
A young man managed to shoot himself with his own speargun whilst diving off a Castell de Ferro beach.
Biggest Beach Clean Up
by Louise Powell •
Over 500 volunteers, amongst them 15 professional scuba divers and 40 snorkelers cleaned up the seabed off the eastern end of the Costa Tropical.
Dead Shark on La Rábita Beach
by Martin Myall •
A dead shark appeared on Monday on a beach in La Rábita, which is right down the eastern end of the Costa Tropical.
Burglar Caught in Castell
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil in Castell de Ferro nabbed a burglar red-handed, attempting to gain access to the buildingwhere the Library and Post Office are.
Local Election Results
by Martin Myall •
Juan Carlos Benavides makes a huge come back in Almuñécar and the PSOE maintains the mayoralties in Salobreña and Motril.
Calahonda Flies a Blue Flag
by Louise Powell •
The decade-long crisis forced many coastal towns out of the Bandera Azul league, simply because they couldn’t afford the costs involved.
Helping Adriana Home
by Vivienne Hughes •
Locals in Castell de Ferro are active on social media, trying to help a Romanian man repatriate the body of his wife, Adriana.
Castell Beach Toilets Vandalised
by Hugh MacArthur •
Castell Town Hall installed public toilets on the beach leading up to the Día de Andalucía, bank-holiday weekend – they have since been vandalised.