The decade-long crisis forced many coastal towns out of the Bandera Azul league, simply because they couldn’t afford the costs involved.
Calahonda Flies a Blue Flag
by Louise Powell •
East Coast
Costa Tropical east of Motril
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.
Artillery Shell on Carchuna Beach
by Hugh MacArthur •
Bomb disposal experts have destroyed an explosive artefact that was found on Carchuna beach around around the middle of last month.
Teen, Wood stove, House Fire
by Hugh MacArthur •
There was a house fire in Gualchos on the 25th in Nº2 Calle Cerrillo which caused extensive damage before it could be put out, leaving the family homeless.
Blood and Bikes
by Hugh MacArthur •
If you live in Almuñécar you have two upcoming dates that might concern you: blood donations and ITVs for mopeds. Read on for Gualchos and Albuñol, too.
Drunk and Overly Optimistic
by Martin Myall •
A young man was seriously injured when he fell several floors onto an interior patio within a block of flats in Gualchos.
Cambriles Seabed Clean Up
by Louise Powell •
(COH 01C) Forty volunteer divers carried out a clean up off Playa de Cambriles, where there are important extentions of posidonia.
La Rábita Stabbing
by Vivienne Hughes •
A young woman in her 20s has been arrested in La Rábita after allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend of a similar age in his home.
Brit Drowned in Calahonda
by Martin Myall •
A British man drowned around midday today whilst out swimming off Playa de La Calahonda.