People were astounded to hear that workers on the high-speed-train line outside Loja managed to seriously weaken a standard railway bridge during blasting operations.
Poniente
News from the west of Granada (Poniente): Loja & Alhama de Granada area
The Pleasant Hells
by Vanessa Bosch •
Close to the town of Loja, which is the capital of the Poniente de Granada, or western Granada, Río Genil runs through a 20m-deep canyon, after flowing over a waterfall called, Cola de Caballo (Horse Tail).
Fire Station Flounders
by Vanessa Bosch •
Work on the new area (comarcal) fire station in Loja has ground to a halt after the construction company went bust, and it is not the first time that Loja has seen a virtually completed project wallow, dead in the water.
Shotgun Death Over 16-Year Old
by Vanessa Bosch •
A 20-year-old lad from Archidona (Malaga) died after receiving both barrels of a shotgun, hitting him in the neck and head. It was 23.35h on the street of a small village near Loja.
Justifying A Salary
by Martin Myall •
At a time when many people have no job, no savings, no income, the fact that we have 445,568 politicians drawing salaries from public funds is beyond comprehension for the average Spaniard.
Bank Takes All
by Martin Myall •
It never crossed the mind of small businessman, Antonio Ruiz, that something like this could happen to him; but it has. One moment he was on top of the world, and the next he had been stripped of all he possessed – the bank took the lot: his business (Cuadros San Sebastian) his work shop, his house… and even the houses of his two offspring… they even took his grandchildren’s bicycles!
Trousers-Around-Ankles Trick
by Martin Myall •
A prostitute has been arrested for robbing a client, taking advantage of the fact he was in the middle of an orgasm – is nothing sacred?
The 43-year-old sex worker on her knees in front of the man – no imagination needed to work out what was happening – when, taking advantage of the the fact that the man was distracted by his own ejaculation, she pushed him over backwards, and as his trousers were around his ankles, he fell flat on his back.
Enough Poison to Kill 160 People
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil had been on the trail of a shepherd that was known to be using poison bait in Zafarraya, but when they finally nailed him even they were astounded by the amount and potency of the pesticide that he had been using.
Many Bars But Few Inhabitants
by Martin Myall •
Granada has always been a province with a swarm of small bars – just about every ground floor of a block of flats has one… or two, but the town that has proportionally more bars than any other is little old Moraleda de Zafayona.
Passing Mummy the Bill
by Martin Myall •
A prostitute has been arrested for attempting to charge her clients mother for her services, as he didn’t want to pay up himself.