News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
Police investigation into the recent wildfire in the Valle de Lecrín near the Embalse de Béznar on the 25th has two person under investigation, suspected of being the perpetrators. The fire affected around 150 hectares of woodland, caused the evacuation of 80 people, and led to the confinement of residents in the municipality of El…
The Guardia Civil arrested three individuals, all aged 27, in Granada and charged them with receiving stolen property, after they came across their van that had been involved in an accident.
The Junta de Andalucía has issued a contaminated food alert after Listeria monocytogenes was detected in a specific lot of fuet ibérico made by Cárnicas Sierra Nevada in Cájar (Granada).
Yesterday saw a fire break out just above the Béznar Reservoir which was declared as under control by 20.00h that same day but not extinguished yet.
The Mayor of Íllora, Antonio Salazar, announced the XXXV Parapanda Folk which is one of the most established music festivals in Andalucía.
Granada will offer new flights this autumn starting on October the 27th when the first Wizz Air flight will depart, connecting Granada with London-Luton direct.
The Dúrcal Centro de Salud in the Valle de Lecrín held a protest outside the centre yesterday over the recent attack on a member of its staff.
The man thought to have been behind the hill fire in Cenes de la Vega on Thursday was brought before a police court and released pending further investigation and possibly trial.
An accident between two vehicles in Ogíjares yesterday morning ended up with four people injured, three of them only slightly, but one woman was trapped inside her car. She was freed by another driver who was passing by.
You know, when you are hurtling along the autovía, you want to think that the cars that you are passing or sandwiched between are driven by people in full command of their sense, which is not always the case. Take the case of a lorry driver who was pulled over by the Guardia Civil traffic…