What do you do when the authorities won’t or can’t repair your kiddy’s school? You do it yourself, which is what is happening in Loja in the Poniente de Granada.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
Unpardonable Optimist
by Martin Myall •
A driver offered two Guardia Civll policemen a bribe in exchange for cancelling the traffic fine that they had just written out – the were not amused.
Indiana Jones Exhibition in Guadix
by Vivienne Hughes •
From tomorrow until Sunday, you will have a chance to have a shufty (look) at all the Indiana Jones props from the one filmed in Almería and the Guadix area.
Ramón and His Missing Mule
by Martin Myall •
Anybody that had a pet dog for ten years or more knows what a blow it is to lose him, Well, imagine how 88-year-old Ramón from Cáñar in the Alpujarra felt when he lost his Mule after 22 years.
Infoca Worker Murdered by Jealous Wife?
by Vivienne Hughes •
A woman from Charches, (Guadix) has been remanded in custody without bail for the alleged murder of her husband. The couple had been married 30 years and the motive behind the act reportedly carried out by the The 45-year-old woman appears to have been jealousy.
Hashish and Xmas Raffles
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil has arrested a man in El Padul for running an indoor hashish plantation with 700 plants. They also came across a Christmas raffle in which the prize was a cannabis plant…
Squeeze on INFOCA
by Martin Myall •
For the last two years, members of the forest fire-fighting brigade (INFOCA) claim, they have had to make do with fewer men, vehicles and materials.
Granada Metro Sued
by Martin Myall •
What Metro? Yes, you’re right – it’s not finished yet… and that’s the problem: potholes caused by the construction work have already caused two road accidents.
93,000 Empty Dwellings
by Martin Myall •
That is the number of housing units that have been built on speculation and never sold, standing empty, in the Province of Granada.
Whirlpool Drowning
by Martin Myall •
A 16-year-old Colombian lad was drowned in the Río Genil where it passes through the city of Granada. The current was torrential because of the thaw in the Sierra Nevada.