The fact that the Guardia Civil nabbed four men in a stolen car with drugs on board is not unusual, but how the police rumbled them is.
Granada Inland
News from inland Granada: Alpujarra, Lecrin Valley,Alti-plano & Poniente
British Consulate Newletter: 1st Quarter
by Martin Myall •
The British Consulate now publishes a 3-monthly news letter, instead of a monthly one. This one corresponds to the first quarter of 2013, dealing with being covered by the Spanish Public Health System, amongst other points.
Plaza de Joe Strummer
by David Darby •
The rock legend that is Joe Strummer, frontman of the Punk Rock band The Clash, has had a square in the city of Granada named after him.
Put A Sock in It!
by Martin Myall •
A Guardia Civil policeman managed to save a habitual criminal’s life by staunching his wound with his sock.
Tractor Vs. The Badly Parked
by Vivienne Hughes •
A farmer decided to take justice into his own hands after putting up with a neighbour who constantly parked in front of his yard gate… so he rammed the offending car with his tractor and shoved it out of the way.
Police Blues
by Martin Myall •
It isn’t that much fun being a Guardia Civil policeman – fining motorists aside – because one of them was attacked for telling a drug addict off for injecting himself in the street.
Yes, But No
by Martin Myall •
A judge has ordered the City Hall of Granada to pay out 2,500 euros in damages, after a woman tripped over the stump of a missing road sign. The victim had asked for 5,000 but the judge considered the accident was her fault too.
Granada Rubbish Strike Continues
by Martin Myall •
The provincial capital is awash with accumulating rubbish, left uncollected by striking workers. If that were not bad enough, the city’s firemen have had to extinguish 23 rubbish hoppers over the weekend that have been deliberately torched.
Not Only The Sewage Stinks
by Martin Myall •
Granada’s Technological Park was to be the showroom of modernity, yet it lacked sewage disposal – everything ended up in an irrigation channel.
A Second Chance
by Martin Myall •
Not many people throw prize money into a wastepaper bin unless its still in the form of a lottery ticket and you thought it was worth nothing, which is what happened to Zaidin, Granada.