The Albolote Local Police were surprised, to say the least, when they received a call from a man to say that he had dinked a car and driven away but feeling guilty, he wanted to confess.
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Daughters Sued Father
by Martin Myall •
A father who had admonished his teenage daughters for going out and staying until the early hours, ended up in the defendant’s dock, after they took him to court.
Parque Fuente II Improvements
by Martin Myall •
Town Hall maintenance workers have been busy in the Parque de la Fuente II, which entails, amongst other tasks, emptying the pond.
Social Security Increase Shelved
by Martin Myall •
Autónomos begin the year with no changes to their social security contributions, as the government has finally abandoned its neferious plan. It had previously announced that it would raise the contributions paid to Social Security for the 3.5 million, self-employed workers in Spain but the controversy generated forced it to backtrack because it would have…
Child Abandonment with A Twist
by Martin Myall •
Foreign families with high purchasing power abandon their children in Spain to obtain residency and free education.
Paco’s Getting The Boot?
by Martin Myall •
Last month, the Spanish government initiated preliminary proceedings to seek the legal dissolution of the Francisco Franco National Foundation (FNFF).
Inconvenient Discovery?
by Martin Myall •
A professor heading the Department of Prehistory & Archaeology at Granada University was glowing in his appraisal of a 6th-Century necropolis in the province.
Hookah Hooked
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil, as part of its routine, public, road-safety operations, seized 144 kilograms of hookah tobacco during a routine check on the A-92N autovia within the municipality of Cúllar.
La Vuelta Ciclista de España
by Martin Myall •
Many readers know that I (Martin) am not a huge fan of cyclists on the nation’s roads, yet the news that the 2026 Vuelta Ciclista de España will come through Almuñécar is good news for the town.
Rocket Causes Small Fire
by Martin Myall •
A few days before Christmas a resident of Almuñécar made a complaint before the Guardia Civil after a firework rocket exploded on the balcony of his flat causing a small fire.