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Paper Edition
News that has been published in the paper edition but not online until now
Going out, Coming in!
by Martin Myall •
So you’re convinced that your hosts are all Manolo, Paco, Jose and Maria? OK, we can add Conchi, Inma and Pepe, but the truth is that there are still some very strange names out there.
Cleaning Skiff Finds Drugs
by Martin Myall •
The Grand Naval Fleet; aka, cleaning skiffs plying the waters off the municipal beaches, picked up some unusual flotsam… a large drug package.
Plaza de La Independencia Work
by Martin Myall •
You’ve already heard about the eternal renovation work on the Paseo Andrés Segovia, but there are also plans for a Plaza de La Independencia face lift.
Foreign Police Patrols
by Martin Myall •
Don’t be surprised if you see French police officers out on the beat along the central streets of the city of Granada – they’re not lost, honest!
Salobreña’s Habanera Festival
by Louise Powell •
Salobreña holds each year a Festival de Habaneras, which falls this year from the 30th of July and the 1st of August, although last year’s was cancelled.
New Fast Ferry
by Hugh MacArthur •
The shipping company FRS Iberia have just bought a fast ferry off a Japanese company, which will ply the Motril-North Africa ferry line.
Pond for Amphibians
by Louise Powell •
Volunteers working along the Río Guadalfeo in Salobreña haven’t only picked up rubbish and planted trees, but they have given amphibians a helping hand, too.
Vega Lanes Speed Bumps
by Martin Myall •
For those of you who enjoy walking through the cool, shaded vega in Almuñécar you will be please to know that they have installed speed bumps.
Motril Extra Summer Parking
by Martin Myall •
Parking is never easy on the Costa Tropical at the height of summer so all available extra space is a bonus for those in search of that evasive parking space.