For those of you who are not sure where this underground car park is, it’s the one in the square just on the opposite side of the main roundabout from Plaza Las Esplanadas. OK, so it wasn’t exactly a GPS-rivalling indicator, as far as explanations go, but you know where we’re talking about.
Salobreña Time Saver
by Martin Myall •
Do you remember when we ran the article about the inauguration of the Citizen Information Office at the Salobreña Town Hall? I don’t, but it’s a great way to start an article, anyway… Just joking.
Spanish National News
by Duncan Inglis •
Two national articles from the February edition. A school in Catalonia who are limiting the amount of toilet paper per pupil and news of an anti alcohol car.
Wonky World x 2
by David Darby •
2 Wonky World articles from February. One about a diner in the US that refused entry to politicians and another concerning a man that married his dead fiance.
Cine Negro
by Martin Myall •
There is no consensus on whether Cine Negro (Film Noir) is a genre, or just a mood, or even just a lack of studio lighting, but everybody loves it. The general ingredients for the Cine-Negro cocktail are the strange, the erotic, the ambivalent, and the cruel. Hell, imagine half of Humphrey Bogart’s face in the shadow of his hat and you’re on the right track.
Motril’s neighbourhood Associations Meet
by Martin Myall •
The Councillor for Cooperation & Relations, Inmaculada Torres, together with Concepción Abarca, who is the First-Councillor of semi-autonomous council (ELA) Carchuna Calahonda, held the first combined meeting of 20 asociaciones de vecinos at the Matraquilla Centre – nobody was killed and eaten.
Lanjarón Lowers Taxes
by Martin Myall •
The Lanjarón Town Hall has decided to lower taxes for the business sector and anybody who creates employment. According to the Mayor, Eric Escobedo, this will affect taxes on ‘occupation of public way’, i.e. bar and restaurant terraces, for example.
Motril Fishermen Uneasy
by Martin Myall •
When the Motril fishermen spotted a ship belonging to the gas-prospecting company, Chinook, making its way repeatedly between Nerja and Adra, they feared the worse, so they were soon hammering on the Mayor’s door.
Strummer Street
by Martin Myall •
Do you remember The Clash? Then you will remember Joe Strummer, who is in the process of having a street in Granada named after him. From 1984 he was often here, loving the fact that he could hang out in a pub and nobody recognised him… well, almost nobody. He was friends with the top Granada band of the time, 091.
Saving the Castle
by Martin Myall •
The castle at Castell de Ferro, which was originally built around 1300, is very much the worse for wear – some believe that it is on the point of collapsing, thanks to a sizable crack through one of its three remaining walls.
Tardy Protection for the Coast
by Martin Myall •
The Junta has finally got its act together (after ten years), regarding the protection of what little unspoilt space is left, whilst at the same time giving some coastal towns a little more leeway over their beaches.
False Gasman Arrested
by Martin Myall •
A 26-year-old man was arrested by the Guardia Civil for alleged fraud, involving an 80-year-old woman in Monachil.
Priest Dies Saving Children
by Martin Myall •
Cádiz-born Father Pedro Manuel Salado died in Ecuador shortly after saving the lives of seven children, who had been swept into the sea by a freak wave, near Quinindé.
Sudden Death at Santa Ana
by Martin Myall •
An Almuñequero, Antonio Miguel Aneas Vigo, died at the area hospital of Santa Ana in Motril from causes that can only be clarified by an impending autopsy. Sr Aneas, who was in his fifties, had not been feeling well for several days and had decided to go to Santa Ana.
Making Illegal Houses Legal
by Martin Myall •
The new decree issued by the Junta de Andalucia has the Motril Town Hall scratching its collective head – they see it as difficult to apply. But it’s not only the Town Hall, but the ecologist group, Buxus, too.