(Regional News) The worse place to have a heart attack is probably at the wheel of a juggernaut along the deadly bends of Despeñaperros. Thankfully, the driver managed, in his dying moments, to get the lorry off the road and parked, so as not to cause an accident.
Good Samaritan Priest
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(Granada capital) The actions of a priest in Barcelona kicked off a donor chain involving six people, ending in Granada’s Virgen de las Nieves hospital. This is how it worked: the priest, for completely altruistic reasons donated a kidney to a man in a Barcelona hospital…
A Pension from Hell
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(Regional News) The only photograph that Juana Ruiz has of her father was taken in 1936, when he was a young soldier in uniform – she was only one when he disappeared from their lives forever. Now she has 27,440 euros to remember him by, thanks to the Republic of France.
7 Star in Trouble
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According to the IU (left-wing coalition) the Junta called on the Almunecar Town Hall to annul the building licence for the 7-star hotel in Cotobro on the Penon del Lobo on the 30th of June, days before the local elections.
First of Ten Violent Episodes
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Regional News: You will be surprised by the amount of violence in just one month – or perhaps you wont, but here goes: this is the first of a cluster of violent incidents within Andalucía during a month.
Stabbed Husband Whilst Sleeping
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Regional News: A woman from San Pedro de Alcantara was sent to a psychiatric ward after stabbing her husband whilst he slept.
Swedish Girls Attacked
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Regional News: A 30-year-old man allegedly tried to sexually abuse a 19-year-old Swedish woman and then slit her throat – he also managed to wound the girl’s roommate. The incident took place in a hostel in Fuengirola.
Energetic Couple
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Regional News: An off duty Guardia-Civil policeman was strolling along in the hospitable and welcoming town of Prune when his attention was drawn to a man and a woman – one armed with a wood axe and the other an iron bar – busily trying to kill somebody, allegedly. He begrudgingly opted to end his day off and intervene.
Who Needs Enemies with Friends…
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Regional News: The Guardia Civil arrested a 37-year-old man in Montoro, Cordoba, accused of murdering a friend, whose name he had used to commit fraud.
Violence inside Ambulance
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Regional News: The number of attacks and aggression in general that is being carried out against doctors and medical staff by members of the general public is growing. What occurred in Estepona is just one more case within the growing phenomenon.
Unforgiving Barmaid
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Regional News: You don’t mess with the barmaids in Malaga, if this incident is anything to go by: a waitress was arrested after stabbing a customer in the chest, who had refused to pay for his drinks.
Not Nice Family
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What about the family of bank robbers that tortured a petty drug dealer with a carpenter’s hammer? The accused, who the Public Prosecutor claims carried out robberies using extreme violence, allegedly shot the man after smashing his hands and feet.
Ear Meets Teeth
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Regional News: Here we are over the provincial border in Málaga where most of this unpleasant business seems to occur, doesn’t it? Anyway, the next article is about a chap that has ‘gone down for’ (been sentenced to) three years for ripping off somebody’s ear with his teeth.
Impersonating A Policeman
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This piece of regional news come from the province of Jaen and deals with a man who, impersonating a policeman, allegedly kept a woman locked up for three days in her house, sexual abused her, and for good measure, robbed here.
Car Chase on Pedestrian Promenade
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A high-speed, police car chase, which started on the Motril port road, ended on the pedestrian promenade, Las Esplanada, which was packed with people at the time.