We collect the Gazette from the printer tomorrow, but bear in mind that Motril has a four-day bank-holiday weekend, so most places there won’t get the Gazette until the 4th. Anyway the online edition, of course will start going up on the 1st, as always, albeit in the evening. Distribution is as follows: The hard-copy…
Wonky World – April
by David Darby •
Shower Power We start the World Section of your April Gazette with the usual hard hitting journalistic news to which you’ve become accustomed. Naked women taking a shower near a busy road ended up causing a collision… hardly surprising! The naked stunts/protests have taken place in cities throughout the world, and are being organised by…
National News – April
by David Darby •
A collection of national news items from around Spain, as appeared in the hard copy edition of the Seaside Gazette.
Sensible Doctors at Last?
by Axel E. Thieke G.P. •
Scientific research has just demonstrated, scientifically, that a manually obtained blood pressure in the doctor’s office is higher than a blood pressure taken by an automated device without a white-coated doc insight – big news?
Accident Responsibility in Spain
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
In cases of accidents it is often quite difficult to know if the victim is entitled to compensation and in most situations it is impossible to automatically determine the responsibilities of the different parties involved without the intervention of a judge.
20 Handy Tips
by Mette Owens •
My girlfriends and I were recently sharing very handy tips that have been passed down to us – mostly by our grandmothers. I haven’t tried all of them myself yet, so I can’t guarantee how well they work. Here are a few I’d like to share with you
Nigel’s Spending Spree
by Duncan Inglis •
Englishman, Nigel, Summersby, resident of Íllora, won a raffle on which he was given 4000 euros to spend in 51 local shops, all in one day.
Socialist Mayor’s Selling Spree
by Duncan Inglis •
Granada’s PP has formally denounced the Socialist mayor of Loja, Miguel Castellano, for allegedly selling off plots of land at “laughably” low prices to intimates, fellow-travellers, and others favoured by the Socialists.
Pathways to the Sky
by Duncan Inglis •
if you aren’t sure where to go for a pleasant walkabout, just use your mobile to navigate to Eurorando 2011, which will give you all the poop on paths and happy trails, especially those to be found in Andalucia and the vecinity of El Padul.
The Windmills of their Time
by Duncan Inglis •
Before Don Quixote thrust his lance at the imaginary re-creations of his mind, the Arabs of course had settled and defined Al Andalusi forever with such things as windmills, which is why Francisco Muñoz is building three cortijos near an Arabic mill up in El Padul to which, he assures us, tourists from the world over are flocking.
The Burning Bush
by Duncan Inglis •
As better and hotter weather fast approaches, the following is a fire-risk reminder: outside of Guadix local fire-fighters were called in to extinguish a small blaze
No Bathing in Baza
by Duncan Inglis •
Work in progress, which would bring much needed water from Castril to Baza, have been halted.
Make Fun; not War
by Duncan Inglis •
The old military training complex up by El Padul, which opened not long after the Spanish Civil War, may soon become a sports and leisure centre.
The Risks of Argument
by Duncan Inglis •
A couple killed on A-44 motorway after they got out of their car do continue a heated verbal argument – they were both knocked over and killed.
Dumped Mutt Adopted
by Duncan Inglis •
Up in Granada’s Zaidín area, an abandoned pooch began to draw increasing attention from passersby, who couldn’t help noticing that Fido the fleabag wouldn’t leave a very defined zone by a road.