Almuñécar Town Hall has requested a grant to help the owners of properties that were damaged by the recent fire.
Request for Fire Damage Aid
by Vivienne Hughes •
Heart Attack at The Wheel
by Vivienne Hughes •
A Spanish couple from Armilla (Granada metropolitan area) were on holiday in Cáñar in the Alpujarra when they came across a crashed car on the A-4132.
Brit Tourist vs Donkey Taxi
by Hugh MacArthur •
British tourist has reported a man offering donkey rides in Mijas to the Guardia Civil. According to the tourist, the donkey-taxi man laid into him on the ground.
Boy’s Killer Confesses
by Vivienne Hughes •
The following day to the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old boy, the police arrested a 20-year-old suspect a few kilometres away from the scene of the crime.
Cutting Fire Personnel Numbers
by Martin Myall •
The workers union, Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) has voiced strong criticism to the Provincial Council for lowering the minimum threshold for the number of personnel in fire stations, instead of increasing the number of personnel available.
A String of Rescues
by Martin Myall •
Few people would argue that having an active life in our senior years is not a good thing, but hiking around the second highest peak of Sierra Nevada in your late 60s could be viewed as reckless… however.
Maro Drinking Water Restored
by Vivienne Hughes •
Eight months after the residents of Maro (Nerja) were told that their tap water was unsafe for human consumption, owing to levels of natural radioactivity, the mains water has been given a clean bill of health.
More Beach Problems
by Vivienne Hughes •
We are accustomed to hearing about how beaches are battered along the coastline during spring gales, but in mid August?
Arrested on The Beach
by Vivienne Hughes •
La Guardia Civil arrested 14 illegal immigrants who had just come ashore from a RIB on the Costa Tropical.
11-Year-Old Attacked by Knifeman
by Martin Myall •
A second violent incident in the province of Toledo occurred on Saturday, this time involving an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed and killed by a masked assailant in the football grounds of Mocejón (Toledo).
Murder in A Hamlet
by Hugh MacArthur •
A tragedy, in the modern sense of the word, unfolded in Otero, a small village of barely 500 inhabitants within the province of Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha).
A-7 Tunnel Accident
by Hugh MacArthur •
A collision between two vehicles on the A-7 above Castell de Ferro, left a tunnel blocked during several hours.
Miscreant Deckchairs & Brollies
by Martin Myall •
The crackdown on beach hoggers commenced nearly two decades ago in La Herradura, then under Juan Carlos Benavides – today it continues in Torrox.
Extra-Lane A-44 Traffic
by Martin Myall •
Starting tomorrow at 17.00h, northbound traffic on the A-44 will have three lanes at its disposal, thanks to one of the southbound lanes being incoporated to this end.
Messy Revellers
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar Councillor for Beaches and the Environment, Lucía González, has given the figures behind the clean up following fiesta week.