Workers manning the vehicle inspection centres (ITVs) will start their first day of a region-wide strike today, lasting until the 30th of this month.
ITV Test Centres on Strike
by Hugh MacArthur •
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Almuñécar Hiking Club
by Louise Powell •
The Sports Department of Almuñécar Town Hall recommences this Sunday its hiking programme from here to next summer.
Bee Sting & Wedding Ring
by Martin Myall •
The fire service was called out, not for a fire, nor to extract a child’s head from between railings, but because a bee had stung a woman’s finger!
Trevélez Flash Flood
by Vivienne Hughes •
Rainfall in the Sierra Nevada caused the Rio Grande in Trevélez to surge, which could have ended in tragedy.
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.
Cástaras Domestic Water Problems
by Martin Myall •
The Public Health Ministry belonging to the Junta de Andalucía has declared two sources of water used for domestic consumption in the Alpujarra village as not apt for human consumption.
Temperatures until Tuesday
by Martin Myall •
At a quick glance, Friday will see maximum temperatures in their mid-30s on the coast and a degree or two hotter inland. As for the the lows on Friday, they range from 19ºC in Durcal to 24ºC in Motril.
Kids Taken into Care
by Martin Myall •
Órgiva Town Hall thanked both the Servicio de Protección de Menores belonging to the Guardia Civil and the Policía Local after taking several children from the Beneficio Commune into care.
Lanjarón Hill Fire
by Martin Myall •
The hill fire that broke out within the municipality of Lanjarón during the evening of the 18th was declared as “extinguished” in the early morning of the 19th.
Elderly Irishman Rescued
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil rescued a man in his 80s who had become lost in the hills between Pampaneira and Bubión in the Alpujarra Granadina.