A 35-year-old woman was arrested by the Guardia Civil – they’re good at that sort of thing – for allegedly stealing from the house where she was employed as a home help.
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Hecho en la Alpujarra
by Editor •
The XV edición de la Hecho en la Alpujarra (15th Made in the Alpujarra festival), which was held at the beginning of April in Órgiva, pulled in thousands of curious visitors.
Tarmac Sentry
by Editor •
Next time you are driving along the country roads of the Alpujarra, spare a thought for Antonio Mingorance Gutiérrez, whose untiring work to maintain the network over the last 47 years (on 24hour call out) is worthy of recognition.
Némisis Has a Birthday
by Editor •
Do you know the Némisis discotheque in Órgiva? Well, this ‘electric-wrestling parlour’ was the first one in the whole of the Alpujarra and has just celebrated its 38th anniversary.
Pensioners Perish I
by Editor •
British pensioners, Christopher and Christine Martin, met a tragic end when the living room ceiling fell on them as they sat on a sofa at their friends’ cortijo in the Alpujarra village of Rubite.
March is Here
by Vanessa Bosch •
Well, thank God March is here! With the weather this bad, I wonder what to expect this month. If the rain doesn’t stop I’ll be thinking about getting myself a pair of rubber boots!
Mainstreet Further Delayed
by Vanessa Bosch •
A month further on and there is finally some news about what is happening with the road works in Lanjarón.
Avenida de la Alpujarra
by Editor •
As Vanessa has mentioned above, the road works on Lanjarón’s main street continues to drag on in waterlogged obstinacy. The barrage of rain is an obvious reason for this delay, although if rain stopped work in a place with a climate like the UK, nothing would ever get built there, would it?
Bubión Junior School
by Editor •
Meanwhile, over in Bubión – yes, there is life outside Lanjarón – the junior school is doubling as a courthouse for the Justice of the Peace.
Olly and Fred
by Editor •
Ironically enough (in the almost Alanis Morisette interpretation of the word) despite being nearly washed off the hillside by torrential rain, Olías and Fregenite are still without mains drinking water.