Tag Archive for Costa del Sol

RBL Forthcoming Events

The Nerja Branch of the Royal British Legion hold regular social meetings at the Hotel Al Andalus in Maro and at the Peña Parda restaurant on the beach at La Herradura. We also run or take part in other fund-raising events.

Slippery Chairman

An ex-chairman of the Urbanización Capistrano Playa de Nerja, (2006 to 2009) is serving time after being handed down a 4-year prison sentence for fraud, as part of a plea deal with the Public Prosecutor and private prosecution (Comunidad de Vecinos de Capistrano Playa).

Issues?

A transsexual, who is serving time at the Alhaurín provincial prison (Málaga) for having committed 48 serious or very serious misdemeanors, kicked the crap out of a female prison guard, after coming back from a hormone-treatment session as part of a sex-change process to become a woman.

Deadly Diving

A 37-year-old Portugues tourist lost his life after diving into the sea from a rocky outcrop in the Paseo de los Carbineros area in Nerja. The accident occurred around midday on Thursday the 24th of February, when the man, who was in the company of family and friends, decided that he would dive head first into the sea from a low rocky outcrop…

Tardy Protection for the Coast

The Junta has finally got its act together (after ten years), regarding the protection of what little unspoilt space is left, whilst at the same time giving some coastal towns a little more leeway over their beaches.

Two Nadfas Lectures for March

Nadfas has two lectures lined up for March. One concerns the varied architecture of Cuba and the other will be given on the Spanish painter, Joaquin Sorolla.

Illegal Phone Taps

A man, who had already spent 18 months in prison, had his prison sentence revoked because the phone-tap evidence on which lead to his being found guilty was ruled ‘illegal.’

False Paedophile Hunt

Three minors of some 12 years of age disappeared one day from school and created huge social alarm over a supposed paedophile when in reality they had simply skived off classes.