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Lobres TDT Connected

Well, the new boys in the Salobrena Town Hall appear to have their act together as Lobres can actually enjoy the TV now, along with the rest of Spain. Until now the TDT (Television Digital Terrestre) has been pretty rubbish.

Mayor’s Reassurance on 7 Star

The Mayoress of Almunecar, Trinidad Herrera, had a meeting in Granada with the provincial Delegate for the Junta, Maria Jose Sanchez about the latest development on the 7-star hotel, planned for Cotobro (Peñon del Lobo) and its building licence.

Marina Projects and the POT

Coastal News: The Junta de Andalucia has announced that it will try to develop the resources of the municipalities on the Costa Tropical through its POT (Plan de Ordenacion del Territorio), which is the area equivalent to a municipalities PGOU (General Urban Development Plan).

Velez Benaudalla Fete

The Arab Market will be situated in la Haza la Laguna Friday 29th 21:00 hrs: Inauguration of the IV Expo Nazarí 21:30 hrs. Parade with zancudos (performers on stilts) & Acrobats Show 22:00 hrs. Banda de Música concert Saturday 30th 10:30 hrs. Opening of day market and beginning of activity workshops in the children’s Rincon…

Postbox Peril

(Alpujarra) A couple in Cádiar were arrested for allegedly fraudulently obtaining 21,000 euros from five victims, thanks to personal information stolen from their letterbox.

Banks and Beds

(Granada capital) A 25-year-old man forced the main door of a bank and once inside, decided to bed down for the night next to the managers desk – fair!

Cuddly Phone Companies

(Granada, Vega) How many hard working, honourable people have witnessed their names being included on the non-payers blacklist, destroying their personal credit ratings? How many have found themselves on the black list for a pittance bill that they didn’t even know about or one that really didn’t correspond to reality? Too many, is the sad answer.

Good Samaritan Priest

(Granada capital) The actions of a priest in Barcelona kicked off a donor chain involving six people, ending in Granada’s Virgen de las Nieves hospital. This is how it worked: the priest, for completely altruistic reasons donated a kidney to a man in a Barcelona hospital…

7 Star in Trouble

According to the IU (left-wing coalition) the Junta called on the Almunecar Town Hall to annul the building licence for the 7-star hotel in Cotobro on the Penon del Lobo on the 30th of June, days before the local elections.