In Motril and Salobreña there are queues forming at night by the supermarket bins…
Tag Archive for Motril
Dangerous Blue Lines
by Louise Powell •
Carretera del Puerto is far too dangerous a street to encourage parking there with Blue-Zone parking
Drug Bust
by Louise Powell •
A Frenchman living in Motril was sentenced to three years in jail after being caught with 21 kilos of hash…car.
Archery Champion
by Louise Powell •
Showing great promise and amazing skill with his bow and arrow, Alvaro Salmeron, a local boy from Motril has been raising eyebrows on the international archery field.
Chiringuito Fire
by Louise Powell •
At the beginning of last month disaster struck Chiringuito Hoyo 19…
Homeless Botellón
by Louise Powell •
Motril is keen to move the Botellón away from the Paseo Maritmo…
New Face
by Louise Powell •
The Wind of Change blows through our beloved, yet rather ill fated, Salotril section once again this month. Supermum and regular contributor Vanessa has been snatched from her Salotril post to focus on rather more important, behind-the-scenes, Gazette work, and left me here to deliver you your monthly news fix. But don’t despair (because that would make two of us) it is far from the end of life as we know it.
Palm Problems
by Louise Powell •
Now, we’ve all had it up to our eyeballs in construction work shenanigans in recent times but now it seems that our humble friend the palm tree is falling foul to restructuring plans. 150 palms are being uprooted along Motril’s Avenida de Salobreña, much to the horror of environment group, Buxus, who fear that many of them will not survive the replanting process.
Body found
by Editor •
The body of a 30-year-old woman was found on the edge of the beach at Playa Poniente in Motril. The corpse was laying only five metres from the shore and was discovered by a council worker employed to clean the gardens of the promenade.
Motril descendents
by Vivienne Hughes •
A story of immigration, but in reverse. Last month the Mayor of Motril, Carlos Rojas, travelled to Albardón in Argentina, accompanied by Head of Immigration, Teresa Morales, to visit the Motril community there.