When was the first time you came across a green scorpion in Spain – bit of a shock, wasn’t it? It doesn’t matter that the locals say that it isn’t deadly, unless you’re very young, old or have a weak heart; it’s a bloody scorpion! Mind you, they aren’t for the Spanish; they’re alacranes rather than escorpiones.
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Not Bright
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What about the burglar that hid under the bed and pretended to be unconscious when the police discovered him? Ragingly optimistic of him, no doubt. You can almost imagine the conversation, can’t you?
Ecologists Raise Doubts Over Projected Marina
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The Spanish term, el Cuento de la Lechera roughly corresponds to ‘building castles in the sky,’ and that is the expression that the Ecologistas en Accion have used to describe Motril’s plan to build an inland marina.
Squatters Strike Gold?
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When you hear about squatters you would normally think of hippies/anarchists moving into abandoned or condemned properties, but this is not the case in Atarfe, just to the north east of the city of Granada.
Dutch Minors Go on the Rampage
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Five Dutch youngsters have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing street accessories (benches & litter bins etc) in Motril. Locals alerted the police to say that the youths, four of whom were minors, were damaging litter bins and emptying the contents onto the paseo.
Earth Tremor
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Medium-to-strong earth tremor was felt this morning in Almunecar at around 08.50h. No data is yet available. Article will be updated when more details are known.
Marina del Este Stabilized
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The extensive work that has been taking place on the hillside behind and above the Marina del Este has concluded. All told 30 shafts have been sunk to drain off underground water within the hillside.
Work on 7-Star to Begin This Year
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According to the building developers behind the Almunecar, 7-star-hotel project, Bahia Fenecia, despite the hold up over the licence, construction work will begin before the year is out. In fact, the problem over the licence merely put the project back by about a month, they consider.
Whilst Out Swimming…
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A holidaymaker from Cordoba literally bumped into a package of hashish whilst out swimming off Punta de la Mona, La Herradura. The drugs; 40 kg of hashish pellets, were wrapped in raffia sacking.
Carchuna Not Chuffed
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The idea of opening up the beach road to 2-way traffic was supposed to be an apaño (temporary fix) to the problem caused by the new paseo wall – in that aspect, it has obviously failed.