
The Almuñécar fire service was called in to rescue a paraglider pilot after he landed in a roadside palm tree on the La Herradura seafront paseo.
A man, who was engaged in pruning a tall palm tree lost his grip and was left dangling upside down and had to be rescued.
The talk on the destructive palm-tree weevil or beetle was not all conducted within a room in Almuñécar, but also took to the streets for practical demonstrations.
Around 21.30h last night (7th) in Almuñécar a car crashed into a palm tree along the Paseo Prieto Moreno and caught alight.