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Four women and a baby injured in car crash in Vélez-Málaga
Four women and a five month old baby were injured last night when their car hit the central reservation on the A-7 in Vélez-Málaga. more
Bottom cleaning
Around 150 volunteers took part in a sea bed cleaning operation in Torrox yesterday, removing some fifty kilos of rubbish from the area near the mouth of the river Torrox. more
Holiday traffic
Early weekend traffic problems seem to have eased after initial delays and congestion caused by the start of the summer holiday season. more
Three more ETA members arrested in France
Three more ETA members have been detained in France in a collaborative effort between French and Spanish police forces. more
79 illegal immigrants arrive in Almería
A small armada of boats carrying unwanted North African visitors has arrived off the coast of Almería in the past twenty-four hours. more
Málaga bans the ‘botellón’
After months of careful study and consultations, including relocation to an alternative site, Málaga Council has decided to impose a total ban on the ‘botellón’ – street drinking parties. more
AP-7 between San Pedro and Estepona opened for the weekend
From today, Friday, until midnight on Monday, the section of the AP-7 toll road between San Pedro and Estepona will be opened up to help ease anticipated traffic congestion in the area. more
Telefonica to consolidate rates
Telefonica is set to consolidate the rates applicable to metropolitan and provincial calls to landlines, which means there will then only be two domestic tariffs, provincial and inter-provincial. more
Police break up counterfeiting network
An investigation by the National Police in cooperation with the Bulgarian police has resulted in the dismantling of a large currency counterfeiting operation. more
57 illegal immigrants arrive in Tarifa
At 08:00 this morning, the Emergency Services in Tarifa received a call from a vessel about 10 miles off the coast. The small, pneumatic dinghy was carrying 57 passengers, eight of them young children. more
Jail for men accused of organising ill-fated boat trip which killed at least 8 immigrants
A judge has ordered detention in custody for the three people accused of organising the boat trip in which at least eight passengers died when the craft hit rocks near Barbate. more
Doctor attacked in La Herradura
A doctor at a health centre in La Herradura, Granada province, was verbally and physically assaulted after telling a patient to wait their turn in the queue. more
Bonus points for good behaviour
Almost 21 million drivers, 81% of the total, have managed to avoid losing any points on their licenses since the system was introduced on July 1st 2006, and they will now be rewarded with an extra two points. more
Three arrested in connection with Barbate boat wreck
Three of the survivors from the boat found on La Aceitera beach in the Zahora area of Barbate have been arrested and charged with eight counts of negligent homicide and crimes against the rights of foreign citizens. more
Two alleged ETA members detained in France
Two more suspected ETA members have been detained in France following a road traffic accident. more
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Strictly Local...or not
A quick moan…
July 3rd, 2009In the past, one would hear the odd complaint about dog poo on the streets of Nerja, not a particularly nice sight. These complaints, however, have become more and more frequent lately.
Being someone who regularly pounds the streets, in the best possible taste, of course, I never saw what the fuss was about. Yes, an occasional pile, but nothing ‘out of the ordinary’, shall we say. Whether this was because of the daily, early morning street washing by the authorities or through ‘timing’, I don’t know. more
A hot day in Frigiliana…
July 2nd, 2009Pros and cons…
July 2nd, 2009Analog TV is starting to disappear already in parts of Spain with TDT – Terrestrial Digital Television – being the new standard. Digital TV via the existing, normal cables and antennae.
I decided to get a decoder for my analog TV the other week, only €24.95 in Supersol. Does the job. TDT is great, 25 channels instead of half a dozen, you can change the language on a lot of foreign made films and series if you want. And, no snowstorms! more
Web Crawler
At the blunt edge of technology
Interesting little survey carried out in Times Square, New York. Seems not many know the difference between a browser, a search engine and a slap in the face with a wet fish.
Great designs
It’s nice to come across some refreshing, and original, designs for T-shirts. And not a pornographic or expletive-laden one in sight!…Great designs…
Lucky shot!…
A webcam in Hungary, set to take just one frame every minute, managed to end up with a super picture.
Sometimes you just need a bit of luck!…..Picture…
Nerja
Summer hours at the Donkey Sanctuary
New summer hours at the Nerja Donkey Sanctuary. During the whole of July and August, the sanctuary will be open from 10:00-14:00 and 17:00-20:00 during the week and 10:00-14:00 at weekends.
Two detained for illegal street trading
Increased monitoring of illegal street trading, particularly in the beach areas, has resulted in two people being detained on El Playazo beach.
Local Police officers detained two people who, without the necessary license, were selling women’s clothes and sunglasses.
Change to Post Office opening hours
One of those mysterious summer cunning plans is now in operation as the Post Office changes its opening hours to 08:30 to 14:30 Monday to Friday and 09:30 until 13:00 on Saturdays. The population trebles, so the opening hours are halved.
The building is fully air conditioned, so it can’t be the heat. The new hours are in effect until October 3rd.
Extra rubbish collections in the centre of town
From now until September 15th, there will be extra daily collections of non-organic waste (cardboard, plastic etc) in calle Diputación, calle Carmen, calle Puerta del Mar, calle Pintada, calle La Cruz and calle Angustias, Businesses in these areas should put out the rubbish between 14:00 and 15:00 each day. more
Extension to IBI deadline
The Nerja Council has once again extended the deadline for the payment of IBI tax. Originally due by September 11th, the new date is November 16th.
Council approves urbanisation of area around proposed new Health Centre
The Nerja Council has approved a project to improve the area around the site for the new Health Centre, including the construction of a roundabout in calle Puente Viejo. more
Nerja Reminders
Sport
Spain beaten 2-0 by the USA in Confederations Cup
Spain, looking for a place in the final of the Confederations Cup and a world record number of games without defeat, have been beaten 2-0 by the USA. more
Season over
The final day of the season in Division II sees Xerez, Zaragoza and Tenerife promoted to La Liga and Alavés, Alicante, Eibar and Sevilla Atlético relegated.
Latest Features
‘Virgen de las Angustias’ exhibition in Nerja
There is currently an exhibition at the Sala Municipal de Exposiciones in Calle Cristo, Nerja, entitled ‘Virgen de las Angustias’, a ‘Maritime Exhibition’ featuring paintings and model boats.
I happened to be passing and suddenly thought, let’s have a look. I wasn’t exactly sure of what to expect, other than paintings and model boats, of course, or maybe even paintings of model boats. Glad I did. more
Rio Chillar Walkway
The new Rio Chillar walkway has been in the news recently, the Council complaining about deterioration after only a short period of time. The problem appears to be that, until all the post-construction problems have been suitably addressed, the walkway does not actually become the responsibility of the Council until it is officially handed over.
As a result, the Council is not carrying out any of the normal services, such as cleaning and maintenance. So, where better to go for a wander on a windy day, check out what’s happening? more
Other Stuff
World Wife Carrying Championships
The 14th World Wife Carrying Championship has just finished in Sonkajarvi, Finland, with 36 competitors from 13 nations taking part.
The winners hailed from the host country, the first time for many years. more
Not the way to get rid of weeds
A man in Berlin is now homeless after doing a spot of gardening.
Troubled by weeds, the 54 year old man decided that the best way to get rid of them was to use a flame-thrower! FAIL. First he managed to set a hedge on fire and then his garden shed.
Herr Dumbo tried to put out the fire using his garden hose, but didn’t succeed and the blaze spread to the roof of the house. In the end it took seven firefighters to extinguish the fire. The house was so badly damaged as to be uninhabitable.
Earth calling
A few weeks ago, a school in the UK banned parents from taking photographs of their children during the school’s Sports Day, quoting ‘health and safety’ concerns for their action. The school authorities were worried that ‘undesirables’, namely paedophiles, would possibly take advantage of the event to photograph the children.
Now, a school in Bedfordshire has gone one step further, again in the name of ‘health and safety’, by banning parents from the Sports Day altogether! more
Jellyfish wrestling
In response to a UK Government Green Paper on policing, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) came up with:
The promise of reform which the Green Paper heralds holds much for the public and Service alike; local policing, customised to local need with authentic answerability, strengthened accountabilities at force level through reforms to police authorities and HMIC, performance management at the service of localities with targets and plans tailored to local needs, the end of centrally-engineered one size fits all initiatives, an intelligent approach to cutting red tape through redesign of processes and cultures, a renewed emphasis on strategic development so as to better equip our service to meet the amorphous challenges of managing cross force harms, risks and opportunities.
Good to see the police are now supporting longer sentences for a change!
Biggs to die in jail
In a rare, if not unprecedented move, Minister Jack Straw has rejected the advice of the Parole Board and ruled that Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs must stay in jail. The decision has come as a total shock to many people. more
Interesting idea
The website for the St Peters estate in Leicester keeps people up to date with what’s going on and one of their latest projects is ‘Risk it or Bin it’, a campaign to try and do something about litter louts who are spoiling the area. more
Wonky is OK again
New EU regulations come into force today which clarify the rules relating to fruit and vegetables and this means that the wonky stuff will be back on the shelves. more
Naturally
They are wild animals, after all
Will it all end in tears one day?
It seems to work at the moment having four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers roaming around the house, along with ‘normal’ pets such as cats and dogs. But will it last?
Entertainment
Antequera Blues Festival 2009
The Antequera Blues Festival takes place throughout July and the following acts will be participating. more
Nerja Caves Concerts – 50th Anniversary
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Nerja Caves means that this year’s International Festival of Music and Dance is that bit more special, and topping the bill are none other than José Carreras and the Catalan singer Joan Manuel Serrat. more
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