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Guardia Civil officers have arrested a 41 year old Colombian man who had almost a kilo of cocaine in his vehicle. more »
Singer Ana Torroja and actress Esther Arroyo are recovering in hospital after a road accident yesterday on the N-340 near Vejer de la Frontera. One person died in the incident and six others were injured. more »
Three people suffered minor injuries this morning when a tree fell on a bus in Plaza del Duque, Sevilla. The injured were transferred to various hospitals in the city.
In Cádiz province, one person had to be rescued from a fishing boat this morning which was adrift near Algeciras. One would have to question the sanity of anyone going out fishing in this weather!! In the town of Algeciras itself, the collapse of the roof of a house in calle Sagrado Corazón caused injuries to two people, both of whom are now in Hospital Punta Europa.
In Huelva province, a rockslide blocked calle Del Monte in Calañas, and in the capital, numerous buildings were flooded. The streets calle Valverde del Camino, Villalba del Alcor and La Palma del Condado were particularly badly affected.
The maximum price of natural gas for the domestic consumer is set to rise by an average of 9.6% on October 12th following the quarterly review by the Ministry of Industry. more »
The storms and high winds are causing a lot of damage all along the coastline. Waves up to four metres high and winds gusting at 90 kph have all but destroyed La Caleta beach in Málaga and the Local Police and Fire Brigade have been unable to cope with all the calls for assistance. more »
A new roundabout is to be constructed in Arroyo de la Miel to help ease traffic congestion in and around avenida de la Estacion.
The new roundabout will be at the junction with calle Blas Infante, a pedestrian street, and the project is expected to take about 6 weeks to complete at a cost of around €45,000. The Council is also planning to install a number of ’speed bumps’ in the area to curb the over exhuberant use of the accelerator pedal by motorists in the vicinity.
A spectacular fire on Peñoncillo beach has destroyed a boat which was, for many years, a restaurant and a venue offering ‘live’ entertainment.
Firefighters took three hours to extinguish the blaze, which has left just ashes and a pile of twisted metal where once ‘El Barco’ stood.
The boat ceased functioning as a restaurant a few years ago now and had recently been used by a group of homeless people. It is thought that the fire was probably caused by the carelessness or negligence of one of this group.
A British woman and her teenage daughter died yesterday after being swept away by flood waters near Valencia. more »
The Rio Guadalquivir rises in the Sierra de Cazorla, passes through the cities of Córdoba and Sevilla and is then navigable as far as its mouth in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. At no point does it pass through Palma de Mallorca and there are no plans for any new tributaries for it to do so. more »
A judge at the Provincial Court in Jaén has sentenced a 40 year old man to four years and one month in jail for sexually assaulting his former wife.
The Court heard how the man apparently entered the home of his ex-wife without her consent while she was at work and upon her return, he sexually asaulted her. The defendant denied the charges.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía is to begin the construction of an artificial reef in Algorrobo later this month.
The €304,346 project, funded by the European Fisheries Fund, is designed not only to prevent erosion of the coastline but also to preserve fish stocks and prevent unauthorised trawling. more »
The preliminary report into the tragic crash of Spanair flight 5022 at Barajas airport, in which 154 people lost their lives, concludes that the plane’s wing flaps were wrongly positioned, but a warning system failed to alert the pilots.
The plane, an MD-82, reached an altitude of just 12 metres before crashing and bursting into flames, killing all but 18 of those on board. more »
Nerja feria begins on October 8th, one of the major celebrations of the calendar. The main highlights are:
Wednesday 8th: ‘La Noche del Cante’ with performances by El Arcángel and the flamenco group La Lupi.
Thursday 9th: Election of the Feria Queen and Feria Knight.
Friday 10th: Performance by the legendary Andalucían rock band ‘Triana’.
Saturday 11th: Performance by the much acclaimed singer Sergio Contreras.
Sunday 12th: Debut solo concert by Antonio Cortés
Full details, including procession routes, in What’s On
Tonight sees the start of the Feria de San Miguel in Vélez-Málaga and the festivities will continue until Monday September 29th.
The opening speech, delivered by Soto Ferrer, is at 22:00. The feria will feature, amongst others, Edurne, Hijos de Leyenda, Se Llama Copla and Raya Real and there will be around 50 bars catering for the event.
There are 18 ‘casetas’, including Canalejas, Carmelitas, Reñidero, Alcalde José Herrera, Méndez Hoyos, Las Monjas, Luis de Rute, Albero, Montera and Molino de Viento.
Boxers use rousing songs to herald their entrance, as do politicians these days, but the presidential hopefuls in America seem to be upsetting a few musicians.
The Foo Fighters are the latest band to take exception to one of their tracks being used by Republican candidate John McCain. more »
A wildlife documentary narrated by Paul Newman has received its world premiere at the Dinard Film Festival in France.
Newman, who died of cancer last month aged 83, recorded the voiceover for The Meerkats at a studio near his home in Connecticut in late 2007. It is a BBC co-production and follows a family of meerkats fighting to survive. It is due out in UK cinemas next year.
It was previously thought that the US actor’s last screen credit was in the Pixar animation Cars, in which he voiced the role of Doc Hudson. Newman officially retired from acting in May 2007 after a career spanning more than five decades.
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Friday Oct 10th is a public holiday in NERJA, Monday Oct 13th is a NATIONAL public Holiday.
As part of a Cultural Month, the Nerja Council is organising a recipe contest with a prize of €400. Open to everyone, the main criteria is that the recipe should be a dish from a foreign country.
Anyone interested should pick up a form at the Office of Citizens Services (opposite the main entrance to the Town Hall) and get cooking! more »
More details are emerging about the tragic case of Cecilia Natalia Coria Olivares, the 25 year old Argentinian girl who was stabbed to death on September 28th on the Balcón de Europa.
The alleged perpetrator of the crime, Moroccan Hicham B., who is now safely behind bars awaiting trial, was apparently the subject of not one, but two arrest warrants prior to, and at the time of, the murder. more »
Work on the new Fire Station in Nerja is now more likely to start during the first half of next year, which means that completion would more than likely be in 2010.
It is now planned to put the project out to tender in January or February, with the actual work starting as soon as possible after that. more »
Holy guacamole, two in a row for the Blue and Whites and they shoot up the table to 12th place after a 0-4 victory over Recreativo.
Eliseu got things moving in the first minute and Baha headed a second before the break. In the second half, Duda popped one into the net before Eliseu got his second of the night.
Valencia are back ruling the roost after a 0-1 win away to Valladolid, pushing Villarreal back down to second spot. more »
Villarreal are back on top again, although possibly only temporarily, after a 2-1 win over Betis. Damia scored first for Betis, but then two goals in two minutes at the start of the second half were enough to give Villarreal victory. Gonzales and Llorente were the goalscorers for Villarreal. more »
Did the airport run by public transport yesterday, first time in a while, so for those considering this as an option for either going to or coming from Málaga airport, this is how it panned out. more »
Symantec, the makers of the Norton anti-virus software, looks set to acquire MessageLabs for $695 million as it seeks to expand its internet services interests. more »
When I saw the headline: ‘Iran unveils plan for women’s car’, my first and immediate vision was a nuclear powered vehicle with a curtain across the windscreen with a slit at the top. Nothing so dramatic, however.
The Iranians are apparently planning to produce a vehicle especially for women with features which will include automatic transmission, parking and navigation aids and a jack for changing tyres without getting grease on the chador. more »
Fresh farm produce, different ideas for recipes, mouthwatering dishes….
A nifty little site which, amongst many other things, calculates your age on the different planets in our system, and explains why it would be different. All good fun stuff.
‘McDonald’s, McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut’ according to the song.
Pizza Hut is going through a dramatic rebranding exercise to provide a more healthy public image and is becoming Pasta Hut. more »
High winds weren’t going to stop anyone from donning their finery for feria….More Feria Pictures
Strong winds (strangely warm), cloudy skies, rough seas…..Much of the coastal area is on ‘orange’ alert for storms today.
It had to happen, of course….rain for feria. Wouldn’t have been complete without it. Quite a downpour, but at least it didn’t last that long. Just long enough to soak me!!
The big surprise was the sudden and drastic drop in temperature, it was actually COLD for a while there…
Traffic wardens, who are reluctant to reveal their identities for obvious reasons, have been blowing the whistle on ‘ticketing targets’ set by local councils.
The wardens say they face disciplinary action or even the sack if they don’t hand out enough tickets during a shift. At one council, the target is apparently 15 tickets in a seven hour shift. Not only that, they are required to increase the number of tickets they hand out to cover any overtime they might work. more »
Binmen refused to empty rubbish bins because the wheels were standing on gravel at the edge of his driveway citing that to pull them over gravel, even a couple of inches, contravenes health and safety regulations.
Mark Birkett thought it was a joke, but West Wlitshire Council informed him that his bins would not be emptied unless they were fully on the pavement outside his home. Mr Birkett pointed out that the pavement was narrow and on a slope, making it dangerous to leave a bin out there and bins tended to fall over and spill all their contents all over the place.
Even one of the Councillors apparently described the situation as ‘lunacy’ and ‘health and safety gone mad’. He’ll be looking for a new job soon, then!
Residents in an area of Dagenham, Essex, were getting a little fed up with not being able to sit in their own back gardens, risking assault or having graffiti daubed on buildings by a group of up to twenty-five yobs.
Calls to the police yielded nothing but a ‘we’ll send someone round’, but they never did. Complaints to the council fared little better. The area is covered by CCTV cameras, but the youths would use two trees as shelter to obscure them from view. It is here that they would congregate, out of sight, to drink, take drugs, have sex and hide, knowing the CCTV cameras were unable to identify them. more »
The jury still seems to be out on whether the question posed by a rather paunchy Eamonn Holmes was a genuine gaffe or an attempt at a cheap laugh. more »
Loading ...Roger Federer may not be the world number one on the court anymore, but in the earnings stakes he’s still the King of the Castle.
The top five money earners in tennis over the past twelve months were: more »
Here are our suggestions or recommendations for five not-too-energetic things to do in Nerja. more »
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