Andalucía
Regional news from Andalucia
Priest Dies Saving Children
Cádiz-born Father Pedro Manuel Salado died in Ecuador shortly after saving the lives of seven children, who had been swept into the sea by a freak wave, near Quinindé. »
Dangerous Spud
It used to be an underhand trick of greengrocers to sell you potatoes with a lot of dried mud clinging to them - you came to expect that, but what you wouldn't expect is a hand grenade, which is precisely what one customer from Chiclana de la Frontera (Cádiz) found in his bag of... »
Two Nadfas Lectures for March
Nadfas has two lectures lined up for March. One concerns the varied architecture of Cuba and the other will be given on the Spanish painter, Joaquin Sorolla. »
Illegal Phone Taps
A man, who had already spent 18 months in prison, had his prison sentence revoked because the phone-tap evidence on which lead to his being found guilty was ruled 'illegal.' »
Misplaced Trust
A British citizen in Almería was arrested, charged and found guilty of swindling a pensioner of his savings. The 22-year-old man obtained over 18,000 euros from the pensioner's account using his victim's banking book and password. »
False Paedophile Hunt
Three minors of some 12 years of age disappeared one day from school and created huge social alarm over a supposed paedophile when in reality they had simply skived off classes. »
Reader’s Letter: Signposting Confusion
Leaving La Herradura on the 31/01/2011 en route to Málaga airport we nearly missed our flight because the signage to the airport is non-existent at the turn off to the new ring road »
Torrox Art Exhibition
Local Torrox artist, Margaret Riordan has several new paintings on display at Taberna del Choto on Avda. de Competa in Torrox pueblo, and at the Axarquia Artists exhibition currently on display at the Tourist Information Office in Frigiliana, which has been extended until 25 February. »
Bishop Denounces Incitement to Fornicate in Classrooms
The bishop's stance is startling in itself but perhaps the headline is misleading: he's not complaining that pupils are encouraged to fornicate whilst in their classrooms, but that what is imparted during their classes encourages them to fornicate in general. »
Lethal 4X4
A 36-year-old man appears to have deliberately mowed down his own sister, brother-in-law and 5-year-old niece with his 4X4 after a family argument. The sister suffered a broken leg and her husband was taken to hospital badly injured. The little girl was killed outright. »
