Search for drifting boat

The search is on for a boat carrying three people, two of them Spanish, which was reported to be drifting about 54 miles off the Granada coast south of Motril.

Snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains

Rain has spread to much of Andalucía but in the Sierra Nevadas it has turned to snow, the peaks above 2,200 metres now white.

Two dead in shooting incident

Another fatal shootout, this time in the town of Ogíjares, Granada province. One man has so far been detained.

Exhumation set to begin

A georadar study conducted by the Andalucian Institute of Geophysics on behalf of the Junta de Andalucia has detected the possible remains of six people in a mass grave in the Fuente Grande park in Alfacar, Granada, one of whom is believed to be the poet Federico García Lorca.

Fast and furious

An Italian national, a resident of Barcelona, was arrested today near Baza, Granada, after being clocked at 218 kph on the A-92N.

Small tremor in Albolote

A small earthquake registering 1.2 on the Richter scale occurred at 12:56 yesterday afternoon, the epicentre being in the town of Albolote, Granada province.

Three tons of hashish seized near Motril

Police in Granada have seized three tons of hashish and arrested seven drugs traffickers in the biggest drug operation on the Costa Tropical so far this year.

Industrial fatality in Huéscar

A 44 year old man has died after falling about eight metres at a quarry in Huéscar, Granada, the seventh industrial fatality in the province so far this year.

75 year old man dies in fire

A 75 year old man died on Saturday evening in a fire at his home in the Los Pajaritos district of Granada.