Storm damage in Jaén and Granada provinces

A heavy storm in Jaén province yesterday evening caused flood waters up to two metres deep and a river of mud about twenty-five centimetres deep. Particularly badly hit was the municipality of Puente de Génave.

Night swimming

Jaén Council has decided to open the municipal swimming pools at night, giving the youth of the city an alternative to the ‘botellón’. The pools will be open from 22:00 to 01:30.

Huge tractorcade expected in Jaén

The Organisation of Farmers and Cattlemen (COAG) is hoping that today will see the biggest ever gathering of tractors in Andalucía as they plan to converge on Jaén to protest about the state of the olive oil industry.

Six year old injured in balcony fall

A six year old was seriously injured yesterday after falling from the balcony of his home in Noalejo, Jaén. The accident happened at around 17:45 in calle Alcantarilla, the toddler falling from a height of about six metres. He was rushed to hospital in Granada by air ambulance where his condition is still described as ‘serious;.

Pilot project ‘Visit your Baby’

The ICU at a hospital in Jaén has introduced a new initiative called ‘Visit your Baby’ whereby parents of premature babies can keep an eye on their newborn infants day and night if they so wish.

Jaén to Sevilla in two-and-a-half hours

The construction of a new ‘changer’ at Alcolea, in Córdoba, will cut the traveling time by train between Jaén and Sevilla by twenty-eight minutes, making it a two-and-a-half hour journey.

Protest by farmers in Jaén

Around 3,000 farmers and 1,000 tractors packed the centre of Jaén on Saturday to protest about the falling price of olive oil and other agricultural products.

80 year old woman in Jaén dies from stab wounds

At around 07:15 on Sunday morning, the National Police in Jaén received a call to say that there was a corpse in the doorway of a house in Paseo de la  Estación. Upon arrival at the scene, the police found the body of an eighty year old woman who had suffered several stab wounds. A police investigation into the incident …