Bobadilla/Antequera-Granada high-speed rail link gets 62m euro

Today, a new investment was announced for the Antequera-Granada high-speed rail link, with AVE trains due to start running in 2018. Andalucia's budget for 2016 includes 62 million euros to  finish this AVE route linking Antequera (Santa Ana Station), the geographically central junction of the region, with Granada, while nearby Bobadilla was an important junction on the old train network.

The heat is on - 10 top tips to cope in a southern Spanish summer

Whether you have made Andalucia your permanent home, you're staying for a long sojourn over the summer months, or you're just here on holiday (or planning to be shortly), you will be aware of the extreme heat in July and August, especially in the inland cities such as Seville and Cordoba where the mercury routinely hits 40 degrees C, or 104 F. So what can you do to cope with these absurdly high temperatures? Here we offer some handy tips.

Adios Cilla

"What's your name and where do you come from?"

For many of us, back in the 1980s and 1990s, Saturday nights were all about watching Blind Date before going out. With her red hair, broad smile and warm manner, Cilla always set the nervous contestants at ease, as they chose their potential partner from three possibles. For those around in the 1960s, she was a popular singer.

So it was very sad news that the much-loved presenter, singer and British national treasure, Cilla Black, had died last Saturday, 1 August.