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Carmen Ada Edjang, outside the provincial police station where she is based in Malaga. **Ñito Salas**

On duty against prejudice

MALAGA SUSANA ZAMORA

Carmen Ada Edjang is one of the 8,753 female officers in the National Police, but as a black woman, she is sometimes treated with suspicion

Brit arrested at Almuñécar bus station for alleged drug trafficking

Jennie Rhodes

'Otto', the Local Police newest canine recruit, detected narcotics during a routine operation

Otto descovered the hidden drugs. **SUR**

Spain prepares for the traditional Fiesta de San Juan

malaga Tony Bryant

The night of San Juan is shrouded in pagan rituals; of which fire and water are the main protagonists

Leaping over a bonfire on the eve of San Juan is said to burn away problems. **sur**

Nerja illegal rubbish dump probe reveals further malpractice

NERJA Eugenio Cabezas

The illegal tip has accumulated 800,000 cubic metres of rubbish. — **E.C.**

The town hall is already facing pressure over the unfinished sewage works while investigations shed light on another unauthorised tip

Mijas to step up police presence this summer

mijas sur

The operation involves more police presence in tourist areas, including bicycle officers who patrol the seafront

Experts and Guardia Civil inspect the forced entrance to the archaeological site. — **e. cabezas**

Politicians squabble over Rincón’s vandalised rare prehistoric cave

R. DE LA VICTORIA E. CABEZAS / F. GRIÑÁN

The town’s new PP mayor was wrong to say there was irreparable fresh damage to the ancient cave paintings, says the Junta

Nine per cent of C-1 trains were cancelled last week — **SUR**

Renfe states there will be no more Cercanías cancellations after bolstering workforce

Malaga SUR

In eight days 72 trains on the C-1 line from Malaga to Fuengirola, the most profitable line in Spain, were cancelled

Staffing problems behind Costa del Sol train cancellations

Almuñécar cleans up local environment

almuñécar J. R.

A series of activities throughout June are to help promote the importance of looking after the environment

Rescued boat refugee pleads for asylum in sexual torture claim

MALAGA JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS

Officials have been able to prove that part of his penis has been amputated

The overloaded boat being approached by a Spanish rescue vessel. **sur**

The mystery of the Comares prop shop

COMARES Jennie Rhodes

Items used in Agatha Christie films can be found for sale in an Axarquía village

Luis Vuitton suitcase, Poirot's water spray and other props **SUR**

Missing English tourist found on the hard shoulder of the 'autovía' in Nerja

Nerja Eugenio Cabezas

The man had been missing for more than 30 hours

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Latest sea rescue mission sees number of migrants triple from last year

malaga ÁLvaro Frías

The Guardia Civil and the maritime search and rescue service rescued 93 people on Thursday, bringing the number of migrants that have arrived in Malaga this year to 762 people

The rescued migrants arriving at Malaga's port. **f. silva**

Malaga province’s tax HQ to be vacated because of structural damage

MALAGA JESÚS HINOJOSA / SALVADOR SALAS

Six hundred Hacienda officials will need to move out as the 1970s-built building faces many months of urgent structural repairs

The tax authority office has already had support beams added. **sur**

Plans unveiled for second Torre del Mar air show

TORRE DEL MAR Jennie Rhodes

The event will see 40 aircraft flying over the Torre del Mar coast

Plans unveiled for second Torre del Mar air show

Kameni nears the exit door as Fenerbahce make big-money offer

MALAGA SERGIO CORTÉS

With a replacement already lined up in the shape of Roberto, the deal makes sense for all parties involved

Plaza rejects lucrative offer to coach Russian side

JUAN CALDERÓN

Unicaja's head coach has turned down an offer from Unics Kazan which would have made him one of the best-paid coaches in Europe

Sandro opens the door to Everton as transfer saga rumbles on

MALAGA ANTONIO GÓNGORA

The forward is wanted by both Atlético Madrid and the Merseyside club but the former’s transfer ban could see them lose out

Malaga to face Sheffield United in preseason friendly

SUR

Tickets for the game in Coín can be purchased in advance for eight euros

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Slowly but surely

a look at laliga Rob Palmer

The Premier League already has its fixture list yet in Spain we only know the identity of two of the three promoted sides

Futures of Michael Santos and Peñaranda hang in the balance over non-EU quota

PEDRO LUIS ALONSO

The pair have hardly featured since arriving last summer and in the January window, respectively

Malaga looking at ways to fill La Rosaleda

PEDRO LUIS ALONSO

The club wants to increase the average attendance figures at the ground which this year came in at less than three quarters of the capacity

Club launches ‘Be Malaguista’ ticket to attract foreign fans

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How the torremolinos of the future will look

tony bryant

AVOI is planning more events to meet its financial target. **a.c.**

Association enters Guinness Book of Records

malaga Ángel Escalera

More than 100,000 people attended street parties organised by AVOI, the association of volunteers working in children’s wards

Reg and Joan Elliott in 1942, the year they married **SUR**

Nerja couple celebrate 75 years of marriage

NERJA Jennie Rhodes

Reg and Joan Elliott met and married during World War II and spent much of their early married life apart as Reg was fighting

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