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New support group offers lifeline to carers and families of dementia patients

Tony Bryant

La Cala de Mijas Lions Club has launched the association's first Alzheimer's and Dementia Support Group. The support group was formed because the Lions realised there was a great demand for a service to help English-speaking expats living in the ... situation. You are also embarrassed about what your loved one might do. "Many carers feel they are isolated, and they need to talk to others who are caring for loved ones, so this is why the group was founded," Sandie explained to SUR in English. Other

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31 July 1588: The Spanish Armada reaches English shores

Jennie Rhodes

On 31 July 1588 what became known as the Spanish 'Invincible Armada' encountered the English Navy off the coast of Plymouth. In May that year, during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish war (1585-1604), as Spain's King Felipe II wanted to remove the ... Protestant Queen Elizabeth I from the English throne and restore Catholicism in England, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon under the command of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia. When the fleet was sighted off the English coast in July, Sir Francis Drake ... ordered 100 English vessels to prepare to confront it. Over the following days, English ships continued to pursue the Spanish Armada as it headed eastwards along the English Channel, according to the website History.com. There were two duels, one near

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"Everything has changed since the coronavirus pandemic struck"

Tony Bryant

Katie O'Neill came to live on the Costa del Sol 15 years ago. She soon discovered the Cudeca Foundation and began working as a volunteer. Today, Katie is the coordinator of Cudeca's 23 shops and outlets and, as she explains to SUR in English, she is

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Travel secrets of the Costa de la Luz

Andrew Forbes

...in English Summer’s Here magazine, I knew I wanted to write about one of my favourite parts of the south - the Costa de la Luz. This sparkling Atlantic coast of light, that runs all the way from Huelva’s Río Guadiana down to the evocative port town

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Getting back to business with SUR in English

...forward to full terraces on warm evenings, the shutters came down. What to do How can SUR in English help restart your business? Click here and fill in the form for your business to appear free of charge on our Now Open portal. On 14 March Spain ... to do for months; chatting to the butcher; giving the car a service; or buying new furniture for that terrace you spent so much time on during weeks of confinement. SUR in English was fortunate enough to be able to carry on doing business and ... provinding the essential service of informing readers of local and national news throughout the coronavirus crisis. Now, more than ever, SUR in English is the perfect vehicle to help businesses reconnect with their old clients and reach out to new ones..

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Essential works under way at the English Cemetery as normality slowly returns

SUR

Restoration work at the English Cemetery in Malaga, which had been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, is now under way as normality slowly returns. Essential repairs are being made to the side wall adjoining Calle Ibarra - the second ... insertion of ash niches for cremated remains. With the lifting of some of the lockdown restrictions, the English cemetery has been able to open its gates to the public again. The attraction is open from 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday, and 10.30am to 3pm on

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SUR in English print edition out as usual this Friday

SUR in English

Despite the coronavirus lockdown the free print edition of SUR in English is out as usual for readers to pick up every Friday. Spain's state of alarm decree includes newspapers among those essential products that people are permitted to go out ... for. While some distribution points are closed during the lockdown, SUR in English is still being distributed to news kiosks, paper shops, supermarkets, petrol stations and other usual outlets that are authorised to open across the province of Malaga. ... newsagent's, supermarkets and petrol stations, among other open shops and services. Please note that this list does not include private residential developments that do still regularly receive SUR in English. Some other outlets that also still receive the

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SUR in English print edition out as usual this Friday

SUR in English

Despite the coronavirus lockdown the free print edition of SUR in English is out on the streets as usual for readers to pick up every Friday. Spain's state of alarm decree includes newspapers among those essential products that people are ... permitted to go out for. While some distribution points are closed during the lockdown, SUR in English is still being distributed to news kiosks, paper shops, supermarkets, petrol stations and other usual outlets that are authorised to open across the ... petrol stations, among other open shops and services. Please note that this list does not include private residential developments that do still regularly receive SUR in English. Some other outlets that also still receive the newspaper may also have been

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Swedish residents thanked for supporting vulnerable families in Almuñécar

Jennie Rhodes

...town hall published into Swedish and English and made sure it went onto local social media," she told SUR in English. From there, Felicia, who recently took over the Almunecar.se website, which has local information in English and Swedish, came up

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Costa del Sol launches video in English to boost spirits among tourism professionals

Pilar Martínez

...now in English, thanking tourism professionals for their hard work and solidarity in these difficult times. The video also expresses the tourism authority's gratitude to local residents for staying at home and to the health workers who are looking