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Ángel Escalera
The upcoming strike to be held by family doctors and paediatricians across Malaga province is the first step in rebuilding the public health service, according to Carlos Bautista, head of the 'Basta ya' group calling for better conditions for health
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JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS
A body believed to be that of a man who went missing in Torremolinos in January has been found in the mountains behind Alhaurín de la Torre. The news that Antonio Ortega Urbano, 32, is dead came as a devastating blow to friends and family who had ... been leading continuous searches for him in Torremolinos and the surrounding area since he went out to walk the family dog without his keys or identification seven months ago. Back in February, there was some hope when the distressed dog was found ... experts from the Guardia Civil's mountain rescue team , with the help of a helicopter sent from Granada. Although the body was in a poor state, it was possible for family to identify the clothing he was wearing when he went missing. "It has his trainers,
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ALBERTO GOMEZ
A family had to abandon their home after part of the property's foundations, patio and entrance fell into the water in the seaside district of La Araña, on the east side of the city of Malaga, last Saturday. Nobody was injured; the 15-year-old ... damaged by water erosion, a danger that has been heightened by recent storms. The family has been temporarily rehoused in a hostel by the Malaga council's social services. A complaint had been made regarding the risky conditions of the structure six
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MARINA NAVAS
...order to spend more time doing what he loved: cooking. His family where none too pleased with him at the time. After moving to Marbella 16 years ago, Mauricio Giovanini has gained the respect he has always wanted, working 24 hours a day with his wife. ... but I ended up in the kitchen. I was the odd-one-out in my family. He said I was mad because I wanted to be a chef and didn't understand me at all at the beginning. Later on though he realised that I was doing really well. He has passed away now but my ... mother and my family are proud of me. What dishes remind you of your childhood? I remember baked apples and also the offal, which I love. As an Argentinian you have to be a meat eater, right? Yes, the one thing that no house lacks is a grill, some
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JUAN CANO /A. J. GUERRERO
The day that National Police officer, Manuel Martín, arrested the 14-year-old son of 'Ana', her life and that of her family changged forever. The officer, based in Antequera, was called out to a local school with a colleague in 2017 to detain the ... overwhelmed by the situation. The boy was held in a youth detention centre, too young to go to a detoxification clinic, and a judge went on to order the family pay Martín 1,120 euros compensation for his injury. However the officer has decided to return ... all the money to the family, who have a low income, and he has been helping the family cope with their son's problems. "We are human beings first, then police," explained Martín.
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Alberto GÓMEZ
The mayor of Benalmádena, Víctor Navas, also called for the regional government's health service to carry out an inspection into conditions at the home. His family moved their grandmother from there to a different home earlier this year after she ... spent two months in hospital with an infected leg. It was the family who spotted her condition, not the staff. "The place smelled awful and the care was inadequate," he says. The Seniors group has six homes in Malaga province, two of them in
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SUR IN ENGLISH
...long and there is a shorter route of 5.5 kilometres for family groups. On Sunday, 23 September all cyclists for the longer route will meet in the Paseo del Parque, leaving at 10am. The families and cyclists for the shorter route will congregate from
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ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO
Local Police successfully captured a dangerous 1.2-metre-long snake that had slithered into a Malaga family's home and coiled itself inside a baby's pushchair last week. Juan José Ruiz discovered the creature after hearing noises and seeing ... to close the living room door and I did the same for the kitchen," Juan José detailed. Some days before the episode, an area of shrubland near the house had been cleared, which is where Juan José and his family believe the snake came from. "Surely ... it came from there, and ended up giving us a good scare," he remarked. The ordeal has affected how José and his family go about their daily lives from now on. Juan José said: "Now my wife and my mother check the pushchair every day when they are
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Héctor BARBOTTA
Workers from Marbella council demolished the wall around the Palacio Marbella del Mar, linked to the Saudi royal family, this week. The wall had been at risk of collapse for over two years. Representatives from the council confirmed that they
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ALBERTO GÓMEZ
Benalmádena town hall is to offer alternative accommodation to a family removed from their home earlier this week, after councillors were criticised for breaking their vow not to leave anyone homeless through eviction. Local police and social ... workers had supervised the departure of a couple and their two young children from a flat which is part of the social housing stock belonging to the council itself. Benalmádena council initially defended the move, saying that the family had no right to