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Héctor Barbotta
...half-built building by the hospital earmarked as a new central courts complex for the town. Councillors have also debated how to spend the 12 million euros recently handed to the town in cash by a court responsible for selling Roca's assets.
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...alongside the train line in Fuente de Piedra. Sources said the man was caught red handed as he was hunting deer in the middle of closed season. The accused is a high-ranking Guardia Civil officer and works as part of an autonomous organisation which
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Lee Spencer, known as 'The Rowing Marine', is back in Gibraltar to prepare for his latest challenge. On Wednesday 12 December this former Royal Marine plans to set off from the Rock and row 3,800 nautical miles, solo and unsupported, to South America
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Quim Torra, the separatist president of Catalonia's regional government, has his days in charge numbered. On Thursday, a court in Barcelona handed Torra a year-and-a-half ban from public office for disobeying the Spanish electoral commission's order
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Héctor Barbotta
Ever since Marbella's corrupt former town-planning chief was handed his prison sentence, the local town hall had only been able to recover nine million euros of the 60 million embezzled by Juan Antonio Roca. However, last week, that figure went up ... by 12 million euros when a judge handed the mayor of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, a cheque. Roca's hunting trophies OK to sell, says court A court has said that the sale of 98 stuffed animals acquired by Juan Antonio Roca as hunting trophies can be ... a bit less than expected. It's the first time since the infamous Operation Malaya, a corruption scandal centred on the town hall, broke some 12 years ago that such a large amount has been handed back at once. Of the 300 million euros extra in
Local
Nieves Castro
It was 11 June 1485 when King Ferdinand the Catholics took the town of Marbella from the Muslims. The walls, the remains of the Alcazaba and the Royal Hospital are all that remain from that era. Horses, men in armour and other costumes of the time, c
LifeStyle
Jennie Rhodes
...goes away empty-handed. That church hall in Puente Don Manuel in late November really was full of the true spirit of Christmas.
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An issue affecting Spanish tourism in general is the situation of instability and violence in Catalonia following prison sentences handed to pro-independence politicians for their role in organising an illegal referendum in 2017. Spain's acting
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Á. FRIAS / J. CANO
A man in a disturbed state of mind voluntarily handed in his firearms to the Local Police in Malaga on Monday. He intended to use his arsenal to defend himself from threats, including from NASA, who he was sure “had been watching him”. The alarm
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Atlantis PMR. Caps and certificates will be handed out at the finishing line. The La Cala Lions Diabetic Support Group will also have a stand at the ExPat Show held in the Hotel IPV in Fuengirola on 23 and 24 November. For more information contact