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Eugenio Cabezas
UK supermarket chain Poundland, operating in Spain under the name Dealz, opened a store in Nerja yesterday, taking the total number of shops in Malaga province to three. A spokesperson for the store, which is on Calle San Miguel in the centre of
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Héctor Barbotta
Marbella town hall has started carrying out coronavirus testing on workers whose activities were unaffected by the lockdown. Some 4,000 quick tests are being carried out on staff at pharmacies, veterinary and other clinics, opticians, funeral direc
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Vanessa Melgar
The owner of the Museo del Bandolero (Bandit Museum) in Ronda has decided to put the entire collection on sale after the huge drop in visitors experienced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Operating the museum, which opened its doors 25
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JAVIER ALMELLONES
...noticed a number of people with metal detectors operating on land with archaeological preservation orders in place. He then informed the town hall who started their own investigations. "After we were given this information, we saw that holes had been made
Opinion
Ángel Escalera
Nearly two and a half years after the partial opening of the Guadalhorce valley hospital, two of its four operating theatres and some of its beds were finally opened this week. This hospital is greatly needed to take the pressure of the Clínico ... in Malaga. It opened eight years later than scheduled, sloppily and incomplete. Somebody (many people, actually) didn't do their job properly and the hospital didn't have enough electrical power for the operating theatres and some other departments. ... deserve a hospital which, once and for all, works efficiently and isn't remedied by patches. It is good news that half of the operating theatres are now open (16 patients underwent surgery there yesterday), but that is just one part of the huge amount
Opinion
Mark Nayler
...of where, ultimately, that money will come from. In other words, Spain's recovery funds are attached to a number of tightly held strings. Pedro Sánchez's minority government is becoming excessively comfortable with operating behind closed doors.
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A. M. ROMERO
The new hospital in Malaga will have 840 beds (in addition to the 400 at the Materno and 150 at the Civil), as well as 46 new operating theatres. This formed part of the announcement made by Elías Bendodo, spokesman for the regional government, on a
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ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
...delayed due to the coronavirus crisis,” added Vallejo. The zip wire, called ‘Supertirolina VK Twin’ has been developed by the specialist firm Vertikalist. It stretches for 1,350 metres and has taken 28 weeks to build. Once operating it could be used by
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...operation. The girl's rescue revealed the horror of sexual exploitation scheme, operating in the Malaga province and organised by a gang of Nigerian citizens. All 11 members of the gang have since been arrested. Six women, including the 15-year-old girl,
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FERNANDO TORRES
The president of Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, announced on Monday that "in four weeks" the operating theatres of the Valle del Guadalhorce hospital will be working "at 100%". Moreno said that for several years, the centre had been "a phantom hospital",
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
The Junta de Andalucía's Health service has said that it plans to have Estepona's new local hospital up and running by the end of the year. The date comes after the town hall finished the building work on the long-awaited complex in December last
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
HMS Duncan was in Gibraltar on Thursday, for a routine logistics visit. This impressive Type 45 destroyer recently sailed from her home port in Portsmouth for a six-month operational deployment. Initially she will be operating in the
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operating in the Costa del Sol. The group, which specialised in kidnappings and stealing drugs from other traffickers, seized large quantities of hashish on the Costa del Sol, before sending them on to Italy to be resold. A key part of the investigation ... vehicle, loaded with between 400 and 500 kilos on each trip, posing as a couple of holidaymakers. The drugs were normally acquired with the cooperation of British, Moroccan and Romanian nationals operating on the Costa del Sol and in the Campo
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FERNANDO TORRES
...to nothing more than a large health centre. Now, after a lengthy and complex legal process in which a special plan had to be completely modified, and serious differences of opinion between different administrations, the first two operating theatres ... eventually be four operating theatres. The two which opened this week are for scheduled operations of different types where patients only need to stay in hospital for a short time afterwards. She also explained that these two operating theatres will be used ... Antonio Medina, said that the new operating theatres "will mean that a series of surgical procedures can be carried out on a day-to-day basis, and this will improve the standards of quality and accessibility for all the users in the area". The
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
Easyjet has begun its twice-weekly service between Luton and Gibraltar. The flights run on Tuesdays and Saturdays and will continue year-round. This is the airline's fourth destination from Gibraltar, after London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester.
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Álvaro frías \ Juan Cano
A court has been hearing how a woman carried out minor plastic surgery operations for almost 10 years without being a qualified doctor or having a proper consulting surgery. The accusation of a customer who claims her face was disfigured has now b
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...years, citing the risk to the environment, and all plants were expected to close by 2028. Improved technology has meant nuclear power production has increased in existing plants and operating companies and government have been looking to agree how long ... operate the Almaraz nuclear power station in Extremadura, agreed to extend the life of that plant until 2028 when the current operating licence expires in 202 1. Currently the last plant set to close is Trillo, in central Spain, in 2028 and under this new
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FERNANDO TORRES
...that will allow its operating theatres to finally welcome patients. A statement released by the group's spokesman, Miguel Estéban, asked for “transparency” and compliance with the time frames that had been previously agreed. If this doesn't happen,
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...monitoring equipment. An operating theatre on the same floor was also adapted for these Covid patients in case they needed urgent surgery or an operation which could not be postponed. 14 patients in ICUs The good news continued on Thursday when it was
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The Guardia Civil have brought down an organised crime network committed to the import and export of large quantities of drugs through the port of Algeciras. Officers from the Unidad Central Operativa (UCO) have arrested a total of 21 people, ten of
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Fernando TORRES
...year, the opening of the operating theatres and hospitalisation wards is waiting for the new electricity supply. The aim was to have all the new pylons put up and the lines connected by the end of this month or the beginning of next. However, now with 85 ... come up during building works." The group has called for the authorities to get round this new obstacle as soon as possible. "We can't end another year with the operating theatres closed," he said.
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(Friday to Sunday) and with reduced capacity of 550 people a day. The president of the Diputación, Francisco Salado, said, "The provincial authority has been working for weeks with the company holding the operating licence and local town halls, as well
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Pilar Martínez
The Jet2.com airline and its tour operating arm are looking for 125 new staff members to help boost its local team as it grows. In total 900 jobs are being offered across Spain. On the Costa del Sol specifically there are jobs in land operations
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FERNANDO TORRES
...use the operating theatres and inpatient wards which have been closed since it was opened in 2016 due to instability of the supply needed to operate the equipment. The process for obtaining the licence was complicated but Endesa had already made a
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...back to life with inter-provincial routes operating at a higher frequency and people taking advantage of the opportunity to visit relatives or take a break elsewhere in Andalucía. Many bars and restaurants, closed up until now, chose today to reopen
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Nieves Castro
...at the start of the summer Marbella council decided to define the areas these type of two-wheeled electric vehicles could travel through. At the same time it conducted a review of the operating licences of the firms running rentals and tours using ... them. Twelve companies, all located on or near the seafront in central Marbella and Puerto Banús, were inspected. Two failed the inspection of operating licences and one of these, in Puerto Banús, did not take steps to solve the problem, say officials. ... checking the operating licence he stressed. Referring to the closed Banús firm, he added: "We don't like doing it, but seeing that the type of apparatus rented out put traffic in the area at risk as well as some under-age users of the vehicles, we have
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PILAR MARTÍNEZ
...have asked for support from their respective governments to be able to keep operating. Meanwhile Easyjet has announced plans this week to reduce its staff by 30 per cent. The "new normal", when it arrives, is going to be very different to the ... Spain's borders to tourists in July could be staggered by region The airline operating the most flights at Malaga Airport before he crisis was Ryanair, which already announced that it would start flying to the Costa del Sol from 1 July. Its operations
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operating 50 per cent of its flights in July, it said, and 75 per cent in August. On its new schedule are flights between the Costa del Sol and 17 European destinations, including Amsterdam, Belfast, Bristol, Basel, Paris, Glasgow, Geneva, London (Gatwick,
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2011 as a part of Operation Carrousel which brought down a vast paedophile network operating across 75 countries.
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Pilar Martínez
Ryanair, the leading airline at Malaga Airport, has announced that it will temporarily cease operating from next Tuesday, 24 March. Since Wednesday, the operator has reduced services to 80 per cent and has been focusing on getting passengers back
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IGNACIO LILLO / SUR
...came back to life. with inter-provincial routes operating at a higher frequency as people took advantage of the opportunity to visit relatives or take a break elsewhere in Andalucía for the first time since lockdown was enforced. Distancing and
Sport
Rob Palmer
...some who legitimately think that it may not be a priority to get sport operating but the argument for bringing the game back is multi-faceted. As an industry, like any industry, it needs to generate finance again. If they cancelled the season, they'd
National
Pilar Martínez
...fly again from the majority of its 80 European bases. There will be fewer daily/weekly frequencies on trunk routes, as Ryanair works to restore some services on the widest number of routes, rather than operating high frequency services on a small
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Pilar Martínez
...advised passengers to keep a distance of two metres between them in the queues. The 180 departures from Malaga Airport on Sunday were operating as planned, the airport informed that afternoon. Hotels along the Costa del Sol are gradually closing as
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ANTONIO M. ROMERO
Troops from the Emergency Military Unit (EMU) deployed across Spain by the Ministry of Defence began operating in Malaga city on Monday morning in response to the nationwise State of Alarm declared to combat the spread of coronavirus. Disinfection
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SUR in ENglish
Travel "Flights are still operating between Spain and the UK, albeit at reduced levels. If you need to book a new flight or bring your return journey forward you should check the airlines websites and flight comparison sites. You may need to be flexible ... arrange your return journey as soon as possible. Flights are still operating from Spain to the UK and tens of thousands of British citizens have successfully returned to the UK in the past few days. Do consult your airline’s website for the latest
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E. CABEZAS
...the towns have operating waste water treatment plants. The organisation claims that the council has been doing so as far back as 2011. Nerja businessman Jorge Narváez has joined Ecologistas en Acción in their complaint as he claims raw sewage is
LifeStyle
Tony Bryant
Similarly, our volunteers, who are the lifeblood of the charity, have to be protected. Inevitably this means we are operating a limited service at this time," secretary Steve Marshall explained to SUR in English. The secretary, who is adamant Age Concern ... cancelled all training courses, meetings and events, while access to the hospice is restricted and the day centre has been closed. The charity is still operating its homecare service. Identity badges Age Care Calahonda has also set up initiatives to
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Héctor Barbotta
operating, the conditions involved and uncertainty about the main tourism markets are drawing a complicated picture. Opening without clients is not a viable option, but then neither is keeping the hotels closed. This is not just because companies cannot
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Eugenio Cabezas / álvaro frías / Juan Cano
...says there is lack of evidence to suggest they took part voluntarily in the operation. The Río de la Miel illegal dump was authorised by Nerja town hall and started operating in June 1998, a year after the Cantera de Áridos dump was closed and shortly