Local
F. TORRES.
The family of Alona Pavlovska, killed by a drink driver who drove into a children's park in Benalmádena have reacted to the news that the driver has received a four-year prison sentence and must pay compensation of more than 600,000 euros. Her
Gibraltar
DEBBIE BARTLETT
The Commonwealth Park project in the town centre has proven so popular that the Gibraltar government has now announced that another park is to be built in the area between the MidTown development and the King's Bastion leisure centre. The new ... park will be similar in style to Commonwealth Park, and the two will be linked via the leisure centre and along Queensway. The plans include extensive grassed areas as well as an open paved space which can be used for screenings, live performances and ... the environmental aims of the space. The junction linking Queensway and Reclamation road will be moved north along the edge of MidTown, allowing for a seamless pedestrian flow between the new park, the leisure centre and Commonwealth Park. The Cross
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
The Alameda Wildlife Park's first-ever open day outside the park raised over £1,500. The event was held in Ocean Village last Saturday and children flocked to the animal learning enclosure to see the rabbits, tortoises, cockatoos and reptiles.
Local
Jésus HINOJOSA
A major new public park for the Costa is still far from being finished. The delay is now being blamed by staff at the Junta regional-government's ministry for the Environment on the rare Iberian Spadefoot Toad. The Parque Benítez, a former
Local
Héctor Barbotta
Users of the underground car park at the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella no longer have to pay parking fees considered by many to be excessive. The car park now belongs to the Costa del Sol Health Agency, a subsidiary of the Junta ... tear up the contract, which had granted the concession holder control of the car park for 40 years. From Monday 20 May use of the car park is completely free for two weeks. However, it has been announced that once a new operation contract comes into ... force, users will have to pay one euro per 12 hours. The car park had been the principal cause of the hospital extension work being held up. The contractors decided to halt works nine years ago after Marbella town hall refused to comply with the Junta's
Local
Ivan Gelibter
Mijas council has awarded the construction contract for an underground car park in the La Candelaria area of Las Lagunas, the largest of the new parking facilities being built in the area. The work will cost 7.8 million euros and will be carried out ... by OHL. It is expected to take 18 months. The new car park is part of a strategic plan to improve parking in the heavily built-up residential and commercial area near the waterpark. Another underground car park is being built at nearby El Juncal for
Local
A. PELÁEZ / J. RHODES
...opened in 2001 and was designed for players of all ages and abilities. Among its facilities are an 18-hole course, a large car park, changing rooms, a club house and restaurant. Blow for tourism Baviera is the only golf course in the Vélez-Málaga area
Local
ANA PÉREZ-BRYAN / HÉCTOR BARBOTTA
...sunbathing. Shortly after, Barack arrived in Marbella at the Puente Romano hotel where he was taken from the underground car park at the tennis club, to the conference room (via the kitchens) where he was giving a talk to executives and owners of the German
What to do
...slides and a labyrinth slide or you can relax in blue lake. The park has a large, free, parking area for visitors and a bus service runs from Fuengirola to the gates of the water park. The park is open until the end of September depending on the ... weather, and offers a wide range of activities such as aquatic aerobics, children's shows, dance and interactive games. The park also has a selection of bars and restaurants, gardens, secure lockers, sunbeds, showers, changing rooms and shops. For more
Local
Ignacio LILLO.
Works to improve access to the Andalucía Technology Park (PTA) got under way on Monday, a week after regional president Juanma Moreno announced it at a SUR forum. The 486,974-euro project will last no more than two months and is expected to be ... park with the final station on the Malaga Metro line (Andalucía Tech), will also be operational after Easter Week, it has been announced.