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R. M.
A Frigiliana resident was able to capture the moment a fox ran down one of the village's streets last week. While foxes are not uncommon in the area, actually sighting one is rare. It is believed that the animal had come down from nearby mountains
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A. P.
Almáchar town hall announced last week that it has set aside 3,000 euros to help young people in the village obtain their driving licence. Anyone aged 18 to 25 may apply for 100 euros as long as they are registered on the local council's 'padrón'.
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JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS
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Opinion
Peter Edgerton
A huge lorry inched noisily past the cafe window yesterday, just as I was burning my tongue for the second time on what used to be known a white coffee but no doubt has a faux exotic moniker these days. Anyway, said vehicle happened to be transportin
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AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ
Tuesday after Ciudadanos spokesperson and previous mayor of Alcaucín Mario Blancke claimed that there had been very little dialogue with the PSOE since it took the mayor's office in last year's local elections. He claimed that they had only met "three ... the vote was "very unfair" and that it had "been planned for months". Ciudadanos has the support of the two Partido Popular (PP) councillors in Alcaucín and should they win the vote, control of the town hall would pass to a Ciudadanos - PP
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The festive period finally drew to a close in Spain on Sunday night with the arrival of the Three Kings from the East. While Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar brought Jesus the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, the good children of the Costa del
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Charo Márquez
The body of a middle aged man was found at La Duquesa marina in Manilva on Friday morning. A worker in the port area spotted the body floating on the water at around 10.30am. Security were immediately notified and they proceeded to remove the
Sport
julio rodríguez
...double their lead, Arribas slicing at the ball when it fell to him in the box. The hosts were stirred into action when they were again let off the hook as Ricardo Carvalho hit the bar. The equaliser came when Óscar plucked a searching ball from Redru
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E. C.
...asked for help when she was unable to breathe, and a neighbour called the emergency services. Alejandro Ortiz and his colleague Román Eloy were the first to arrive at the woman's house in the Peñoncillo area of Torrox where they performed CPR until
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V. MELGAR .
...recent years. The works will be carried out in stages along almost the whole of the 40-kilometre stretch and will take approximately one year to complete. They will begin near Teba and end at Ronda.