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E. C.
A 75-year-old German tourist died on Wednesday when lifeguards were unable to resuscitate him after he drowned in the swimming pool of the Torcasol residential area in Torrox Costa. Emergency services believe he suffered a heart attack while
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E. Cabezas / B. gutiérrez
An 83-year-old German tourist has died after drowning in the sea off Torrox Costa. Emergency services were called to the beach at around 6pm last Sunday when a body was spotted floating near to the shore. Paramedics attempted to resuscitate the
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Eugenio Cabezas
Emergency services were called to two separate fires in the Torrox area last weekend. The first broke out in a field of stubble by the Torrox to Cómpeta road, while the second started in greenhouses in the Pecho la Torre area of El Morche. Both
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Eugenio Cabezas
A proposal to reactivate plans to build a harbour between Torrox and Nerja was one of the main items on the agenda during a visit to the Axarquía on Tuesday by Patricia Navarro from the regional government, the Junta de Andalucía. The idea has been ... on the cards for a number of years, although nothing has ever come of it. The mayor of Torrox Óscar Medina, said the project was, "fundamental for social, economic and tourism development in the Axarquía." Navarro also spoke of the need "not to
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Eugenio Cabezas
Torrox town hall has revealed plans to turn the existing market on its Plaza de la Constitución into a gourmet market, with a central bar where visitors will be able to sample local food. The announcement was made last Friday by mayor, Óscar
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Eugenio Cabezas
A number of town halls in the Axarquía have asked the Junta de Andalucía's coastal department for a "definitive solution" to the erosion on beaches which has been caused by bad weather in recent years. Rincón de la Victoria, Vélez-Málaga, Torrox
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Eugenio Cabezas
The strike planned by cleaning operatives to coincide with the Día de las Migas in Torrox on Sunday has been officially called off. A deal was confirmed in writing between the cleaning company's union and the town hall. This will lead to a six
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Eugenio Cabezas
...resulted in a large rock falling onto the road near the Calaceite area to the east of Torrox Costa in November. Repairs had been expected to take a month.
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Eugenio Cabezas
Torrox town hall started work last week to resurface the six kilometres of the M-5105 road to Frigiliana that fall inside its municipal boundary. The other stretch of the road, which is roughly 10 kilometres in total, was redone a few years ago ... by Frigiliana town hall. Malaga province's authority, the Diputación, has said that it will take over maintenance of the road once Torrox has completed the work.
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Eugenio Cabezas
Following the brutal murder of his partner, Manoli C. S (44), in El Morche last Thursday, a judge in Torrox has ordered that her suspected murderer, Juan Antonio M. L. (46), be remanded in custody without bail. Sources in the court said that the