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The following maps and graphs show the evolution of Covid-19 since the first wave and the infection rates for Malaga province and the region of Andalucía. Current restrictions: closure of municipal borders with a 14-day case rate of more than 500 p
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J. M. martín
The old cinema in Casares, which has been closed and vacant since the 1970s, has been purchased by the council which plans to convert it into a public space for cultural events. Located on Calle Fuente, the iconic building was purchased for 120,000
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...centre of the town. According to a neighbour, the vehicle had been parked there for several days. He claimed to have heard some bangs during the early morning, although he did not think they were gunshots. Police have cordoned off the area and they
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Jennie Rhodes
...that her songs tell stories and one called Storyville is based on the town in New Orleans "where Jazz allegedly began in 1923". She's also written a flamenco fusion song called Spain. "A lot of English speakers like flamenco but don't speak Spanish,
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JOSÉ MARÍA MARTÍN
Estepona has asked Spain's central government for more sand for the regeneration of six beaches in the municipality that took a battering during storm Filomena in January. In the request sent by the town hall to the national General Directorate of ... the Coast and the Sea, the council said that the El Cristo, Menara, Benamara-Paraíso Barronal, Atalaya-Isdabe, El Padrón and El Ángel beaches were the worst affected by the heavy rain and strong winds. And the councillor responsible for the town ... councillor pointed out that there are several points of the municipality's coastline where sandbanks accumulate which could serve for this purpose. In 2019 and 2020 the town council didn’t request more sand for the regeneration of the beaches but after the
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A union representing police officers has claimed that council staff at Coín town hall have received their coronavirus jabs ahead of essential workers- a group that includes its members. The Independent Union of Andalusian Police (Sip-An) has made ... "arbitrary, without prioritising the people established in the population groups." The council denies the claim saying that at all times "the protocols have been followed." A town hall spokesperson told SUR, "At Coín council we regret the loss of prestige ... this union wants to cause for the great work that health professionals are doing." In the complaint, the union refers to several instances in which they claim town hall staff were receiving a coronavirus vaccination before the Local Police and other
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Eugenio Cabezas
Nerja town hall has put a contract out to tender for the construction and management of a new chiringuito (beach restaurant) on Calahonda beach, next to the Balcón de Europa. Work has already started to prepare the plot of land, which the town ... hall acquired in 2017 from a private owner for the sum of one million euros. Prior to that, in 2014, the Papagayo chiringuito had been ordered to close due to complaints by neighbours. The owners of the new chiringuito will have to pay the town hall
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JOAQUINA DUEÑAS
Ricardo Soriano and the Parque de la Constitución, for example, and also on some of the roundabouts in the town where it stands proudly. It is sometimes known as the bottle tree, because of the shape of the trunk. It is striking to look at because the ... weighs just six grammes". If you pay attention and listen carefully, you might even hear a tawny owl, a nocturnal bird of prey which has also been spotted in Vigil de Quiñones and the San Bernabé cemetery. The town is also home to birds like
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VANESSA MELGAR
...then the Reina Victoria in Ronda, which was very popular because of its romantic location. The Ronda hotel was built just outside the town, on the Cornisa del Tajo, overlooking the precipice and mountains. It was a view that entranced the poet Rilke, ... condition. "At that time, Ronda ended at the Merced Convent. The hotel was in a very poor area of the town, where there was no road, just a dirt track, no pavements, there were pigsties and it was very muddy," says Peralta. Some important people were ... due to attend the inauguration and the town hall had no money so asked local people to make donations towards the cost. However, the British had a plan B. They didn't trust the council and decided to create a path between the hotel and the town
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Government officials have now applied for a works licence at the local town hall. The body of General Francisco Franco was exhumed from the Valle de los Caídos in November 2019.