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A junior football club from Rincón de la Victoria were among the hundreds of passengers who found themselves stranded at Manchester airport last Sunday when a fuel problem meant over 80 flights were cancelled or delayed. The group of 28 people,
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...current sewage works. This project is still on the drawing board and is not expected to be in operation until 2022, ten years after the first plans were put on the table. The delay of the Malaga plant also took its toll on the Guadalhorce works. While
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Eugenio Cabezas
Speaking to SUR last week, twelve hours after she, along with her daughters and nieces were rescued from the Río Chíllar, Daniela Cárdenas spoke of her "impotence and desperation" as night fell and the group were unable to make their way back to the ... start of the trail. "We were very scared," the mother-of-three confessed. "I tried to keep calm so they didn't realise the difficulty we were in, of my impotence and desperation," she added. Cárdenas, who moved to Sweden from Spain with her family ... to describe how the emergency services asked her if she was Daniela and then guided them back to the start of the walk, where emergency vehicles were waiting for them with blankets. Despite their ordeal, the girls were back in the swimming pool at
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Eugenio Cabezas
...to burn some rubbish. Due to the strong wind and the dry vegetation, however, the flames spread rapidly. The man is now under formal investigation and could be charged with starting the fire through negligence. Firefighters were still working on ... The area is located just 500 metres from the town itself and there are several farmhouses nearby, all of which were evacuated. The fire began at the highest point of the hill, although the flames soon spread due to the strong wind. The smoke was ... visible for several kilometres. Valtocado, Mijas Later on Monday, at around 4pm, Infoca sent more officers and helicopters to tackle a new blaze that had broken out in Valtocado, Mijas. According to Infoca, two helicopters and 50 firefighters were
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An early-morning call out to an overturned camper van on the A-92 in Granada province yielded more than three injured Lithuanians. No other vehicle was involved but Guardia Civil officers were surprised to find one million euros in cash hidden ... inside. The vehicle was travelling to the Costa del Sol area and the driver tested positive for alcohol and drugs, according to sources. As yet there has been no explanation as to why the two Lituanian men and one women were travelling with so much cash.
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The judge looking into the death of young Julen, who suffered a fatal fall down a borehole in Totalán in January, has dealt a double blow to the defence team of David Serrano, owner of the land. The judge has decided against allowing a face-to-face
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Nerja town hall announced on Wednesday that central government has approved the release of an extra two million euros to complete the outstanding work on the town's sewage treatment plant. The announcement confirmed that Nerja mayor Rosa Arrabal ha
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...linked to violent episodes between groups containing members of the same family; or that it occurred in a family context and they were consumed as part of a funerary ritual. Dating by the Carbon 14 process indicates a short time period between 5,000 ... and 4,800 BC, which suggests that both these sites were probably date from the same time of human occupation of the cave. Those are some of the conclusions of the interdisciplinary team which led the archaeological works, consisting of Jonathan ... works were carried out as part of the Plan Director Research Programme, one of the lines of Research+Development+Innovation which considers the Antequera Dolmens site a priority for studies and general research projects. The research in the Sierra del
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‘Rock of Ages’, a work by Gibraltar artist Paul Cosquieri, has been selected for the prestigious 2019 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. Approximately 13,000 works were submitted this year, but only 700 were accepted. The summer show is the
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For those who love luxury, the port in Malaga city was a joy to behold on Saturday. In fact, it was a day to remember, not just because an unusual number of cruise liners were visiting at the same time, bringing a wave of passengers into the city ... centre or to the buses which would take them to other destinations in the area, but because three of the five ships in port were the very height of luxury. Truly exclusive vessels, in fact. Malaga is becoming an increasingly popular destination for ... these types of visitors, who travel the high seas in ships which bare little resemblence to the classic idea of a cruise liner. In fact, last year half of the ships which called into Malaga Port were of this type, and they have the added advantage of