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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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One Saturday a month, guided tours will be available of the Alameda Botanical Gardens next year. The dates have just been announced and those, with plenty of other information, can be found online (gibraltargardens.gi). All of the tours will be
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National Police have announced that the automatic passport reading machines at Malaga airport for passengers coming from outside the Schengen area are now fully installed. From this week, officers will be stepping up efforts to inform travellers
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Tony Bryant
Fans of The Beatles will enjoy a tribute concert in the Sea Breeze Bar in Fuengirola port tomorrow night (Saturday). The show will be performed by Revival, one of the Costa del Sol's top tribute bands. Formed in 2007, the group will be remembered ... resemblance to the Fab Four will generate some of the nostalgia of the swinging 60s. Tickets for the show, which starts at 8pm, cost 10 euros and are available from the Sea Breeze Bar, or on the night of the concert.
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Ivan Gelibter
Letting your dog urinate in the street without cleaning it up in Benalmádena is likely to come at a price from now on. The local council announced on Tuesday that it will change local bylaws relating to pets and will force owners or walkers to clean ... responsibilities." Owners will be encouraged to use dog parks or other designated areas and Local Police will be allowed to issue fines, although the exact amount hasn't been set yet.
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PILAR R. QUIRÓS
...about them. She is proud that Malaga is a highly-recommended winter destination and is already making plans for Christmas next year, predicting that she will still be in her post because "Paco de la Torre will win the election and be the mayor again". ... the mayor of New York, saying that his lights will be seen over there. Posturing, or augmented reality? Posturing. You can't please everybody all the time. Why has Calle Larios had the same lights for the past few years? Only two years, last ... has invested 500,000 euros more this year. All the Spanish cities are increasing their budgets and imitating Malaga. And next year we will have to increase ours as well because we will have to change the dome, and we have to make an important
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Tony Bryant
Torremolinos is preparing for the first edition of the Ruta del Arte, an open air art festival that will take place in the centre of the town on Saturday (tomorrow). The 'art route', which is organised by the town hall, will promote the works of ... local artists, which will be displayed in different parts of the town. There will also be exhibitions in the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Cultural Centre and several restaurants, including Bodegas Guerola, Loft del Mar and El Gran Vino, and these can be viewed ... until 5 January. Participating restaurants will offer a special discount for those taking part in the route. The event will incorporate an Instagram project that will invite people to upload photographs of artwork they have admired. Along with the
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Tony Bryant
As part of the campaign orchestrated by the Plastic Free Seas Worldwide foundation, the Beaches Department of the Fuengirola town hall has announced that the final beach clean-up of the year will take place on Saturday 15 December. It is hoped ... that the project will remove at least 400kg of plastics from the beaches of Fuengirola, and those wishing to participate are asked to meet outside the Alarcón Restaurant at 2.30pm. Organisers are encouraging as many people as possible to participate ... in the event, which is sponsored by Specsavers Opitcas Fuengirola. Rubbish bags will be supplied, but volunteers are asked to bring their own gloves. Craig Webb and Natasha Wegloop, co-founders of Plastic Free Seas Worldwide commented: "Let's make
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Construction of the new one-million-euro pet cemetery on the outskirts of Malaga will start in the new year. Parcemasa, the municipal company that runs the city's main San Gabriel cemetery complex, now has planning permission for the facility which ... is expected to be ready within six months once building work starts. The project aims to provide people with an alternative to having their pets cremated, and will offer burial niches. It is estimated that a burial will cost 150 euros and a
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...the director of the Anaesthesiology and Recovery unit, José Cruz, and nursing coordinator of the Surgical Block, Cristina Narbona. Ana Isabel González explained to the press that the aim is to open the facilities bit by bit, and that there will ... eventually be four operating theatres. The two which opened this week are for scheduled operations of different types where patients only need to stay in hospital for a short time afterwards. She also explained that these two operating theatres will be used ... for general and dermatological surgery, and the others will open within the next few months. José Cruz, the director of the Anaesthesiology and Recovery Unit at the Virgen de la Victoria hospital, said that "the opening of this new department is a