Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
The Alameda Gardens tours will continue on the last Saturday of each month (except December) next year, starting at 10.30am from the George Don Gates. The guided tours of these fascinating botanical gardens, which also have an interesting
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ANTONIO M. ROMERO
The Junta de Andalucía plans to start building the first phase of the dry port in Antequera next summer and says the construction will take two years to complete. This phase will cover 102.26 of the total of 392 hectares, strategically located near B
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I. LILLO / M. STUBER
These past twelve months will go down as a bad year for vehicle sales in the province of Malaga, including the Costa del Sol. Although there are a few days left of December still to go, sales to private individuals up to November were down 16.7 per ... cent year-on-year. At just over 18,000 vehicles sold, it's one of the lowest figures in recent times. When company vehicles and those bought by the dealerships themselves are added in, the total rises to 25,652, 11.7 per cent less. In an analysis
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Pilar Martínez
Malaga Airport is expected to close the year with a record-breaking figure of nearly 20 million passengers. Statistics show that in the first 11 months of this year, 18.7 million passengers used the airport, which was an increase of 4.5 per cent ... compared with the same period in 2018. There were 135,896 flights, which was nearly three per cent more than last year. The majority of travellers took international flights, although there was an eight per cent increase in flights to other Spanish ... destinations. The AENA airport authority believes it is unlikely that Malaga will break the 20 million barrier, this year but the final figure will be very close.
Gibraltar
Debbie Bartlett
The Easyjet airline has announced that it is to begin direct flights between Gibraltar and Edinburgh from late March next year, and this will be the first connection between Gibraltar and Scotland. There will be two flights a week, all through the ... year. Tickets are already on sale from £15.99 one way per person, including taxes. This is the fifth Easyjet destination from Gibraltar, as the company already flies to Gatwick, Luton, Manchester and Bristol.
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Nieves Castro
After three days in the Costa del Sol hospital, two-year-old Álvaro went home on Tuesday unaware that his survival was being described as a "miracle". He had fallen out of a window at his home in Marbella on Saturday afternoon, plunging six ... street This is the second time that a child has survived a fall in this same street in the Marbella neighbourhood of Plaza de Toros. Twenty years ago, in November 1999, a five-year-old boy was saved after he fell from a fifth-floor balcony. Salvador ... Moreno, a neighbour who worked for a funeral company, was deemed a local hero after holding his arms out to catch the boy. The five-year-old bounced from his arms into a garden and suffered several fractures, but lived to tell the tale.
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Benalmádena council has expressed its confidence that it will be able to continue running the iconic Puerto Marina. After a 2014 ruling limited port concessions to 30 years, its concession is set to expire next year. However, the town hall, in
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Jennie Rhodes
...together with her team, spends all year collecting and making gifts to give the children whose families rely on the food given out by the Malaga-based charity. They have been running the group project for four years and now donate about 150 dolls to the
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alejandro díaz
Dutch golfer Anne Van Dam left it late but ultimately came out on top in this year's Open de España, hosted by Aloha Golf in Marbella, winning on Sunday in a tournament in which the Malaga-born Azahara Muñoz came fourth. Van Dam won the tournament ... last year, but looked like she may well have scuppered her chances of repeating her victory coming into the last day of the Open after an 18th hole to forget the day before. This had left the Dane Nanna Madsen and the Swede Julia Engstrom three clear of
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JUAN SOTO
There are cured meats from Benaoján, cakes from Antequera, olives from Álora, olive oil from Periana... yes, once again this year the Paseo del Parque in Malaga city has become a spectacular food market where visitors can discover the thousand and ... special way of bringing this year's programme of fairs to an end. The fair started on Thursday (5 December) with the official inauguration in the Eduardo Ocón auditorium, and will continue until Monday. As well as the stalls, around 40 activities have ... sector is the one that has the closest association with local products, and the one that should use them most," he said. F. PALACIOS This year's programme includes some unusual attractions, such as the preparation of the biggest 'Ensaladilla