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FERNANDO TORRES
Traffic jams are still a regular occurance during rush hour on the road linking Alhaurín de la Torre to the A-7 outer ring road. This is despite May 2018 being earmarked as the month when expansion of this access road (to two lanes in both directions
Sport
DARYL FINCH
Spain sealed their passage to the 2020 European Championships with a late equaliser in Stockholm on Tuesday night. Sweden had taken the lead just after half time through Marcus Berg before substitute Rodrigo Moreno tapped home Fabián's cross from c
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JUAN CANO / ALVARO FRÍAS
One of the Costa del Sol's longest-running missing person's cases took an unexpected twist this week. David Guerrero, from the Huelin area of Malaga city, was thirteen when he disappeared on 6 April 1987. David was a gifted young painter and the
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Pilar Martínez
...both the foreign and Spanish markets. Last month passenger numbers rose to 2,026,920 passengers - 2.4 per cent more than in the same period last year. More than 14,000 flights took off from the runways, an increase of 1.7 per cent. Of the total ... national connections, which translates to an increase of 6.4 per cent on September 2018, with 2,502 operations, 9.1 per cent more than in the same month last year. The British market is the leader in terms of passenger traffic. "The United Kingdom ... active markets last September," according to Aena. This upturn has been key to the cumulative number of passengers in the year standing at 15,676,525, representing an increase of 5.2 per cent. "Of the 15,635,200 commercial passengers accounted for,
LifeStyle
REGINA SOTORRÍO
Lenny Kravitz has chosen Malaga for his only concert in Andalucía next year. The American rocker's international tour Here to Love will come to Marenostrum Fuengirola on 23 July 2020 (10pm). Tickets will go on sale on 28 October with prices ranging ... latest album Raise Vibration, as well as the biggest hits of his 30-year career that has earned him four Grammy awards and more than 40 million albums sold worldwide.
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FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ
One hundred kilometres of pipelines which are nearly 50 years old, break around 50 times a year and are mostly made of asbestos cement, which as well as being fragile also contains asbestos, which is a danger for health after 40 years of useful
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EFE
The judge leading the trial of David Serrano, who is the only person implicated in the death of two-year-old Julen Roselló in January, has embargoed the land where the boy tragically died after falling down a borehole. This is part of the payment ... for which the judge has asked for a three-year prison sentence. Last week Serrano entered into an arrangement with creditors. His lawyer said: "Not now, nor in the future will he be able to pay off the debt, which could reach 1.5 million euros." ... Andalucía's regional government, the Junta de Andalucía, cost 663,982.45 euros. Asking for the three-year prison sentence, the judge said Serrano was "the only person aware of the presence of the borehole and knowing about the lack of protection, failed to
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ANTONIO M. ROMERO
The Junta de Andalucía has revealed details of its new budget for 2020, approved by the regional cabinet last Friday. The spending plan, which the regional government hopes will be passed by the Andalusian parliament by the end of the year, was ... Acinipo (Ronda): 503,301 euros. The biggest sums have been designated to the Health and Education departments, with more than 11 billion euros - 28% of the total spend - going towards the former. This health budget is up four per cent on this year ... 's plan. Mijas hospitality school will be up and running by the beginning of 2020, says Junta The Education department in Andalucía has been assigned more than 6.8 billion euros for 2020, 3.6% up on this year. Malaga province On a local level,
National
JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, said this week that the regional government is completely committed to preserving the Doñana National Park and will be investing 17.5 million euros in it this year. He also proposed that a ... the Sierra Nevada. Moreno stressed Doñana's future also depends on investment, and that the 17.5 million euros it will receive this year is 30 per cent more than last year, and will be used mainly to restore habitats and ecosystems. Moreno said the
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EUROPA PRESS
A 75-year-old Dutch woman died after falling into the ocean from the Costa Pacífica cruise ship last Friday night. It is reported that the woman fell overboard from deck eight, plunging 15 metres into the water, while the ship was approaching the