Getting a doctor's appointment this summer has become a real ordeal
Health centres across Malaga province are overwhelmed by the coronavirus situation and it can take up to 14 days to speak to your doctor on the phone
Excitement helps overcome the nerves as kids head back to school
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Primary schoolchildren across Malaga province experienced new rules and new-look classrooms for the first time on Thursday morning
Mijas council asks Junta to think again about using a local hotel for Covid patients
ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
The council has taken the opportunity to remind the regional government that it hasn't had a reply yet over the offer of land for a new hospital
Call for volunteers to watch over turtle eggs on Cabopino beach
A special round-the-clock watch has now been put on the site. Volunteers are being sought until 4 October
A fantastic summer for swimming in the sea
FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ
Ideal conditions. The water temperature has been unusually warm, fewer tourists has meant less rubbish and there have been hardly any jellyfish
Junta backtracks and says there is no community transmission of Covid-19 in Malaga province
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The regional deputy Health minister clarified comments made on Tuesday, saying that the need for new measures "is not yet a reality"
Trials for Covid-19 vaccine which was due to arrive in Spain by December are suspended
IÑIGO GURRUCHAGA
Health minister Salvador Illa had announced on Monday that his ministry intended to make the so-called Oxford vaccine available to 'vulnerable groups' by the end of the year
Fuengirola's town status is upgraded by the regional parliament, bringing perks
ANDREA JIMÉNEZ
The council had asked last December to be designated as a 'large population municipality'
- context: Fuengirola's route to tourism
Junta says 'no' to La Bajadilla port expansion for now
The regional government has said that it doesn't have the money to carry out the long-planned expansion of the marina, east of Marbella town centre
Coronavirus contact tracing app now available across Malaga province
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The regional Health ministry is calling on the general public to download Radar Covid, a mobile application which informs users if they have been within two metres of a confirmed coronavirus patient for more than 15 minutes
"If we don't cut the wage bill, we'll be in Segunda B next year"
BORJA GUTIÉRREZ
Malaga's administrator gave a press conference to update fans on the state of affairs in a week when Adrián, Munir and Juankar all moved on
The Marbella Challenger will take place at the end of October
P. L. ALONSO
The event was originally scheduled to take place at the Puente Romano Tennis Club in March but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic
Malaga release new kit which 'breaks all the rules'
The club's traditional blue and white stripes have been replaced by much thinner blue lines in the shape of an 'm'
Volunteers dive in to clean up the local sea bed and save the delicate coral
IGNACIO LILLO
The divers are removing rubbish, including fishing lines which are hooked on the coral, in areas such as Maro and Cerro Gordo
'I hope yoga stays as part of people's daily routine and not just something for the pandemic'
RAQUEL MERINO
Xuan Lan's online sessions brought yoga into the homes of many during the most difficult periods of the lockdown
Eyes open till dawn
ROCÍO MENDOZA
Specialists say they are seeing considerably more patients who are experiencing prolonged problems with insomnia this year - and coronavirus is to blame. But what's the key to getting a good night's sleep?
THE BOTTOM LINE
Six months wasted
They have had six months to organise getting everyone back in the classroom and they have done nothing
THE MUSIC MAKER
Dave culture
The dreary hipsters at TwitFace headquarters need to introduce a 'rolling-on-the-floor-laughing-but-not-in-a-good-way' option and, crucially, it needs to be anonymous
THE EURO ZONE
Deep freeze
The mutual animosity between the governing Socialists and the conservative Popular Party (PP) was on display again this week
Calle Mozart in Marbella is the most expensive road to buy on in Spain
CHARO MÁRQUEZ
A survey for Idealista looks at homes for sale, and three streets on the Costa del Sol are in the top four listed, including the first placed in the Sierra Blanca area
First planning steps approved to fast track Laguna Village rebuild
J. M. M.
Rent and local taxes for the concession holders has been waived and it is hoped the leisure complex near Estepona can reopen by next Easter
Movistar announces it will cover three quarters of Spain with 5G by year's end
EDURNE MARTÍNEZ
Owners Telefónica are using 4G piggyback technology to speed up roll-out and help Spain "lead the fourth industrial revolution"
'We are more vulnerable and people want to make money out of that'
ALBERTO GÓMEZ
Influencer Boticaria García warns of scams about health, which have rocketed with the coronavirus, and wants the government to do more to combat fake news
food & drink
The French Paradox
ANDREW J. LINN
How do the French eat four times as much butter and 60 per cent more cheese than other nations, and still stay slim and healthy with, allegedly, no more heart disease than anyone else?
