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Filming at the Marbella Club hotel. Josele

Entertainment

Lights, camera and action! Marbella stars on the big and small screen

Andrea Jiménez | Marbella

Marbella Film Office has managed more than 1,000 productions since its creation in 2009 and in the last two years the number of international films and television series shot in the town has increased

Politics

PP leader loses investiture vote in Spain in his first bid to become prime minister

Paula de las Heras | Madrid

Viral video

This is the video of a swimmer in Spain whose unique way of getting out of a pool has gone viral

Diana Martínez | Portugalete

Neither 14-year-old Alaia Pocero nor the Deportiva Nautica swimming club expected the footage to have received more than 3.5 million views. "We're freaking out," they said

Business

A sneak peek of one of the areas Google employees will enjoy at its new cybersecurity centre in Malaga

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

Quick links

Animal welfare

From the end of this week this is the maximum time pets in Spain can be left home alone

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Rescue of a would-be traveller during this year's practical exercise.

Emergency services

Emergency rescue teams swing into action on Benalmádena's famous cable car tourist attraction

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

Health

Junta's public health service ordered to pay 2.6 million compensation to a Malaga couple whose baby was left 95% disabled

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Pixelated photo of the priest with a group of women.

Crime

Father Fran, the priest arrested in Malaga for allegedly sedating and sexually assaulting women

Juan Cano

A diver investigates the wreck off San Pedro Alcántara. SUR

History

Solving the mystery of the San Pedro Alcántara shipwreck

Andrea Jiménez | Marbella

Nine archaeologists are analysing the remains of a ship that they believe could be El Fernando which sank in 1760

Royal visit

Spain's Queen Letizia to attend human trafficking and exploitaton conference in Malaga this week

Europa Press | Malaga

The royal visit comes a few days after King Felipe's trip to present the winner's trophy at the Solheim Cup international women's golf tournament at Finca Cortesin in Casares on Sunday

Transport

New double-decker high-speed train snapped during track tests ahead of Malaga launch

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Last year’s event attracted 2,300 people from all over the world.

Events

Marbella gets ready for four days of walking

Tony Bryant | Marbella

A twin-turbine floating windmill developed by the Malaga-based EnerOcean

Malaga company creates a floating wind turbine that will supply Tenerife with electricity

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Torremolinos gets ready to honour its patron with San Miguel fair

Tony Bryant

The image Matías Zavia generated through Gliff

The viral photo of Malaga created by artificial intelligence

Ángel de los Ríos | Malaga

A full programme of entertainment for Vélez-Málaga's fair

Jennie Rhodes

More

Idiliq Foundation celebrates charity work at Mijas gala event

Roadworks to affect traffic on A-7 motorway between Nerja and Torrox

Malaga seeks permission to delay introduction of low emission zone to stop polluting vehicles

More than 300 people have drowned at beaches or in swimming pools in Spain this year

Malaga and Madrid to be linked by two more AVE high-speed trains every day from next month

Nearly 600 forest fires have swept through Andalucía during the summer months

Authorities, organisers and team captains before the first game on Monday.

Cricket

European Cricket Championship kicks off with a Spanish victory

Anthony Piovesan | Malaga

King Felipe VI of Spain (beige jacket) looks on as Team Europe captain Suzann Pettersen celebrates with the Solheim Cup.

Solheim Cup 2023

Team Europe seal dramatic Solheim Cup victory against United States

Marina Rivas | Malaga

The timetable for the Final 8 matches to be played in Malaga.

Tennis

Great Britain paired with Serbia as timetable for Davis Cup finals in Malaga is revealed

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

Top 50

Opinion

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Peter Edgerton

Nil by mouth

The Euro Zone

Mark Nayler

A fiscal pilgrimage

The Bottom Line

Rachel Haynes

Linguistic utopia

The Bigger Picture

Jeremy Blatch

Diversifying market risk in uncertainty

Food & Drink

A.J. Linn

US lawmakers need a stiff drink

The Bottom Line

Jennie Rhodes

Scoring an equaliser

The Bottom Line

David Andrews

Boys will be boys

The Bottom Line

Ignacio Lillo

If only our votes counted

Malaga - Costa del Sol

The additional rail services will depart from Malaga's Maria Zambrano station. SUR

Transport

Renfe doubles the number of seats available on direct AVE high-speed trains between Malaga and Barcelona

Chus Heredia | Malaga

Starting on 17 October, Spain's national rail operator will enable two new services that will add 7,000 seats a week between the two major cities

View of the Marbella holiday resort where the selection will take place.

Recruitment

Club Med is seeking 400 staff during two-day recruitment campaign on the Costa del Sol

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

The revamped plans will not exceed the height of the old cortijo.

Property development

This is what the scaled-down office project next to the landmark Cortijo Jurado in Malaga will look like

Jesús Hinojosa | Malaga

Animal welfare

What will it cost to cremate or bury a pet in Malaga? New animal cemetery releases details of its planned services

Pilar R. Quirós | Malaga

La Viñuela reservoir in Malaga's Axarquía is at an all-time low, at 8% of its capacity, with 13.2 cubic hectometres.

Drought crisis

Junta pins hopes on autumn rain to avoid more drought restrictions in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol

Eugenio Cabezas | Malaga

Reservoirs in Andalucía continue to lose water and hold less than 20% of their combined capacity

Crime

Organised crime hit as seven arrested in Malaga for financing Albanian drug traffickers

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Malaga - Costa del Sol

View from the Balcón de Europa. J. Rhodes

World Tourism Day 2023

Nerja offers free activities to mark World Tourism Day

Jennie Rhodes | Nerja

From guided tours to free entrance to the town's museum and tastings of local products, the town will be celebrating its tourists on Friday 29 September

One of the new Malaga metro trains on Monday morning.

Transport

Malaga city's new fleet of metro trains is now running

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Mayor of Fuengirola Ana Mula presents the project.

Two extra footbridges over A-7 to bring safer access to Fuengirola town centre

Lorena Cádiz | Fuengirola

A body has been discovered at the Port of Malaga

Man's body found floating face down in the water in Malaga Port

SUR

A hen party in Malaga city centre (file image).

Law

Malaga gives green light to clamp down on stag and hen party behaviour with fines of up to 750 euros

Pilar R. Quirós | Malaga

The area in front of the church will be remodelled.

Town planning

Fuengirola continues transformation of El Boquetillo

Tony Bryant | Fuengirola

Spain

Shakira on her way out of court in December 2022. Europa Press

Finance

Shakira hit by Spain with another lawsuit for alleged tax fraud totalling 6.6 million euros in 2018

Mateo Balín | Madrid

Less than two months before the Colombian pop singer is to be tried in Barcelona on charges of defrauding Spanish tax authorities of 14.5 million euros a new charge has been filed against her

Legal

Spain's state lottery operator bans online players from outside the country

SUR | Malaga

Gas price drop over winter predicted to lead to lower electricity bills in Spain

E.P. | Seville

The winner of World Paella Day, Japan's Kohei Hatashita.

Gastronomy

Japanese chef wins World Paella Day competition in Valencia, home of Spain's national dish

María José Carchano | Valencia

The Princess of Asturias during military training.

Royal

These are the photos of Spanish princess in military training that have gone viral

Melchor Sáiz-Pardo | Madrid

Sport

The Dutch player Botic van De Zandschulp, one of those confirmed for Malaga. Reuters

Tennis

A star-studded lineup expected at Malaga Open tennis

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

Eight players in the top 100 are confirmed while Alejandro Davidovich and Pablo Carreño could be wild card entries

Roberto celebrates giving Malaga the lead.

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Malaga

Four wins on the bounce for resurgent Malaga CF

Antonio Góngora | Malaga

Fermín and Luismi Redondo celebrate one of Antequera's goals.

Football

Antequera pick up first win of the season in resounding fashion

Antonio J. Guerrero / Juan Ramón Padilla

Treasures of Malaga

Clear pools and waterfalls are the main attractions of the beauty spot.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Barranco Blanco: a beauty spot created by the Alaminos river

Javier Almellones

A section of the path through the dunes.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Artola Dunes: an oasis of nature amid the urban sprawl of the Costa del Sol

Javier Almellones

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Istán: El Castaño Santo

Javier Almellones | Istán

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Cueva de la Pileta: an impressive cathedral-sized cavern with art from the Upper Palaeolithic era

Javier Almellones | Ronda

The suspension bridge over the river Almanchares has become a hiking landmark.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

El Saltillo, a vertigo-inducing hike in one of Malaga province's deepest gorges

Javier Almellones | Axarquía

The well-preserved Torre del Homenaje, houses the visitor centre.

TREASURES OF MALAGA

Castillo de la Estrella: The Arab fortress that is a monument to the life of Sir James Douglas

Javier Almellones

Andalucía

Some of the new arrivals at the Loro Sexi in Almuñécar. Ayto. Almuñécar

Animal welfare

New arrivals at Costa Tropical bird park

IDEAL | Almuñécar

The Loro Sexi ornithological park in Almuñécar has received a number of parrots from private individuals to add to its collection

January Butler will perform a Celine Dion tribute.

Events

Lions Club in Andalucía's Almeria province plans an eventful October

SUR in English | Almeria

Guardia Civil detains some of the immigrants who arrived in Granada on Monday

Guardia Civil searching for almost 100 migrants who arrived on the coast of Granada

Pilar García-Trevijano | Granada

A soldier during a special operations exercise.

112 incident

Special operations soldier dies after submachine gun accident in Spain

Alejandro Hernández | Alicante

72-kilo swordfish caught off the coast of Granada

Pilar García-Trevijano | Granada

112 incident

Man drowns while swimming off popular Costa Tropical beach

Europa Press | Granada

Gibraltar

Tortoise released into Gibraltar's National Park to repopulate

The Hermann's tortoise was once a widespread natural species on the Rock

The table-football tournament under way last weekend.

Gibraltar hosts European 'Subbuteo' championships

Gibraltar's Chief Minister meets with new PSOE MP

Road safety

Local man becomes first electric scooter rider to be charged and sentenced with drink-drive offence in Gibraltar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Artist's impression of the new cruise terminal.

Tourism

State-of-the-art cruise ship terminal planned for Gibraltar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Gibraltar to hold general election next month

Lifestyle

Education

These are the holidays and long 'bridge' weekends in the 2023-2024 school calendar in Malaga

Francisco Gutiérrez | Malaga

There are 12 national and regional holidays and another two local holidays proposed by each municipality

Iglesias, at the opening of the avenue in his name in Puerto Banús, Marbella, in 2002.

Julio Iglesias

'Thank you, Malaga'

Alekk M. Saanders

A green land to escape to

Alekk M. Saanders

Benalmádena

Benalmádena author launches English-language version of new children's book

Tony Bryant

Events

When is the next time clocks change and do I have to set them an hour forward or back?

SUR | Malaga

BarcoBar is tiki-style spot that floats on the water off Marbella.

Food and drink

Bars floating on water or hidden in caves: are these the Costa del Sol's most quirky places to grab a drink?

Anthony Piovesan | Malaga

Health

Product recall

Popular deodorant recalled in Spain due to cases of painful sores being reported

Europa Press | Madrid

In some cases the sores were so bad that they needed to be treated with antibiotics

Health

Children under six months of age in Spain to be vaccinated against common chest infection

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Women and sport: key tips to avoid injury

Solange Vázquez

Miguel Ángel Almendro at work in the Opthalmology Unit of Malaga's Regional Hospital.

'Silent blindness'

'Everyone over 40 should take a glaucoma test'

Iván Gelibter | Malaga

Health

Six out of ten people in Spain are satisfied with the public health system

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Major step forward to benefit travellers with electronic prescriptions for medicines in Spain

SUR | Malaga

What To Do

Live music

A night of punk rock with attitude in Estepona

Tony Bryant | Estepona

The Anoraks and The Wasps, two of the most inspirational bands from the London punk scene, are in concert at Louie Louie

Some of Parr's images in the exhibition Malaga Express.

Art review

Georgina Oliver

Parr-ty piece

Participants warm up before a previous walk for diabetes.

World Diabetes Day

La Cala Lions prepare to put on their walking shoes to mark World Diabetes Day

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Atanda Quadri Adebayo in front of some of his canvases.

Exhibition

Portraits from the shanties of the Venice of Africa

Cristina Pinto

Gastronomy

Eleven not-to-be-missed foodie events in Malaga province this September

Javier Almellones | Malaga

Events

CalaPop Weekend returns to El Charcón beach in Mijas

Tony Bryant | Mijas

View of Cabra and the remains of its medieval castle. SUR

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Cabra: A town named after its mountain goats

Tony Bryant

There appears to be no confusion concerning the origins of this place name, which comes directly from its Greek name, Aigagros

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Alcalá de Guadaíra: The fortress on the River Aira

Tony Bryant | Alcalá de Guadaíra

Ventas de Zafarraya and the 'boquete' de Zafarraya.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Zafarraya: Marking a border or shepherds' fields

Jennie Rhodes | Zafarraya

Lebrija, one of the southernmost towns in Seville province.

Lebrija: From mythical origin to Roman town

Tony Bryant

View over Algarrobo Pueblo looking towards the coast.

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Algarrobo: The town where carob trees grow

Jennie Rhodes | Algarrobo

THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME

Granada: The land where pomegranates grow

Jennie Rhodes | Granada

Photo galleries

Golf

Solheim Cup 2023: the best images of the second day

Josele

Torre del Mar International Airshow 2023, in pictures

Migue Fernandez | Torre del Mar

Some of the images in the Martin Parr exhibition

Malaga Express - Martin Parr

Migue Fernández

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