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Group photo of the award winners during the ceremony. Photo: Salvador Salas / Video: Pedro J. Quero

40th anniversary gala

SUR in English gala celebrates four decades of linking communities

Jennie Rhodes | Marbella

More than 200 people attended a glittering gala at the Hotel Don Pepe Gran Meliá in Marbella on Monday 7 October, kicking off a series of celebrations that will run into 2025

Tourism

Costa del Sol hotel prices expected to stabilise in 2025 after two years of steady increases

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

112 incident

Young man stabbed outside entrance to Marbella nightclub

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Two men, aged 19 and 24, were arrested by police officers after they tried to flee the scene of the alleged attack in the Nueva Andalucía area

Courts

Jail without bail for owner of Malaga travel agency accused of defrauding customers of 170,000 euros

Irene Quirante | Malaga

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A still from the video circulating on social media.

Crime

Force investigates Malaga Local Police officers captured on video allegedly beating two youths

Regina Sotorrío | Malaga

Emergency services at the scene in Nerja this Tuesday morning.

112 incident

Nearby buildings evacuated as fire breaks out in Costa del Sol motorbike workshop

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

Nautical

Why is there a Virgin cruise ship anchored in a bay off the Costa del Sol?

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Image of the start of the demolition process.

Planning

Demolition of Fuengirola market hits major problem which will delay project by seven months and increase the costs

Lorena Cádiz | Fuengirola

Mural created in Seoul as part of the unique promotional campaign 'Malaga loves...'. SUR

Tourism

City leaves its mark on the world with unique 'Malaga loves...' campaign

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

The capital of the Costa del Sol is projecting its tourist attractions on large, Picasso-like murals in busy areas of Munich, Basel, Shanghai and Seoul and the initiative will soon also reach New York, Miami and Hong Kong

Environment

Malaga provincial court orders new ruling to be issued in Costa del Sol landfill site case

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

The environmental public prosecutor had called for mayor of Nerja José Alberto Armijo to be sentenced for his involvement the Arroyo de Miel illegal dump

Courts

Motorist who hit a pedestrian in Malaga was five times over drink-drive limit

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Image of the house where the fire broke out.

112 incident

A charging mobile phone on a sofa was cause of a fire that killed four people in south of Spain

Europa Press | Seville

Participants in the protest held on Sunday at the gates of Tivoli in Benalmádena

Leisure

Hundreds protest at gates of iconic Tivoli amusement park demanding its reopening

Lorena Cádiz | Benalmádena

A population of 37 breeding pairs has been maintained in Cadiz province.

Nature

Endangered birds land in south of Spain after epic 2,800-kilometre guided journey from Austria

La Voz | Cadiz

Food and drink

Wines from Malaga province are booming after years of hard graft

Lorena Cádiz | Malaga

This route crosses the enclave known as Malinfierno.

Hiking in Malaga

A great hike for all the family in the mountains of Malaga province

Javier Almellones | Malaga

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Contract for renovation of La Cala de Mijas football ground put out to tender

Serranía de Ronda village cancels bull-running event following 'this is not culture' outcry from locals

Dutch airline KLM doubles its commitment to Costa del Sol with up to six flights a week this winter

Costa del Sol tourism board takes stock after 'best summer ever' amidst concerns about 'high prices'

New Fuengirola bus strike called at start of 'feria' and a month after agreement was reached

Extra Surfshark

The dangers of public Wi-Fi: what you need to know to use public networks safely

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Extra Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola

The Feria del Rosario: a celebration of the essence of Fuengirola and its people

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Pelopicofoto, Malaga’s first dedicated pet photography studio

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Peter Edgerton

The things we leave behind

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Jennie Rhodes

A troubling review of Spain

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Mark Nayler

Spain is let off the hook

A Look at LaLiga

Rob Palmer

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A.J. Linn

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Clive Muir

Spain beyond the stereotypes: Debunking the myths

Costa del Sol / Malaga province

View of the terrace of a rural house in Malaga province. SUR

Tourism

Rural tourism boom in Malaga: what's the typical profile of these holidaymakers?

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

The latest data reveals where most of bookings are from and which are the most popular towns and villages in the province

Finance

Both the top and bottom municipalities by average individual income in Andalucía can be found in Malaga province

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

Education

Six teaching staff from Malaga province nominated for 'Best Teacher in Spain' awards 2024

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Air travel

EasyJet flight diverts to Malaga Airport due to 'highly confrontational' passenger

Raquel Merino | Malaga

The Elvis of Malaga. Ángel David Castillo poses dressed as the King at Muelle Uno.

Entertainment

The 'best Elvis in the world' is from the Costa del Sol

Carlos Zamarriego | Malaga

A pair of black-throated hornbills at Bioparc Fuengirola.

Nature

A first for the Costa del Sol and Spain as two black-throated hornbills hatch

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Drought crisis

Torremolinos launches swimming pool initiative to 'maximise use of water'

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

The town hall is hoping that owners of swimming pools, whether private or community run, who plan to empty them over winter will allow the water to be used for municipal cleaning

Lara (2l) and Del Cid (2R) at the ceremony in Benalmádena.

Security

National Police officers awarded medals during ceremony on the Costa

Tony Bryant | Costa del Sol

Crime

More than 500 people investigated for subtropical fruit money laundering plot in Malaga

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

Housing crisis

'Alarming' rise in rental prices continues unabated in Malaga with average increase of 13% in one year

Nuria Triguero | Malaga

The octopus that briefly appeared on a La Cala de Mijas beach.

Nature

Watch as holidaymakers are startled when octopus appears on Costa del Sol beach

SUR | Mijas

The area will be located to the south of this junction, on the boundary of Churriana with the A-7 hyper-ring road.

Planning

Churriana set to get huge logistics centre and business park next to Malaga Airport

Chus Heredia | Malaga

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Animal eelfare

Man arrested in Spanish town for bludgeoning a dog to death

J.M.L. | Guadalajara

The detained man had first trapped the animal with an illegal snare before he killed it, according to the authorities

Inflation

Inflation rate drops in Spain but prices are still rising, albeit more slowly

Clara Alba / Edurne Martínez | Madrid

A group of tourists wander through the streets of Cadiz this summer.

Tourism

Spain has welcomed more than 64 million foreign tourists so far this year with spending at record levels

Edurne Martínez | Madrid

The first Spaniards returning from Lebanon land at the Torrejón Air Base in Madrid.

Politics

Spanish troops stay in Lebanon UN peacekeeping force for now as Madrid evacuates civilians

SUR | Madrid

Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow at the hospital in San Sebastian.

Celebrity

Johnny Depp pays surprise visit to children's ward at hospital in Spain's Basque Country

J. Falcón | San Sebastian

Sport

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Football

Malaga CF show resilience to secure vital away point

Daryl Finch | Malaga

After their thrashing at the hands of Elche last week, Sergio Pellicer's side showed spirit, despite pre-match disruption by hooligans

Football hooligan violence ahead of Deportivo-Malaga CF clash widely condemned

Marbella's José Callejón tries to hold a defender off.

Football

Marbella FC suffer just their second loss of the season

Juan Ramón Padilla | Malaga

Action from Antequera's trip to face Hércules.

Football

Antequera CF lose both unbeaten start and top spot

ADG / Juan Ramón Padilla | Malaga

Hidalgo, in action at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Golf

Marbella golfer misses the cut just a week after Open de España victory

Marina Rivas | Malaga

Sport

Benalmádena hockey club celebrates 40th anniversary with presentation of new kit

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

Martín Dockx will now focus on coaching.

Equestrian

Decorated Mijas Olympian announces retirement from competition

Marina Rivas | Malaga

Tourism and leisure

The area previously used to make olive oil.

Heritage

One of the oldest olive oil mills in the province can only be visited by users of a Malaga motorway

Javier Almellones | Malaga

Excavation of the building where traces of the fire were found.

History

Watch as El Cerro del Villar in Malaga reconstructs its history thanks to remarkable findings during latest dig

Regina Sotorrío | Malaga

A panoramic view of Prado del Rey, in the Andalusian province of Cadiz.

Discover Andalucía

Why is this small whitewashed town considered the 'sweetest' in the whole of Andalucía?

La Voz | Cadiz

Tourism

This is our selection of a dozen autumn day trips or weekend getaways to enjoy around Malaga province

Javier Almellones | Malaga

A stag's bellow is the call it makes to draw attention to itself during mating season.

Ecotourism

The sounds of autumn in the mountains of Malaga: this is where you can best experience the rutting season of deer and ibex looking for mates

Javier Almellones | Malaga

A large part of the town centre is full of houses that are only a few decades old.

Jewels of Malaga

El Salto del Negro: the secluded village in Malaga province with an uncertain origin

Javier Almellones | El Salto del Negro

Andalucía

A griffon vulture displays its massive wingspan. J. A.

Nature

Birds of prey return to skies above Andalucía after recuperation at rescue centre

La Voz | Cadiz

The Junta has released seven griffon vultures, an eagle owl and a goshawk, all protected species, from the CREA Dunas de San Antón

Huesa is a small town in the province of Jaen.

Finance

Fifteen of the twenty municipalities in Spain with the lowest income are in Andalucía

SUR | Malaga

The 061 air ambulance helicopter that went up in flames at Cabra.

112 incident

Elderly heart attack patient severely injured in air ambulance blaze this summer dies

Davinia Delgado | Córdoba

Employment

More than 300 jobs up for grabs with Andalucía's forest fire brigade

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Canales reservoir in Granada province, part of the Guadalquivir basin.

Drought

Farmers and livestock breeders in south of Spain face a critical autumn: this is the current state of water reserves in the Andalucía region

José Luis Piedra | Seville

Aerial rescue training on the Al Andalus gondola lift, one of the actions carried out during the summer.

Leisure

Spain's Sierra Nevada resort prepares for new ski season with ten projects and 7-million-euro investment

Mercedes Navarrete | Granada

Gibraltar

Heritage

Facelift for Gibraltar's Convent

SUR in English | Gibraltar

The frontage of the historic residence of the Governor of Gibraltar has been restored

Workers crossing the border from La Linea into Gibraltar.

Politics

Biometric controls at Gibraltar border raise concerns in neighbouring Spanish town

SUR in English | Gibraltar

File image of Gibraltar International Airport.

Politics

UK to complain about Spanish military plane incursion into Gibraltar airspace

SUR | Malaga

Appointment

New Chief of Police appointed to Gibraltar's Defence Police

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Transport

Plans for Spain - Morocco tunnel surface again: new seismological study of seabed in Strait of Gibraltar

La Voz | Cadiz

Clockwise, from top left: Paul Pettitt, Rob Henderson, Asad Qureshi, Deb Bunt, Peter Berry and Sir Graham Brady.

Art and culture

First speakers for Gibunco Gibraltar Literary Festival 2024 announced

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

Left: Winner of the junior category, Elena Galdón Callaway. Right: Winner of senior category Aitana Gallego SUR

Business

Winners 'capture the fun and sun' in Specsavers in Spain summer snap competition

SUR | Malaga

A panel of three judges whittled down the entries before the public took to social media to vote for their favourites in two categories

Left to right: Maher Mansour, Remedios Bocanegra, Gemma Carr and Mariya Denysova.

Community spirit

Salon Maher in Marbella links up with Costa del Sol-based charity Collective Calling

SUR | Marbellal

Pizzas and breads cooking in the wood-fired oven.

Food and drink

Legendary Costa del Sol pizzeria closes after 35 years of serving 'loyal' customers

Eugenio Cabezas | Pizzas and breads cooking in the wood-fired oven.

Original lineup. The acoustic band play upstairs at Biddy Mulligans in Mijas Costa.

In the frame

Milestone year for established Costa funk and soul band Monkey Tennis

Tony Bryant | Fuengirola

Mark Dickens with two of the paintings in his current exhibition in Torre del Mar.

In the frame

Discovering Elvis led to a lifelong passion for music and art for Axarquía resident

Jennie Rhodes | Torre del Mar

Gabriel Pérez Fernández holds the falcon Jara as a plane takes off safely behind them.

Airport safety

The feathered flying squad that helps keep flight traffic at Malaga Airport safe

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

Health

Health alert

West Nile virus risk rises to Level 4 in Malaga city and two neighbouring towns

Julio J. Portables | Malaga

WNV, which is transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes, can cause serious complications in the most severe cases, such as meningitis, encephalitis or even death in vulnerable people

Health

What to eat and how to exercise to gain muscle according to your body type

Carmen Barreiro | Madrid

Health

Spain to legalise cannabis to treat chronic pain and effects of chemotherapy

Álvaro Soto | Madrid

Health

Your guide to International Day Against Breast Cancer activities in Malaga and along the Costa del Sol

Europa Press | Malaga

Health

Some 10,000 people in Malaga already use one of the four new weight-loss drugs available in Spain

Iván Gelibter | Malaga

Health safety alert

Medicines agency recalls batch of widely used antibiotic in Spain

Raquel Merino | Malaga

What To Do

The presentation of the autumn programme. SUR

Art and culture

Costa del Sol contemporary art centre unveils its extensive autumn programme

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

The CAC in Vélez-Málaga will be exhibiting work by national and international artists between now and the end of 2024

The ITS cast of Mike Leigh's comedy Abigail's Party.

Theatre

Abigail's Party, the autumn comedy from the International Theatre Studio

SUR in English | Malaga

Three of Puck Jansson's colourful 'big ladies'.

Art and culture

Three Swedish friends come together to hold a joint exhibition in Estepona

Jennie Rhodes | Estepona

The collection includes works by local artist Chandy Haggett.

Art and culture

New Malaga art gallery hosts first exhibition

Tony Bryant | Malaga

A bust and portrait of two of the aristocratic owners of part of the haul seized aboard the Westmorland.

Art and culture

Malaga exhibition reveals lost souvenirs of 18th-century British aristocrats' European travels

Regina Sotorrío | Malaga

Town hall announces the literary clubs initiative.

Literature

Libraries in Benalmádena to host multilanguage reading clubs and literary workshops

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Edgar Neville had connections in Malaga through his wife. SUR

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Edgar Neville: A 'bon viveur' with a British parent

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

His father was Edward Neville Riddlesdale, an English engineer who was director of the family company, Julius G. Neville & Co., in Spain

Viertel and Kerr enjoyed relative anonymity living in Marbella.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Deborah Kerr: A life of tranquillity in the Marbella hills

Tony Bryant | Marbella

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Duncan Shaw: Engineer turned religious activist

Jennie Rhodes | Jaén

The Brigitte Bardot mural on Plaza Costa del Sol.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Brigitte Bardot: Shocking locals during Franco era

Jennie Rhodes | Torremolinos

Foreign Influencers in Southern Spain

Joe Strummer: A punk rocker's haven in Lorca's city

Tony Bryant | Granada

Robert Harvey outside his home in Macharaviaya.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Robert Harvey: An American artist in the Axarquía

Jennie Rhodes | Axarquía

Photo galleries

Photo gallery

Europe's longest fashion catwalk show, in pictures

Marilu Baez | Malaga

Photo gallery

The best photos from Malaga-based Unicaja basketball team's victory at Intercontinental Cup final in Singapore

FIBA | Singapore

Action in the skies above Torre del Mar's beach this Sunday afternoon.

Photo gallery

International Torre del Mar Air Show 2024 on the Costa del Sol, in pictures

Migue Fernández | Torre del Mar

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