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La Concepción reservoir near Marbella should reach the end of the hydrological year with at least 20 hm3. Josele

Drought crisis

Costa del Sol plans to source 30% of its water needs from wells and desalination plants

Chus Heredia | Malaga

After the Junta's drought committee met last week, the drought status for the western coast still hovers between moderate and severe as it seeks more autonomy in its supply

Weather

A week of tropical nights forecast on the Costa del Sol with unusual temperatures for October

Almudena Nogués | Malaga

Malaga, Costa del Sol and Axarquia on alert for heavy rain today
Watch as sudden downpour turns A-7 motorway into lake during early morning rush hour on the Costa del Sol

112 incident

Blaze rips through seven vehicles in Costa del Sol town

Eugenio Cabezas | Torre del Mar

The cause of the fire which broke out at around 5.30am this Monday morning is being investigated

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112 incident

Young man dies after being hit by vehicle on A-7 motorway on Costa del Sol

Europa Press | Malaga

Food and drink

Good quality grapes save wine harvest in Ronda despite drought and heat

Vanessa Melgar | Ronda

Image of the hail that fell on Saturday afternoon in Alfarnate.

Weather

Hail stones the size of small coins pound homes and crops in Malaga province town

Eugenio Cabezas | Alfarnate

The winning mural was the work of Lalone.

Urban art

In pictures: Spain's best graffiti artists leave their mark in Ronda

Vanessa Melgar | Ronda

Population

Seven out of ten new residents in Malaga province in the last ten years are foreigners

Encarni Hinojosa | Malaga

Two in 10 people living in the area were born abroad, with Britons, Moroccans and Argentinians leading the ranking

Theatre

Antonio Banderas brings Broadway to Malaga with his premiere of Gypsy

Regina Sotorrío | Malaga

The city-born actor's fourth musical production as director at the city's Soho Theatre opens next week with a few surprises in store as he attempts to attract a wider audience

What to do

Christmas light and sound show set to wow visitors to Malaga's botanical garden

Juan Soto | Malaga

The sculpture is one of two identical works - the other will be donated to a British city that Picasso visited.

Art and culture

British artist donates sculpture of a young Picasso to Malaga gallery

SUR | Malaga

It will feature 600 lanterns and 4,000 light sources.

Leisure

Tickets go on sale for first Malaga lantern festival: when is it on and how much will it cost?

Juan Soto | Malaga

On location with Red Queen, starring Hovik Keuchkerian and Vicky Luengo.

Film and TV

Casting call for new Black Wolf series highlights the frenzy for filming on the Costa del Sol

Francisco Griñán | Malaga

Group photo of the award winners during the ceremony.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

SUR in English gala celebrates four decades of linking communities

Jennie Rhodes | Marbella

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala, in photos (I)

Jeff Goldblum plays a capricious and egomaniacal Zeus in the series Kaos.

Film and TV

Netflix pulls plug on second season of Kaos, the most expensive series filmed on the Costa del Sol

Francisco Griñán | Malaga

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'Pirate' taxi driver who fled at speed from police at Malaga Airport with a passenger inside vehicle is arrested

United Airlines will maintain daily flights between Malaga Airport and New York next summer

Woman arrested in Malaga for leaving her three young children at home alone while she went out partying

Costa mayors call for reversible lanes to deal with gridlock around Malaga city's eastern ring road

One dead after McLaren sports car hits central reservation on A-7 near Marbella

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SIE

Family of gorillas at Bioparc Fuengirola.

Extra Bioparc Fuengirola

Bioparc Fuengirola: The world's tropical rainforests come to the Costa del Sol

SIE

Extra Tempur

The Tempur experience in Marbella: a haven of relaxation and wellness

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Opinion

The Music Maker

Peter Edgerton

The heart-wrenching story of Natalia the chimpanzee

The Euro Zone

Mark Nayler

Spain beyond the stereotypes: Debunking the myths

Costa del Sol / Malaga province

A woman placing a flower on the Árbol de las Ausencias. SUR

Domestic violence

The 'Tree of Loss': delicate flowers that hang from metal branches cry out for justice in a Malaga town

Julio J. Portabales | Pizarra

Each bloom represents a life cut short by gender-based violence, a victim killed by their partner or ex-partner

Animal welfare

Costa del Sol town launches web page to encourage free-of-charge pet adoptions

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

Ana Mata studies the plans for coastal path extension.

Planning

Mijas to put troubled coastal path extension project out to tender for third time

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Image of the pond in María Zambrano Park, where there are some 200 ducks and geese.

Animal welfare

Costa del Sol town considers rehoming scheme for ducks and geese from overpopulated park

Eugenio Cabezas | Vélez-Málaga

The Hotel Meliá Marbella Banús will become a five-star hotel after its refurbishment.

Tourism

Costa del Sol to get new five-star hotel following major refurbishment of Meliá Marbella Banús

María Albarral | Marbella

Policing

Guardia Civil adds more than a hundred new officers across Malaga province

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Filming in Plaza de España, Benalmádena on Tuesday. Marilú Báez

Entertainment

Back to the golden age of tourism through film: the legend of Torremolinos is revived in a comedy

Francisco Griñán | Malaga

Fuengirola-born Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo is filming a romantic comedy set in the liberal Costa del Sol during the General Franco era

Artist's impression of the Parque Central Boulevard in Estepona.

Planning

Final stage of project to complete the transformation of Estepona begins

David Lerma | Estepona

Industry professionals debated yesterday at the Great Hotel Debate in Marbella.

Housing crisis

Lack of affordable accommodation is the main problem for hiring staff in Marbella hotels

María Albarral

The initiative is announced by the AECC and the two town halls.

World Breast Cancer Day 2024

Mijas and Fuengirola team up in fight against breast cancer

Tony Bryant | Costa del Sol

Taxi drivers halt the traffic on the A-7 motorway in Fuengirola.

112 incident

Hero taxi drivers stop traffic on Costa del Sol motorway to prevent woman who fell from bridge from being run over

Lorena Cádiz | Fuengirola

Participants of last year's prostate cancer awareness initiative.

Community spirt

Don't be a Man prostate cancer awareness campaign takes on La Concha mountain

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Spain

112 incident

Young British influencer dies while attempting to scale tallest bridge in Spain

J.M.L | Toledo

The 26-year-old was filming content for his social media channels when he plummeted to his death from the 192 metre structure

Food safety alert

Alert over presence of a cannabis derivative in product that looks like gummy jelly sweets

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Retail

Consumer group in Spain issues warning after data theft cyber attack on one of Europe's leading fashion retailers

Almudena Nogués | Malaga

Tourists with their luggage on Malaga city's promenade.

Housing crisis

Spain's supreme court sets precedent and upholds ban on holiday homes by residents' associations

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

112 incident

Man dies after falling from tree while hunting at night in central Spain

J.M.L. | Toledo

Sport

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Football

Malaga CF fight back from two goals down to draw Andalusian derby

Daryl Finch | Malaga

Second-half goals from Dioni and Sergio Castel secured a 2-2 draw in Cadiz, which extended the side's winless streak to four matches, with just three points from a possible twelve

Tenaglio, after being proclaimed world champion.

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship

New bare knuckle lightweight champion crowned in historic Marbella bout

Matías Stuber | Marbella

Jorge Álvarez scored Marbella's first in controversial circumstances.

Football

Easy win helps Marbella FC move within touching distance of top spot

Juan Ramón Padilla | Marbella

Dos Santos after scoring Antequera's only goal.

Football

Missed penalty costs Antequera CF deserved victory

Antonio J. Guerrero / Juan Ramón Padilla | Antequera / Malaga

Heavy rain meant thousands who signed up didn't participate.

Running

Just 3,000 runners out of 10,000 registered cross the line in rain-soaked Carrera Urbana in Malaga

Marina Rivas | Malaga

Nadal, competing for Spain in the Davis Cup.

Tennnis

Davis Cup resale market goes berserk after Rafael Nadal's retirement announcement

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

SUR in English 40th anniversary

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

SUR in English gala celebrates four decades of linking communities

Jennie Rhodes | Marbella

Manuel Cardeña, president of theMancomunidad of the Western Costa del Sol presented the recognition to Christopher Clover in the presence of his daughter Katinka and son Alex.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

Over 50 years of selling prestige real estate on the Costa del Sol

Tony Bryant | Marbella

Councillor Mario Bravo presenting the special recognition award at the SUR in English anniversary gala.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

Four decades of a truly unique success story

Tony Bryant | Mijas

Editor-in-Chief Manolo Castillo with Derek A. Langley.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

Linking the UK and Spain via business

Tony Bryant | Malaga

Bruce McIntyre (right) and David Tweed with Marta Huete, deputy mayor of Torremolinos, who presented the recognition.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

Looking after a corner of England in the heart of Malaga

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

David Andrews, Eve Browne, Rachel Haynes and Liz Parry.

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala

The tandem driving a Costa del Sol pioneer

David Andrews | Malaga

Andalucía

File image of a young farmer in an orchard. SUR

Agriculture

Junta announces new 130-million-euro aid package for young farmers in Andalucía

Raquel Merino | Malaga

The aid is co-financed by the European Union (85%) through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and 15% by Spain's central and regional governments

Health

Four key health staff unions announce three protest dates in Andalucía this month

Fran Pinero | Seville

A griffon vulture displays its massive wingspan.

Nature

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

La Voz | Cadiz

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

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

Employment

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

Raquel Merino | Malaga

Gibraltar

Politics

Spain warns London of return of strict Gibraltar border controls if there is no agreement in a month's time

Miguel Ángel Alfonso | Madrid

Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albare has pointed out that Spain "has already been generous" and that it is the UK that "has to move" before the arrival of the new Schengen area system

Heritage

Facelift for Gibraltar's Convent

SUR in English | 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

Transport

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

La Voz | Cadiz

Appointment

New Chief of Police appointed to Gibraltar's Defence Police

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

Bridget enjoying life in Nerja at one of the town’s restaurants. SUR

In the frame

An invitation to visit Nerja taken up 40 years later

Jennie Rhodes | Nerja

Bridget Peirson-Davis is a classically trained singer who has recently moved to the town where she has already been asked to perform

Valduero 12 years, second amongst the seven best wines in the world after Chateau Haut-Brion (Fine, 2022)

Food and drink

Wine from Spain takes second place on list of seven best in the world

ABC | Burgos

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

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

Business

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

SUR | Malaga

Gardening

Recommended for your garden in the south of Spain: Cardboard palm

Denise Bush | Malaga

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

When the fear of old age prevents us from enjoying it

Iratxe López | Madrid

There are many stereotypes about this stage of life

Health

How mould and other mycotoxins can make us sick

Solange Vázquez | Madrid

Health

Health ministry lowers prices for thousands of medicines: this is what the most popular drugs in Spain will now cost

A. Nogués / Europa Press | Malaga / Madrid

Health

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

Europa Press | Malaga

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2024

Cudeca marks World Hospice and Palliative Care Day with series of events on the Costa this week

Tony Bryant | Benalmádena

A previous charity breast cancer walk in Rincón de la Victoria.

Health

Eastern Costa del Sol resort announces plans for International Breast Cancer Day charity walk

SUR | Rincón de la Victoria

What To Do

The typically athletically-built nude is present in the exhibition in works such as 'Arquera', showing a female archer. Salvador Salas

Art and culture

Thyssen museum in Malaga revives the nude in Spanish art: A national allergy to undressing

Francisco Griñán | Malaga

This temporary exhibition includes everything from primitive works by Picasso to the portrait of the cinema diva Raquel Meller and much more will be 'on show' until March 2025 at the Palacio de Villalón

What to do

Sign up for a full moon guided tour of the English Cemetery in Malaga

SUR in English | Malaga

Last year's firework display which signals the start of the festivities.

What to do

San Pedro Alcántara gears up for last 'feria' of the year in Andalucía

Tony Bryant | San Pedro Alcántara

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

Events

Popular Komando motorcycle festival to hit streets of Torremolinos this weekend

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

The collection includes works by local artist Chandy Haggett.

Art and culture

New Malaga art gallery hosts first exhibition

Tony Bryant | Malaga

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Bronze plaque honouring Washington Irving in Seville. Tony Bryant

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

Washington Irving: Observations of the first tourist in Seville

Tony Bryant

The American writer's works attracted a steady flow of curious travellers who came in search of the mystical paradise which he described with his masterful narration

Edgar Neville had connections in Malaga through his wife.

Foreign influencers in southern Spain

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

Jennie Rhodes | Malaga

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

Photo galleries

Photo gallery

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala, in photos (I)

Josele | Marbella

Photo gallery

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala, in photos (II)

Salvador Salas | Marbella

Photo gallery

SUR in English 40th anniversary gala, in photos (III)

Karl Smallman | Marbella

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