Animal welfare
Dead baby dolphin found on Costa Tropical beach
Beachgoers found the lifeless calf on the shoreline in Salobreña
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Water supply
Water reserves drop below 50% across Andalucía region's main supply reservoirs
The reservoirs of the Mediterranean basin have fallen to 49.5% of their capacity while those of the Guadalquivir system sit at 46.4%
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Education
Man arrested for hacking into Junta de Andalucía's education platform and altering academic grades
A police investigation was launched following a complaint from a teacher at the San Juan Bosco secondary school in Andalucía's Jaén province
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Tourism
Andalucía's cultural appeal is on the up with the region attracting 12.5 million tourists last year
This growing segment represents 35% of the total number who visited southern Spain in 2024, spending 6% more than in the previous 12 months
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Almeria
A summer fair in Spain under the ‘flag of England’
Another major Andalusian feria this month is being held in Almeria: with giant figures in the streets, a Pride event headlined by a Malaga drag queen, and lots of white flags with the Cross of St. George
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Weather
'Calima' dust from Sahara desert and more high temperatures set to hit south of Spain
State weather agency Aemet has activated yellow alerts in three provinces of the Andalucía region with warnings that the mercury could hit 40C today
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112 incident
Angler dies after being crushed by large rock on a breakwater in southern Spain
The 48-year-old victim was fishing with his father when the boulder broke away and toppled onto him
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Social media
The Granada gunsmith with an army of followers
Thousands of people follow 37-year-old Cristina Orantes on social media who posts about her day-to-day life from her business in Las Gabias: "What I like most is the content I record in the workshop"
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Education
Back to school: this is how much parents in Spain's Andalucía region will spend on their children this year
The figure is 19 per cent lower than the national average according to data from the Cetelem Observatory
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Extra Kategora
Kategora Oceanika: a benchmark for flex living and investment on the Costa del Sol
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Weather
'Dana' arrives in southern Spain with risk of thunderstorms in these areas from this afternoon
The significant drop in temperatures continues, with values below normal for August, and showers expected in parts of the Andalucía region this Sunday - according to the state weather agency Aemet
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Weather
Aemet reveals what temperatures are expected in south of Spain until the end of August
With the third-longest heatwave on record in the country behind us, the head of state meteorological centre in Malaga has revealed what the rest of the month has in store
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112 incident
Magnitude 3.4 earthquake rattles the south of Spain
With its epicentre in Rota, best known for its Spanish and US navy base, the seismic movement was clearly felt in Jerez de la Frontera and several other municipalities of Cadiz province on Friday night
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Health
Junta's public healthcare service allocates 533m euros to private sector to reduce surgical backlogs
This is the largest such contract in the history of the healthcare industry in Andalucía, with a total of 38 companies and 50 hospitals participating
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Health
Two new deaths bring the number of fatalities from heat stroke this summer in Andalucía to ten
The latest cases in the region were reported in the municipalities of Cazalla de la Sierra and Bélmez
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Andalucía
Funeral company reprimanded after worker leaves coffin in rubbish container near municipal cemetery in Spain
Castiblanco de los Arroyos town hall has announced that "measures will be taken to ensure that this does not happen again" after upsetting images were circulated on social media
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