Education
Los Montes Secondary School puts Colmenar on the national reading promotion map
The school in the Axarquía area of Malaga province is the only one in Andalucía to be recognised in the 2024-2025 educational quality awards
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Events in Malaga
The engineer from Malaga who found his rural refuge in Iznate and died with his tractor
Alejandro Pequeño Boter founded technology companies and developed innovative industrial systems in Malaga
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Health
Contract awarded for new Rincón de la Victoria health centre
The contract to build the new facility in the eastern Costa del Sol town has been awarded to Constructora San José for 14.8 million euros
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Culture
Torre del Mar theatre project reactivated after months of delays over budget problems
The eastern Costa del Sol town's major cultural project, which will bear the name of the flamenco dancer Rocío Molina, has a planned investment of 12 million euros
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Axarquía village councillor's father dies in work-related accident
The 61-year-old man died after falling down a stairwell at a construction site on Thursday
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Beaches
Rincón de la Victoria lifeguard service to start on 1 June
The eastern Costa del Sol town's rescue, lifeguard, prevention and surveillance operation will be active from 1 June to 15 September, from 12pm until 8pm every day
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Car parks
New 64-place car park to open near Local Police station in Vélez-Málaga
The eastern Costa del Sol town's project has an investment of 137,923 euros and is expected to take two months to complete
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Tension in Torrox after man barricades himself in sister's house armed with knife
According to sources involved in the operation consulted by SUR, the man, who has schizophrenia, was helped by Local Police officers before medics took him to the Axarquía hospital in Torre del Mar
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Water
Around 1000 Alcaucín residents unable to use tap water
The Axarquía town hall posted a message in Spanish and English on its social media pages to say that 'the latest water analysis has revealed non-compliance with standards due to heavy metal contamination' at the El Cerro water deposit
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Charity
Rincón de la Victoria to walk a million steps for epilepsy
The charity walk will set off at 12pm on Sunday 24 May from Plaza Pepe El Boticario in the eastern Costa del Sol town and follow the route to the Granadillas stream before returning to the starting point, where a day of fun and charity events will take place
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Crime
Costa del Sol 112: man stabs beach bar waiter with screwdriver and threatens to kill those present
The suspect allegedly pulled down his trousers and stabbed the worker in the shoulder when he tried to get him to leave
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Environment
Environmental group reports sewage leak on popular eastern Costa del Sol beach
GENA has pointed to the Nerja Villa de Mar campsite in Maro as the main source of the discharge, whose wastewater, according to the association, is stored in tanks that are damaged and leaking
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Fraud
New twist in Vélez-Málaga 'Paco el Bueno' pyramid scheme investigation as courts turn lottery winner from victim to suspect
David Quintero had been summoned to give evidence as an affected party but, following an examination of the case and the numerous transfers made to his accounts by dozens of affected parties, the court in the eastern Costa del Sol decided to suspend his witness statement as an affected party and instead summon him as a suspect
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Charity
Flamenco gospel benefit concert in Rincón de la Victoria
All proceeds from the event will go towards funding care and treatment for vulnerable children in Ghana
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Transport
Rincón de la Victoria prepares to transform its urban bus service
The eastern Costa del Sol town hall has put a 10-year contract out to tender, worth 2.9 million euros per year, which seeks to reactivate this public transport option