Work to cap and restore illegal Nerja landfill site set to finish this week
Celebrations are on hold until the pending court case, due in October, which will see two council members and six local construction business owners in the dock
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Rescuers carry woman 2km on stretcher after Chíllar river fall in Nerja
The individual hit her head and lost consciousness while walking in a difficult to access area and had to transferred to a waiting ambulance by firefighters and Civil Protection volunteers
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Regional government allocates 38.3 million euros for Axarquía drought emergency works
Part of the money will go towards the Churriana bypass; the first section of the future 'highway' which will divert water from other reservoirs in the province to La Viñuela
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Meet Locky, top dog at Rincón de la Victoria's local police force
The three-year-old German Shepherd has sniffed out drugs on the town’s streets on more than 400 occasions in just a year and a half
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Woman's body found floating in the sea by Nerja's Balcon de Europa
Guardia Civil officers are trying to discover her identity and an autopsy will be carried out to determine the cause of death
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Vélez-Málaga launches competition to keep the beaches clean during San Juan
Prizes will be awarded in a draw to people who can demonstrate that they have deposited their litter in the correct bins
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Beach in Andalucía is handed first 'black flag' in Spain for sun cream contamination
The environmental pressure group Ecologistas en Acción has analysed nearly 8,000 kilometres of Spanish coastline to award a total of 48 black flags to highlight the poor state of conservation of some beaches
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This is the moment a fire engulfed Almayate’s well-known El Tranki chiringuito
The establishment on El Hornillo beach, which had been operating for 30 years, has been practically razed to the ground by a fire that started at around 2am on Tuesday morning
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Andalusian regional government earmarks four million euros for Axarquía rivers
The Junta is to invest 250,000 euros in the improvement of the wetland at the mouth of the Río Vélez, and has drawn up projects for the improvement of other rivers including the Chíllar in Nerja, Torrox and Algarrobo
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Emblematic century-old Vélez-Málaga ficus tree dies
One of the four specimens on the town’s Paseo de Andalucía failed to blossom this spring despite the rain in March and April
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Residents demand Vélez-Málaga town hall pay 1.2m euros for improvements to housing area
The 100 homeowners of the Cerro y Mar and Chorreras development, between Mezquitilla and Lagos, want the council to renovate the roads and provide them with services
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Whitewashed Axarquia town provides 12,500 kilos of paint to residents so that it can sparkle again after the calima
The council in Almáchar applied to the provincial, regional and national governments for financial assistance but received no response, so despite "limited economic resources" it has stumped up the cash itself
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Volunteers and divers organise beach and seabed cleanup
The event will take place on Saturday 11 June on Torre del Mar's eastern beach
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Velez-Malaga triples blue zone parking to more than a thousand spaces
In Torre del Mar complaints about the lack of parking spaces are common in the summer months, as many holidaymakers do not move their cars for days or even weeks on end
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Árchez cultural week returns for first time since 2019
Foreign residents make up almost 25 per cent of the Axarquia village's population and a day will be dedicated to them during the event. The week will begin with a laughter therapy workshop for adults