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British tourist saved after heart attack at rural holiday home in Frigiliana
Quick-thinking wife, landlord, and police perform CPR for nearly an hour to revive 61-year-old man before hospital transfer
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Waste disposal
Rincón de la Victoria launches new campaign aimed at disposal of household furniture
To request a collection, residents should contact the service between 9am and 1pm and specify the furniture or household items they wish to have collected
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Employment
Patricia Serrano, the first female cemetery worker in the history of Vélez-Málaga
Originally from Madrid and a resident in Malaga city for the past three years, she came top in the selection process after almost a year of preparation: “It’s a dream come true"
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Transport
Cables removed from Vélez-Málaga tram network
Fourteen years after the eastern Costa del Sol tram ceased operating, part of its infrastructure continues to show signs of deterioration caused by vandalism, disuse and a lack of maintenance
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Polish tourist dies in swimming pool in Cómpeta
The Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of the58-year-old man, which occurred on Sunday 9 August near Camino de Corca in the Malaga province town
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Local government
Deputy mayor of Nerja resigns 'for personal and professional' reasons
The departure of Francisco Arce, who had been a councillor in the eastern Costa del Sol town since 2019, comes four months after the resignation of Marcelo Berutti, who left the sports department also "for professional reasons"
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Water
New pipeline to improve drinking water supply between Malaga province villages
The state-owned water company Axaragua is replacing 210 metres of 50-year-old fibre-cement pipework in Cútar which supplies Almáchar and El Borge, after four breaks were recorded over the past year
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Health
27 years of suffering and a rejected request for euthanasia for Torre del Mar man: ‘I can’t take it any more’
Following a workplace accident in 1999 and 36 operations, 49-year-old Javier Santana from the eastern Costa del Sol town is dependent on fentanyl and is calling on the Andalusian health service to arrange an urgent referral to a specialised pain unit in Valladolid
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Wildfires
Three Axarquía villages restrict use of fireworks due to risk of wildfires
Arenas has cancelled the fireworks display at its fair, while Iznate and Cómpeta have banned rockets and firecrackers in rural areas
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58-year-old man dies in swimming pool in Cómpeta
Emergency services were called at 7.50am on Sunday 9 August from a a house in a rural area of the Malaga province town
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Culture
Film crew heads to Vélez-Málaga for four-part series on Generation of '27 poets
The footage shot this week will feature in the second episode which centres in particular on the philosopher and writer María Zambrano who was born in the eastern Costa del Sol town
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Counterfeit goods
Over a thousand counterfeit products seized in operations against illegal sales in Nerja
Action taken by the eastern Costa del Sol town's Local Police force has led to the seizure of 800 sports kits, 100 bags, trainers, watches, sarongs and caps
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Antisocial behavour
Rincón de la Victoria restricts use of fountain following antisocial behaviour
The water features on Plaza del Agua in the eastern Costa del Sol town were being used as showers and for washing surfboards and pets
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Tourism
Rincón de la Victoria's tourism development plan moves forward
The eastern Costa del Sol is focusing on the four key challenges of promotion, digitalisation, sustainability and co-governance in its strategic project
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Water
Fault leaves 900 residents in rural areas of Alcaucín without water
The latest cut comes just three months after another incident which also left a third of residents without a water supply after mercury was detected in water deposits in the Malaga province village