Community spirit
The charity event in Canillas de Albaida will start at 7pm on Friday 6 December with a concert by Miguel Botana and resume again on Saturday at 1pm with a number of local Spanish and international bands
Housing
Vélez-Málaga town hall has unanimously approved a motion to dismantle the Casillas de la Vía area in Torre del Mar, which is home to more than 100 people
Hiking in Malaga
On the route between Alcaucín and Sedella there are areas that are not suitable for those who are afraid of heights
Religion
Friends Lux Mundi, the ecumenical organisation based in Fuengirola and Torre del Mar, visited the Hindu temple and Islamic mosque in Fuengirola and the Estupa de la Iluminacion Buddhist temple in Benalmádena
Christmas
Torrox will be the setting for the traditional European Christmas market which runs from Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 December
What to do
The big switch-on will take place on the town's iconic Balcón de Europa later this week and the town hall has scheduled more than 80 events during the festive season
Vélez-Málaga town hall will present medals and awards to more than one hundred people at a gala event on 20 January 2025
German film week
Mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, presented a commemorative plaque to Malaga's German consul Franko Martin Stritt ahead of a screening in the town
Carbon offsetting
Sixty Holm oak and Mediterranean pine trees have been planted in the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama natural park near Cómpeta which was seriously damaged during a wildfire in 2014
Floods
The pilot schools and the Real Aeroclub de Málaga, which operate at the Aerodromo Leoni Banabú airport near Vélez-Málaga, have cleared the mud which accumulated on the runways and hangars when the River Benamargosa river burst its banks on 13 November
Axarquía
A woman told a local police patrol in Torrox that a 'madam' was forcing her to work as a prostitute and use drugs with clients in the garage of a villa in the town
Axarquía
The competition is taking place on Tuesday 3 December at the El Castillo del Marqués de Valle-Niza hotel and catering school in the Axarquía
Axarquía
The Spanish Tropical Fruit Association puts average prices at between 1.2 and 1.5 euros per kilo for the Keitt and Osteen which are the most abundant varieties in the Axarquía
Nerja
The Nerja Cave hosted the fifth 'Encuentro Ibérico de Biología Subterránea' in November, with specialists and amateurs presenting the results of their research
Crime
The Guardia Civil arrested the Romanian woman at the villa in Torrox where she was allegedly running her business