Roads
Torremolinos’ third road resurfacing scheme gets under way with a 2.2 million investment
The council will set aside an annual sum in the budget to continue improving the road surfaces throughout the municipality
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Charity
Benalmádena charity dinner to raise funds for cancer support
Held at the Holiday World Beach Resort on Friday 11 September, the event will help the AECC maintain its essential services
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Tourism
Benalmádena records Malaga’s highest hotel occupancy in August
The Costa del Sol resort reached 96.2 per cent occupancy, ahead of towns like Torremolinos and Mijas
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Crime
Benalmádena hotel worker given suspended sentence for attempting to contaminate food with bleach following lay-off
The defendant, who was a waitress at the hotel, was cuaght red-handed on her last day at work
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Sport
Torremolinos offers more than 7,000 places across 37 sports for new season
The programme includes activities ranging from swimming, athletics, football, basketball, tennis, padel, Pilates and martial arts to aqua fitness, dance and functional training
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Culture
Benalmádena flamenco festival returns for 23rd year
The El Quejigal festival takes place on Saturday 12 September, with performances by the Raíces de Almogía verdiales group, flamenco dancer Antonio de Verónica and singer Juanfra Carrasco
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Leisure
Virgen del Carmen swimming complex in Torremolinos to reopen after refurbishment
Annual maintenance has included cleaning and disinfecting the spa pools, servicing the air-conditioning system, replacing pool filters, cleaning shower heads and taps and repairing tiles
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History
Benalmádena puts Torre Bermeja restoration work out to tender
The eight-month programme will focus on consolidating and restoring the Nasrid watchtower, while respecting its historic fabric and recovering its original form
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Privatisation and the retirement of 27 per cent of the workforce: key factors in the changes to Torremolinos’s waste collection services
The PSOE fears that outsourcing the service will lead to redundancies, while the local government maintains that staff numbers will be maintained and will always "be sufficient"
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Roads
Benalmádena launches three-million-euro road resurfacing plan
The project will cover more than 62,000 square metres of road surface and has an estimated completion period of 90 days
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Tourism
Benalmádena unveils its new ‘innovative’ tourist information office
Located on the seafront in Castillo El Bil Bil, the facility features cutting-edge technology adapted to new ways of promoting the destination
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Charity
Benalmádena charity walk to raise funds for local causes
The initiative to be held on Friday 28 August is organised by the Luna Llena association in partnership with the town hall
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Infrastructure
Torremolinos puts demolition project out to tender to pave way for El Calvario social hub
The work will clear disused buildings at the former child protection centre, preparing the site for future social facilities
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Costa del Sol
Benalmádena steps up wildfire prevention measures as fire risk rises
The measure follows a priority action plan requested in response to the existing wildfire risk and calls for immediate action
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Torremolinos puts 168-million-euro street cleaning and waste contract out to tender
The tender, divided into two lots, covers street and beach cleaning and waste collection for ten years, alongside furniture and bulky waste collection for five years
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Culture
Benalmádena to honour 23rd anniversary of the death Spanish cinema icon Imperio Argentina
Held on 22 August at the Benalmádena Pueblo cemetery, the annual ceremony brings together friends and admirers to remember the life and career of one of Spain’s most celebrated performers
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Environment
Benalmádena rules out faecal bacteria at the two closed beaches
The cause of the skin reactions remains unknown, but experts consider it unlikely that they could be of biological origin
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Beaches
Three Benalmádena beaches reopen as two remain closed amid ongoing investigation
The beaches of Bil Bil, Arroyo de la Miel and Los Melilleros have reopened, but the council has asked bathers to respect the ban still in force at the Santa Ana and Las Gaviotas beaches
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112 incident
Elderly man drowns at Torremolinos beach
The police and medical staff attended the scene but were only able to confirm the man's death