Smoking ban
From educating to banning: anti-smoking wave hits the beaches of the Costa del Sol
There are now 19 designated 'smoke-free' beaches in Malaga province and the latest, Playa Bonita, will directly ban smoking
Lorena Cádiz
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LGBT+
Torremolinos is all set for a weekend of celebrating diversity with Pride 2025
The celebrations in the Costa del Sol town are the biggest in Andalucía and the second largest in Spain, only after Madrid
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Community spirit
Benalmádena to host charity concert for construction of new disability support centre
The town hall has called on residents to support this event because “each ticket sold is another brick in this building of inclusion and hope”
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Infrastructure
Work starts to improve electricity supply for 6,000 residents of Benalmádena Costa
The four-week project the put a stop to the usual service interruptions during the summer, when the town's population triples, will require the closure of one lane of the N-340
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Infrastructure
Another pipe bursts in Benalmádena, this time carrying reclaimed water
The latest incident caused flooding in the town's Avenida de Las Palmeras
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Healthcare
The spiritual guide who accompanies patients at the end of life
From Fundación Cudeca, Helena Chapinal is part of the team of people who work with palliative patients of all religions: "It is essential for them to feel well cared for"
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Religion
Benalmádena to decorate its streets to celebrate Corpus Christi 'a day of faith and community'
'A day of faith and community' festivities will take place on Sunday 22 June in the municipality's three parishes: Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Virgen del Carmen and Inmaculada Concepción
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Sport
Torremolinos to host national bodybuilding championship this weekend
Around 300 athletes are expected to participate in the Titans of the Coast national cup at the town’s conference centre
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Beaches
Torremolinos enhances beaches with new themed showers
They take the form of skewered sardines, the Pimental tower, a rake and spade, and a crustacean and these are the locations where you can find them
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History
Willow steamboat's bow and stern raised from the water in Benalmádena marina
A large crane will work over the next few weeks to pull the central parts of the ship out of the water, in the final phase of a long scrapping operation involving 100 tonnes of metal
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Celebrity
Torremolinos to name streets after local people who have helped put town on the map
Among those who are to be honoured with this distinction are the celebrated flamenco dancer El Carrete de Torremolinos, and a person considered a true legend of the Costa del Sol's nightlife scene, Paul ‘El Punky’
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Business
SUR in English hosts the 2025 Top International Business Guide and Awards ceremony on the Costa del Sol
EY GDS Spain and Helle Hollis car rental received awards at the event at Beach Club Holiday World Resort in Benalmádena on Wednesday evening
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Animal welfare
Rescued loggerhead turtles are returned to Mediterranean Sea from Costa del Sol beach
Gloria and Paloma were nursed back to full health thanks to the Centro de Gestión del Medio Marino of the Junta de Andalucía and the collaboration of Selwo Marina in Benalmádena and Seashore in Tarifa
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112 incident
Hit-and-run victim searches for driver that left him seriously injured after knocking him off electric scooter in Benalmádena
The town's Local Police force has launched an investigation to identify the owner of the vehicle and the person who was driving it at the time of the accident
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Culture
Benalmádena's landmark El Bil Bil castle will close doors at the end of the summer to undergo renovations
Designed in 1927 by a foreign family, it was renovated in the 80s and 90s, when it was already in the hands of the town hall, which means that this project will be its biggest intervention since then