People
Costa del Sol is Mr England’s happy place
Current title-holder Manuel Alcántara Turner, a serving soldier in the British Army with the Coldstream Guards, was born in Manilva and grew up on the coast
Anthony Piovesan
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Fraud
Man leaves elderly victim homeless after fooling him into selling his house on the Costa del Sol
The man, who was also the victim's carer, took advantage of his cognitively impaired state to commit the fraud
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Costa del Sol firefighter, 52, dies after motorcycle accident on A-7 motorway
The victim's motorbike apparently left the road and plunged down an embankment after clipping a crash barrier, but eyewitnesses to the accident couldn't locate him
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Property
Two arrested in connection with fraudulent property transaction involving luxury villa valued at 3.5 million euros
One person was detained by police on the Costa del Sol and the other in neighbouring Cadiz province
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Property
Residents forced to shut community pool on Costa del Sol after squatters invite family and friends to swim
Property owners at the residential development on the western strip of the coast had to file several complaints with the police before action was taken, following various altercations with the illegal occupiers
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Man shot dead at clandestine party on Costa del Sol was member of a crime gang and carrying fake ID
Police investigations have finally allowed them put a name to the foreign victim, who was initally identified as a 34-year-old Belgian
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Crime
Leader of global cybercrime gang that swindled around 31 million euros a year captured on the Costa del Sol
The FBI in the United State of America and the British National Crime Agency, among others, participated in the investigation
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Jewels of Malaga
The Padrón and Castor: Estepona's sister rivers that put summer adventurers to the test
The sources of both spring forth in the Sierra Bermeja mountains above the Costa del Sol resort and then flow down to the coast, but if you plan to hike the routes you should be prepared to get wet
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Police express concerns after second fatal shooting at a clandestine party on the Costa del Sol
A 34-year-old foreign man was shot in the back in the latest incident at such an event, a growing phenomenon on the coast since the days of the Covid-19 lockdown
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Man dies after being shot in back during clandestine party at 'squatted' luxury villa in Estepona
The property in question was already on the police radar, as local residents had alleged for years that regular parties were being held there and that there was even an entrance fee charged
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Man dies after concrete column falls on him while sitting on a sun lounger in Estepona
Police officers, the fire brigade and paramedics rushed to the scene but could only confirm the death of the 66-year-old male
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Man shot dead during party at private villa on the Costa del Sol
Spain's National Police force has taken over the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the victim's death after the alarm was raised this Monday morning
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Food
Estepona hosts annual ham festival, with dishes priced at just five euros
The 'Certamen Mundial del Jamón 'Popi' Ciudad de Estepona' will run until 15 August
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Leisure
Costa del Sol resort goes up in the world with a 40-metre big wheel
The new attraction in Estepona will be open to the public every day of the week in August and September
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Major forest fire in Casares is stabilised but continues to burn
At its height, on Tuesday afternoon and evening, more than 170 wildfire specialists and 16 aircraft crews worked to try to stabilise the blaze in a difficult to access area
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