Environment
Work starts on major improvement to sewerage system on western strip of Costa del Sol
The project is due to be completed by spring 2024, ahead of next year’s peak holiday season
María Albarral
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Charity
A pink tidal wave of support for Marbella cancer charity
The Spanish Association Against Cancer was raising money for the prevention and early diagnosis of breast cancer
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Cycling
San Pedro Alcántara invites people to get on their bikes
‘Día del Pedal’ is taking place on Sunday 26 November and is free for everyone to attend, with various prizes up for grabs for the fun event
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Crime
Belgian fugitive wanted over serious stabbing incident arrested on the Costa del Sol
The 21-year-old, who knifed his victim in the groin and then fled the scene in Belgium earlier this year, was detained by police in Marbella
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Crime
Hitmen accused of murdering Marbella businessman go on trial and face life sentences
The pair are charged with belonging to a criminal group, murder, illegal possession of weapons and arson. The prosecution also wants them to pay the victim's family 245,000 euros in compensation
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Drought crisis
Water cuts for Marbella in four weeks if no rain, as access to old wells reopened
Along with 11 other municipalities on the western strip of the Costa del Sol, the watering of green spaces - both private and public, the filling and topping up of swimming pools, car washing (apart from authorised facilities) and street cleaning with drinking water is now banned
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Politics
Marbella's municipal budget set to increase by 10 per cent in 2024
The town hall forecasts 373 million euros in revenues for next year which include money from the auctioning of assets belonging to those convicted in the Malaya case
David Lerma | -
Business
Marbella motorbike company branches out and launches fashion collection
Soriano Motori is also expanding into the world of electric motorbikes, perfume and jewellery
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History
El Fuerte hotel archaeological treasures on display in Marbella
The Museo del Grabado is exhibiting some of the first objects found on the site where 4,000 pieces have been discovered
David Lerma |
Extra La Cabrera Marbella
Premium steaks meet Mediterranean views at La Cabrera Marbella
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World Diabetes Day 2023
Diabetes and your eyes: Specsavers in Spain shines a light on the silent threat
World Diabetes Day is marked every year on 14 November and aims to keep one of the fastest-growing health conditions in the world in the public spotlight
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Crime
Two arrested for stealing high-end watches in Marbella and Ibiza
The men were part of an itinerant criminal gang that operated throughout Spain
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Crime
Safecracking expert arrested in France for attempting to kill nightclub doorman in Marbella
The detained man, connected to a notorious gang of robbers in Spain, allegedly drove past the nightclub and fired shots at the security guard from the window
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Religion
Marbella's patron saint to be crowned in special ceremony by Bishop
The Virgen del Carmen has been worshipped in the town since the 18th century
David Lerma |
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People
Pedro Guerrero, the hotel bellboy who walked Walt Disney's dog on the Costa
Witness to the beginnings of tourism in Marbella, he started working as a dishwasher at the age of nine and went on to become 'the first salesman at El Fuerte'
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112 incident
One dead and three injured after two cars collide in Marbella
Emergency services could only confirm the death of one those involved in the accident, as the other injured persons were taken to the town's Costa del Sol Hospital
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