Weather
What will the weather be like on New Year's Eve and the first day of 2025?
In some towns on the western strip of the Costa del Sol, the chance of light rain on the last day of 2024 soars to 100%
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Transport
'Double-decker' trains are considered to boost capacity on existing Costa del Sol railway line
The C1 Cercanías service between Malaga city centre and Fuengirola is one the most profitable passenger routes in Spain, but it regularly suffers from overcrowding problems
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Health
Completion of vital Costa del Sol hospital expansion delayed until end of 2025
Although the work was originally due to completed this year, the project has undergone two major modifications and the investment in the new facilities will now cost 10 million euros more
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Art and culture
Urban artist's 'Christ of Love' vandalised: 'If there are people who want to destroy it, I will restore it'
The face has been obliterated and a swastika painted on the body of the work that turned some ruins in Malaga province's Axarquía area into a place of pilgrimage, a site labeled as a 'religious destination' on Google Maps
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112 incident
Man arrested after woman, 32, plunges from fourth-floor apartment in Marbella
National Police officers are investigating the 46-year-old for attempted murder
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Population
Almost 75,000 people aged over 60 faced Christmas alone across Malaga province
Social services are calling for "greater sensitivity" towards the elderly and reminding people that the increase in life expectancy will cause this sector of the population to continue to grow
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Costa del Sol
Marbella gives green light to record 414-million-euro municipal budget
The revenue and expenditure budgets were approved with the votes in favour from the ruling Partido Popular members and those against coming from the opposition groups (PSOE, OSP and VOX
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Health
Union claims ambulance service at Malaga health centres is in a 'precarious state' with 'risk to patient safety'
The Sindicato Médico has claimed the these units are not always staffed with a doctor and that the 061 emergency service "cannot cope" at this time of year
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Infrastructure
Coastal train service between Nerja and Algeciras: Spanish government puts feasibility study out to tender
The Ministry of Transport is allocating 1.2 million euros to draft the document, and aims to have a proposed route on the table within a year
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Crime
Police smash multi-million-euro luxury vehicle import network fraudulently operating on the Costa
Thirty people have been arrested after 15 searches were carried out in Spain and two in Germany as part of the international investigation
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Animal welfare
Holiday resort on eastern strip of Costa del Sol opens its first two dog parks
Pet owners now have designated spaces for their pets to exercise next to the Enrique López Cuenca sports complex and the Verano Azul park
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Drought crisis
Great expectation that upgraded wells could provide 75% of Malaga city's domestic water needs
The supply projection from the lower Guadalhorce and Aljaima and Fahala underground sources has been exceeded with a measured water flow of 1,100 litres a second
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Crime
Major blow to drug trafficking in Spain as police seize weapons of war and 4,000 kilos of drugs
Guardia Civil teams have made a total of 31 arrests and smashed a criminal organisation operating in Andalucía that smuggled large quantities of cocaine into Europe
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Property
High-end property sector calls for better infrastructure in Costa del Sol's 'golden triangle'
The DOM3 association met with the mayors of the area to take stock of the market, while ensuring sustainable growth and the development of affordable housing
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Malaga city
Owners bid farewell to 82 dogs, cats and rabbits since opening of Spain's first public pet cemetery in June
Its growth over the last six months has been "modest", but animal lovers have travelled from outside Malaga city and other Andalusian provinces such as Jaén, Granada and Cordoba