Planning
Estepona plans to build an indoor swimming pool on Avenida Puerta del Mar
The project envisages a sports complex that will also have tiered seating, tennis, padel and petanque courts, alongside car parking facilities
María Albarral
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German film week
Malaga's 'little Germany' receives consul as part of German film week
Mayor of Torrox, Óscar Medina, presented a commemorative plaque to Malaga's German consul Franko Martin Stritt ahead of a screening in the town
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Carbon offsetting
Films for trees: French film festival organisers plant trees in Malaga to offset carbon footprint
Sixty Holm oak and Mediterranean pine trees have been planted in the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama natural park near Cómpeta which was seriously damaged during a wildfire in 2014
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Floods
Costa del Sol airfield reopens two weeks after the damage caused by the 'Dana'
The pilot schools and the Real Aeroclub de Málaga, which operate at the Aerodromo Leoni Banabú airport near Vélez-Málaga, have cleared the mud which accumulated on the runways and hangars when the River Benamargosa river burst its banks on 13 November
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Images
Malaga's big Christmas switch-on - in pictures
Thousands packed into Calle Larios on Friday to see the first festive light show of the season
Salvador Salas and Marilú Báez |
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Christmas festivities
Malaga puts an end to 'blacking-up' for annual Three Kings parade
The city hall has chosen Mansour Konte, the hero who rescued a woman from the floods during the Dana in November, to be black king Balthazar on 5 January
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Dana flooding disaster
A month on from the most destructive Dana to hit the Guadalhorce valley...
This part of Malaga province is still struggling to recover from the torrential rains that washed away infrastructure, flooded homes and devastated the lives of hundreds of residents and, sadly, "There is still a lot of work to do"
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Roads
Cártama road works on A-7057 expected to cause delays next week
The repair of the bridge over the Guadalhorce river and the resurfacing of this section of the road will take place on 4 and 5 December
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Axarquía
The desperate plea for help from one of the victims of the Costa del Sol brothel
A woman told a local police patrol in Torrox that a 'madam' was forcing her to work as a prostitute and use drugs with clients in the garage of a villa in the town
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Population
Malaga province in 'top 3' for most growth in pensioners in the last decade in Spain
The amount of the average pension in the Costa del Sol province, however, is among the ten in Spain that have increased the least since 2014
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Malaga
Iconic restaurant to close in Malaga's historic city centre
El Chinitas, off Calle Larios and open since 1986, will close its doors for the last time at the end of the year to make way for a Japanese fusion venue
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Crime
Seized: over 42,000 counterfeit pieces of fine jewellery destined for Malaga's street markets
Eight people have been arrested and police searches have been conducted in five warehouses located on the Guadalhorce industrial estate and another two in an industrial area of Madrid
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Fuengirola
New agreement allows the first public lift to the beach in Fuengirola
It will be installed on Avenida de Carvajal, known for its steep slopes, and will connect with the promenade next to the Olimpo apartments
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Water crisis
White village but murky waters: bottled water is delivered to Gaucín residents post-floods
Two weeks on from the Dana weather event and flash flooding in this picturesque village in the Serranía de Ronda, the mains water is still turbid and unfit for consumption due to sediment being washed into the main well and the authorities need to rule out the presence of any pathogens
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112 incident
Two years for filming nude children on beaches in Malaga and Cadiz
The National Police found 187 videos of naked minors on the defendant's mobile phone