Malaga - Costa del Sol

Tragedy

Silver wedding couple's daughter among dead in horror accident in Malaga province

Alfonso Guijarro and Andreea Lancu were killed with an 18-year-old from the UK who was travelling with them on the A-356 at Casabermeja. The driver of another car also died

Environment

Costa del Sol resort plans to butt-out cigarettes on beaches

Rincón de la Victoria town hall is launching a campaign through its sustainability service, Greencón, to raise awareness of the environmental impact of not disposing of the ends properly

Ronda

Mattresses giveaway at MiColchón opening in Ronda

Over 200 people queued from six o'clock in the morning to try to bag one

Eating out

Ssh, this is the most secret restaurant in Malaga province

We visit Oculto in Nerja, a 'hidden' place with a different approach that goes beyond the gastronomic experience and vibe that await you inside

Motorcycle sales roar ahead on Costa del Sol but brakes stay on clean fuel

Bikes running on fossil fuels are up 8% year on year, 31 times more than clean fuels, as Malaga province stays near the top in national sales

Dacia Sandero is the local bestseller followed by the Renault Clio and Seat Ibiza

Toyota is the lead manufactuer overall if sales of the top 20 cars are added up for Malaga province, followed by Seat, Citroën and Renault

Just one new car is sold in Malaga province for every four secondhand ones changing hands

Cars running on clean fuels now account for over half of new sales, but the industry wants more subisides to get this figure up further

Population

Six out of every ten new residents in Andalucía over the last decade live in Malaga province

The province accounts for 60 per cent of the region's population growth since 2014 and is gaining more population than the whole region this year

Benalmádena allotments

'We don't have money to go to the bar; our life is to come to the allotment and now we feel we're superfluous'

Water use and urban development threaten vegetable gardens planted half a century ago on the banks of the Arroyo del Pantano in Benalmádena

Property

Malaga's luxury mini-flats: 450,000 euros for 30m2 on the east side of the city

A foreign investor is renovating the old building that once housed the Costa del Sol School of Tourism to create 15 'bijoux' apartments