Valentine's Day
Inland Malaga province town demonstrates it has a big heart
Arriate, in the Serranía de Ronda, has two special reasons to mark 14 February, Saint Valentine's day
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Crime
'He knows how to steal to avoid going to prison': Ronda traders furious as same person commits 17 alleged thefts in a month
Business owners in the town centre are suffering from a wave of thefts, criticising poor legislation for allowing the same offender back onto the streets
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Rail travel
Major step forward to improve railway line between Ronda and Bobadilla with compulsory purchase of 230 properties
Spain's state rail infrastructure company, Adif, is set to award the latest 45-million-euro contract for the vital work to the important freight corridor
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Young man dies after crashing down an embankment following motorbike accident near Ronda
The incident, the second fatal accident involving a biker in the province this weekend, happened at around 1.30pm this Sunday afternoon on the A-397 San Pedro road
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Tourism
Ronda set to get its first five-star hotel in historic El Castillo college building
The project will be developed by Catalonia Hotels & Resorts, which already operates two large hotels in the mountain town
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Astronomy
This is the first village in Malaga province to be recognised for the 'excellent quality of its night sky'
The Starlight Foundation has selected the municipality near Ronda as a perfect area for star-gazing enthusiasts
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Ronda
Dozens of cedar trees in the Sierra de las Nieves, some of them almost 100 years old, damaged in two attacks
The Junta is working on saving the trees, planted in 1950 in Fuenfría, Igualeja, while the Guardia Civil has opened an investigation
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112 incident
Unlucky driver suffers an accident, escapes from vehicle through window and then plunges five metres into a roadside storm drain
After his double ordeal, the motorist in the Serranía de Ronda was eventually rescued by firefighters from Malaga's provincial brigade
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Planning
Ronda puts an end to the expansion of bar and restaurant terraces to make it easier to get around
The town hall has approved a new measure in a bid to make sure some key areas are not overrun and that there is enough space for both pedestrians and traffic
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Budget
Ronda earmarks 1.9 million in its 2024 budget to complete the troubled new bus station project
Among other investments, another 1.36 million has been allocated for the second phase of the tourist walkway at the bottom of the town's famous gorge
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Retail
Mercadona snaps up old municipal swimming pool site for 'new store' in inland Malaga province town
The Spanish supermarket giant will pay the local council 7.5 million euros for the 7,300-square-metre plot of land
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Charity
National Police in Ronda raise 10,000 euros for local cancer organisation
The money was raised during the force’s first Carrera Solidaria 091, a charity race held in aid of the Ayuca association
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Inland tourism
This is the Serranía de Ronda village selected as one of the most beautiful in Spain
The Malaga province municipality will become one of just 116 Spanish pueblos awarded the distinction
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Inland tourism
Discover the Malaga province village where the streets are decorated with crochet and the plant pots have legs
The 'pueblo blanco' in the Serranía de Ronda's Genal valley is also revitalising its streets with a number of giant sculptures by the Galician artist Ricardo Dávila
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The Castaño Abuelo, one of the oldest trees in Malaga's copper forest
This ancient tree is located about four hundred metres from the centre of Pujerra in the Serranía de Ronda