Costa del Sol Spain

ANGELA Rayner, the British Deputy Prime Minister, swapped parliament for partying this week as she hit the Ibiza club scene. The political powerhouse becae the Minister of Sound as she let loose in one of the island’s hottest spots, Hï Ibiza, where she joined world-famous DJ FISHER in his booth for an unforgettable night. Denise Van Outen, the singer and …

A 52-year-old motorcyclist died in a traffic accident this Friday (30 August) on the A-7 motorway as it passes through Estepona on the Costa del Sol, according to 112 Andalucía sources. Apparently, the victim was a firefighter from Malaga’s provincial brigade (CPB) stationed in the town, sources have confirmed to Europa Press. At 7.45 a.m., 112 Andalucía received several calls …

Ronda council plans to complete the work on the new bus station in the town within a year and a half, which means that the new infrastructure will be ready, if the deadline is met, by January 2026, according to local government sources. It should be noted that the work was only recently restarted after two years of being paralysed …

National Police officers have arrested two people involved in the fraudulent sale, before a notary in Estepona, of a property for the price of 1,200,000 euros. The alleged perpetrators of the crime, who were arrested in the Malaga province town of Manilva and neighbouring Cadiz, allegedly used fraudulent documentation to impersonate the administrators of the company that owned the property. …

Strike action by Fuengirola municipal bus workers has finally come to an end after more than four months of regular stoppages. The company UTE Urbano de Fuengirola, formed by Grupo Interbus and Damas, has reached an agreement with the staff, who were represented by the free transport union organisation (SLT). According to the union’s organising secretary, José María Cazallas, the …

Complaints from residents in two brand new Malaga city tower blocks in the Martiricos district have led to the city hall calling for licences for 121 flats to operate as tourist lets to be withdrawn. The conflict has arisen in the 30-storey twin towers that the developer AQ Acentor, part of German fund Aquila, has built in the neighbourhood just …

Cártama town hall has announced that the construction of the new storage facility at the Antonio J. Mayo Cañamero football ground has come to an end. The project had a budget of 121,242 euros, financed by the programme for the promotion of agricultural employment (PFEA), and is part of the plan to improve sports facilities in the municipality that the …

The mayors of El Borge and Almáchar in Malaga province’s Axarquía area have written a formal complaint to the Junta de Andalucía to denounce a new bus route which links the two mountain villages to the town of Vélez-Málaga. They say that the route is much longer than it was before the change and that they want to be included …

Rincón de la Victoria town hall has announced that the contract for the management service of the Roman Villa Antiopa, the Cueva del Tesoro, the Sala Mare Nostrum, Las Musas, the Centro de Interpretación del Folclore Malagueño and the Casa Fuerte Bezmiliana has gone to Eulen, an multinational company with headquarters in Bilbao in Spain’s Basque Country. Although the initial …

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian authorities said the crime was committed at the end of 2021- before the invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022. It’s not been revealed when the warrant was issued. The 31-year-old detainee allegedly collaborated with …