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MARBELLA City Council has signed a 75 year public land concession agreement for the construction of a new football stadium. The stadium, including an 84-room luxury hotel, an underground parking area for more than 1,000 cars, as well as a commercial shopping center, will be built along the Huerta de los Cristales Road. Construction is scheduled to start in late …

SAY Hola to Le Cap – the sizzling new villa that’s giving Ibiza a run for its money. Tucked away on Formentera, this six-bed mansion could be yours for a cool €8.9 million . You’d be forgiven for thinking it was built directly out of the sand. Built entirely from natural stone, this pad is a blend of rustic charm …

EVEN the word ‘cold’ gives the game away. We British people can’t shake the belief that the illness we know so well – blocked up with mucus, coughing and sneezing on everyone – is caused by cold weather.Spanish people have an entirely different idea. They have a different concept. ser resfriado – a condition of being infected. They have no …

A FEMALE bodybuilder dubbed the ‘Colombian She-Hulk’ was bludgeoned to death with a hammer by her husband in a brutal murder-suicide in Fuengirola, Malaga Hoy reports. Amy, as she is known in bodybuilding circles in Colombia (her real name Zunilda Mendez), was missing for five full days before police discovered her dead body in an apartment in Higueron West.  Jarrod …

The current heatwave in Spain, which has brought temperatures to an exceptionally high level for the month of June, is set end on Sunday. A new one will begin next Thursday. It is unlikely that eastern parts of the country will notice any significant differences. The State Meteorological Agency Aemet says that a front is expected to bring some changes …

People of all ages must be careful and reduce their sun exposure as SPAIN is experiencing an unprecedented June heatwave. The Health Ministry in the country has created a Top 10 List of Measures to Take during this weather. It refers to ‘vulnerable’ groups including the elderly, pregnant women, children and people with chronic illnesses, as well as those who …

When temperatures reach 40 degrees centigrade, they are very tempting. The clean, cold mountain streams and the tranquil pools of water seem to be waiting for us. But they are not. The natural bathing spots in the mountains and forest can be dangerous. They are often located far away from help. How long will it be before emergency services find …

TARIFA and Malaga have been named and shamed among ten Andalucian beaches and coastal zones awarded a ‘Black Flag’ in this year’s damning report by Ecologistas en Acción. The report published last week accused authorities of allowing significant environmental damage along coastal stretches through unchecked growth, pollution and poor management. In Tarifa ecologists have highlighted that multiple urban development plans …

Five members of the British mafia have been arrested and tracked down for their involvement in an attack on a police vehicle in Ibiza in broad daylight that released a British prisoner. Three suspects were arrested on Ibiza. Two of them in Portugal and one in the UK. In the original incident, armed attackers wearing bulletproof vests pointed their guns …

Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl electrocuted by a metal fence at a fairground attraction in Murcia. Amira, a 2-year-old girl, died on Sunday morning after she jumped onto a trampoline at the Alquerias fair shortly after midnight. It is believed that an earthing issue caused the fence to go ‘live’. READ …