The affinity between humans and dolphins always produces sadness when one of these creatures appears, washed up, on a beach.
Dolphin Found Dead on Beach
by Louise Powell •
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Gambling Their Kids’ Welfare
by Vivienne Hughes •
A resident of Torre del Mar came across three children alone in a parked car on Calle Cipriano Maldonado on Saturday, so he phoned the local police.
Ecologists Oppose Desalination
by Vivienne Hughes •
Ecologist associations in the Axarquía are completely against the building of a desalination plant to alleviate present and future droughts in the area.
Sentenced over Caught Shark
by Hugh MacArthur •
In 2016 a Nerja fisherman had the bad luck to bring up a common, thresher shark in his trammel-net; it was bad luck because it is a protected species.
Spate of Axarquía Burglaries
by Vivienne Hughes •
Locals living in the countryside over in the province of Málaga have reported a spate of buglaries on their cortijos and chalets.
Torrox Parking Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
A total of 18 vehicles were affected by flames in Torrox Tuesday night in a car park within the municipality of Torrox, over in the Axarquía.
US Ordnance on Burriana Beach
by Hugh MacArthur •
A distress flare belonging to the US Navy was fished out and left on Burriana beach in Nerja on Friday and was made harmless by Spanish Navy specialists.
Inadequate New Law
by Martin Myall •
Not everybody considers that the new, regional law that aims to solve the problem of illegal country dwellings is not up to the task.
Maro Vega Fire
by Martin Myall •
Maro saw its second fire this year yesterday when a blaze broke out in the area of the vega beside the village itself, in the Barranco de La Caleta.
Medal for Municipal Policeman
by Hugh MacArthur •
Nerja municipal policeman, Miguel Alberto García Fernández has received the police medal, Orden al Mérito de la Policía Local de Andalucía.