A 5-year-old British boy drowned in a private swimming pool belonging to a tourist residency in Nerja on Tuesday. The family had been spending their holidays there.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Nerja Hit by Cloud Burst
by Vivienne Hughes •
A cloudburst over Nerja yesterday afternoon saturated the town in less than a quarter of an hour. The heavy rain was accompanied by hailstones.
New Torrox Speed Camera
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Torrox has gleefuly made it known that they have installed a speed camera at the entrance to the town, however, there’s no need to panic quite yet.
Suicide on N-340 Bridge?
by Hugh MacArthur •
The body of a woman was found in Maro, between the Eagle (Larios) aqueduct monument and the N-340 bridge on Tuesday the 28th.
Quarry Machinery Affair
by Vivienne Hughes •
After 18 years of wrangling between the Nerja Town Hall and the company that ran an old quarry, an agreement will see rusting machinery finally removed from the site.
Pedalo Police Rescue
by Hugh MacArthur •
A middle-aged man had to be rescued after being found clinging to a buoy in the middle of the night off a Torre del Mar beach.
Shoe Overload Brings Down Line
by Martin Myall •
Río Chíllar in Nerja has become very popular in the summer; too popular, in fact, with little control of the visitor numbers. In the peak season around 3,000 people a day use the route.
Worten Break-In
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Policía Nacional in Torre del Mar are investigating a break-in at an electronic-goods store in the Centro Comercial El Ingenio complex.
Chiringuito Destroyed by Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
The second item of news from over the Málaga border concerns a chiringuito fire in Torre del Mar yesterday morning.
Kicked in the Tender Ones
by Martin Myall •
Morche was enjoying its fiesta last weekend, but there was one policeman who wasn’t because somebody kicked him in the unmentionables.