There was a gruesome find in Torrox at the beginning of the week when construction workers found a body under a bridge near the autovia.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Caused by State of Road
by Hugh MacArthur •
A law court in Málaga has found in favour of a road-accident-victim’s family against the Vélez-Málaga Town Hall over the state of the road.
Borrowed & Bent BMW
by Hugh MacArthur •
It was one evening on the seafront road of Torre del Mar in the middle of April when a woman driver pranged a borrowed BMW.
Plusvalía on Inheritance Slashed
by Martin Myall •
Residents of Nerja are happy bunnies because the Town Hall has just applied a 95% discount on the plusvalía on inheritance — the maximum permitted.
False British Identity
by Editor •
A 79-year-old driver ran into three parked cars and then hit an oncoming one in Torrox on Avenida Esperanto at the beginning of March. He then fled the scene.
Nerja’s New Medical Centre
by Vivienne Hughes •
Nerja’s new medical-centre project isn’t going anywhere fast, as the Junta de Andalucía still hasn’t moved. Believe it or not, it was 15 years ago that the Town Hall and the Junta signed an agreement for the town to have a new medical centre; i.e., 2003. It was going to cost 2.4m euros and they…
Guardia’s Body Found
by Vivienne Hughes •
The body of the Guardia Civil policeman who had been swept away trying to rescue people from a river in Sevilla on the 17th was finally found.
Sewage Spill Off Nerja
by Martin Myall •
The storms that lashed the Andalusian coast during March once again smashed the main, sewage pipe in Nerja that dumps untreated sewage into the sea.
Policeman Knocked Down
by Hugh MacArthur •
(COH07) A lieutenant at the Guardia Civil post in Nerja was knocked down at a road check by an eldery, ex-town councillor.
Pasión Tango in Nerja
by Louise Powell •
Tango lovers will have a chance to see a show entitled Pasión Tango in Nerja on the 23rd of this month at the Centro Cultural Villa de Nerja.