A 2-year-old girl was knocked down on a hard shoulder by a van near a gasolinera in Algarrobo last Saturday. The driver fled the scene without offering assistance.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
First Flight Nearly The Last
by Martin Myall •
A learner pilot on his first solo had a nasty surprise after losing his nose wheel and had to carry out an emergency landing at the Axarquía Aerodrome.
Nerja Car-Park Fire
by Vivienne Hughes •
There was a fire in Nerja’s main surface parking (Huertos de Carabeo) at the end of last month involving two vehicles.
Shopper with an AK-47
by Hugh MacArthur •
(KAR03) There was a bit of a flap in Nerja on last Friday caused by a woman in a supermarket car park armed with an assault rifle, or so it seemed.
Body Found in Torrox
by Hugh MacArthur •
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.
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…