In years gone by, visitors to Spain were dismayed to see abandoned boxes of kittens by rubbish bins, donkeys and horses chained to stakes without shade or water, and dogs wandering around with open wounds.
Axarquia
News from Nerja and Axarquia
Elderly German Woman Drowns
by Hugh MacArthur •
Yet another beach tragedy, this time in Torre de Mar, involving a 70-year-old German woman who drowned this morning, August the 23rd.
Brit Dies on Torrox Beach
by Vivienne Hughes •
Monday the 22nd saw the death of a British tourist in Torrox; the 12th person to die on Málaga beaches this year.
Medical Centre Tribulations
by Martin Myall •
Nerja has a project for a new medical centre – one that has been dragging on for the last 13 years – but owing to a recent court sentence, it is looking even more distant.
Brit Boy Injured in Nerja
by Hugh MacArthur •
A lucky escape for an 11-year-old British boy in Nerja after a 5-metre fall near Playa del Salón left him unconscious.
Nerja Bathers Scare
by Paula Anthony •
Two young swimmers had the emergency services out in Nerja when they got into difficulties between El Chucho and La Torrecilla beaches.
Frigiliana Killing
by Hugh MacArthur •
A 76-year-old man allegedly killed his 71-year-old wife in their cortijo in the Axarquia village of Frigiliana, in the area known as Pago de Lizar. The man then left a note confessing to the crime and then committed suicide.
Sewage Treatment Plant Blues
by Martin Myall •
You might have noticed that the sewage-treatment plant in Nerja is not exactly a hive of activity; that’s because it’s dead in the water.
Sick and Starving Animals
by Vivienne Hughes •
Two people were arrested in Vélez-Málaga after it was discovered that they had 22 horses and four dogs all sick and emaciated. The accompanying photo speaks for itself.
Illegal Beach Campsite Cleared
by Vivienne Hughes •
Around 30 campers-cum-squatters were turfed off Playa de La Caleta in Maro, Nerja by the Guardia Civil and Policía Local yesterday.