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Silver seniors LAST Tuesday (October 28) marked the 25th anniversary of Almuñecar Senior Citizen Association. Mayor Trinidad Herrera, who presided over the event, emphasised the effort made by the council to improve senior citizens’ quality of life and said new services would be launched shortly.
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NERJA continues to grab the attention of TV and production companies to record shows and advertisements. Canal Sur recorded a new piece for the TV show ‘Salud al dia’, a public service programme, which aims to
promote a healthy lifestyle. On this occasion, the advert was filmed by the Chillar River and Nerja coast. In previous episodes chosen themes were Nerja Caves, Maro and its surroundings, and area bike trips.
Furthermore, the variety show ‘El Gran Queo’ was recorded at the town’s cultural centre. The previous week, another episode of the TV show was filmed with guest stars from the area including Nuria Fergo (pictured), who hit the headlines after starring in music reality show Operacion Triunfo, Antonio Cortes and Miguel Joven. Isabel Nestares, a journalist from Granada, was in charge of covering these stories with the cooperation of Nerja Council and the local Civil Protection unit. Other events that are putting Nerja on the map include a fashion shoot by Serranía de Ronda (154 photographer Simone and 147) and the last one Schneider for a German through the Montes de company in the streets of Málaga (246). the town centre.
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THE latest scheme to boost tourism in the Axarquia is hoping to attract bikers. Malaga Provincial Council has designed the 1,700-kilometre-long motorcycle route through 70 municipalities in nine stages to promote tourism in the area. Councillor Jacobo Florido said it was the motorcycle version of the ‘Gran Senda’ (The Great Trail of Malaga), as it shared the philosophy of unifying the province through its paths and trails. The first stage is Malaga-Frigiliana (63 kilometres); the second goes through the Axarquia (219); the third passes through the Sierra
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TEN immigrants were spotted in a dinghy off Nerja on October 26. The Moroccan authorities had issued an alert and the dinghy was found 60 miles away off the Nerja coast.
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THREE women and two men were injured in a collision between their cars on the A-356 in Velez-Malaga. The accident took place at about 8pm and the injured were taken to Hospital Comarcal in the Axarquia.
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Norte (193); the fourth, through Antequera region (215), the fifth joins Guadalteba with Valle del
Guadalhorce (207); the sixth crosses Sierra de las Nieves (266), seventh and eighth through the