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the Olive Press July 10th - 24th July 2015
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A PADEL centre in Rincon de la Victoria is being forced to shut after neighbours complained to Malaga courts about the noise.
New chief TORROX mayor, Oscar Medina, has named Jose Ortega as the new head of the local police, after exchief Jose Fernandez was sent to prison for fraud.
THE fire which ripped through Competa last summer has cost the Andalucian government €350,000. Some 223.5 hectares were burnt killing 20,000 trees in the worst fire seen on the Costa del Sol last year. More than 400 people were involved in clearing up the area as well as planting new trees, mostly pine.
Coast is clear AXARQUIA’S beaches are being given €750,000-worth of equipment to improve the coast’s safety and cleanliness, by Malaga Town Hall.
River banned By Rob Horgan
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HUNDREDS of tourists and locals are to be banned from Nerja’s Chillar River. The river has been turned into a tourist hotspot over the last few years, with residents and tourists using it as a ‘water park’ in the summer. But the fun looks to be coming to an end. New government proposals
Popular Nerja river to become ‘nogo zone’ due to graffiti and rubbish
are set to restrict access to the river, after it became overrun with rubbish and the walls were graffitied on. “We need to do our best to prevent the widespread increase of tourists in the area and the damage to such a valuable site,” said environmental councillor, Jorge
Bravo. “We can no longer turn our backs to this problem, but look for creative solutions that will also mean new jobs for our residents.” Proposals to limit the number of people using the river have been mooted as well as making it an outright ‘no-go’ zone.
Stethoscope attack A 70-YEAR-OLD man is facing time behind bars for attacking a doctor with a stethoscope in VelezMalaga. The man - a local from Velez-Malaga - attempted to strangle a doctor at Velez Sur clinic after the doc refused to partake in an insurance scam. He was being seen at the clinic for injuries to his stomach following a bar fight. During his examination he attempted to bribe the doctor so he would report more injuries than there actually were. When the doctor refused he launched his attack.
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