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Cártama sports facility takes in families after Guadalhorce river swells during red weather warning in Malaga province

Julio J. Portabales

The iron bridge in Cártama Estación has been closed as the Guadalhorce river is more than four metres deep and the town hall activated a prevention plan

Weather

Mobile phone alarms ring again: Malaga area under red warning for heavy rain

Rossel Aparicio | Málaga

Aemet has activated the maximum alert for "extraordinary risk". Malaga city council has suspended today's Three Kings festivities in the districts, the lights in Calle Larios and has closed municipal museums

Transport

Drivers in Spain turn their backs on electric cars and switch back to petrol

Daniel Cuadrado / Autocasión | Madrid

A new global study by consultancy Ernst & Young (EY) confirms that consumers are turning their backs on electric vehicles in favour of petrol

River park, near the mouth of the river Fuengirola, flooded. García

Weather

Fuengirola river swells and leaves fords and crossing areas impassable

José Carlos García | Mijas

Mijas Town Hall calls for caution and allows the racecourse to accommodate animals at risk, while the river park in Fuengirola is flooded

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Fraud

Employee of a gaming hall in Malaga province who created fictitious prizes to cash them in is arrested

Virtual recreation of what the future Maro golf course would look like

Development

Urban development law blocks plans for major hotel and golf project on Costa del Sol

Eugenio Cabezas

Seville

Used coffin found in bin behind Spanish cemetery

Fernando Barroso Vargas

Interview

'In Spain everyone has their club, but I ask them to understand me too'

Ignacio Tlyko | Madrid.

Tourism

Tourism in Spain maintains momentum in November, with almost 100 million visitors in 2025

Cristina Cándido

Residents crowd into the meeting to decide how to sort out the mess.

Ticket mistake sees villagers miss out on chunk of Spain's 'El Gordo'

SUR | Léon.

Joaquín Becerra (left), together with a beekeeper from Galicia, at the hives located near Cuevas del Becerro

Businesses

The best honey in Andalucía comes from the Malaga mountains

Julio J. Portabales | Cuevas del Becerro.

Crime

British fugitive arrested in Colombia for shooting several people in Marbella

The events took place in August 2023

Parents Daniel and Carlota with their daughter Sofía.

Population

Sofía, born in Marbella at 12.37am, is Malaga province's first 2026 baby

Nuria Triguero | Málaga

After her came Asier, born at 12.47am, and then Jesús, born in Malaga city at 1.57am

Hulk Hogan The professional wrestler faced his last battle in 2025.

Celebrity deaths

Adiós to a long list of legendary stars

Tony Bryant

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Heroic off-duty police officer saves man in Malaga who attempted suicide after cryptocurrency bankrupcy

Juan Cano | Málaga

A group of tourists with their luggage in Malaga city centre.

Tourism

Tourism numbers peak on the Costa del Sol

Pilar Martínez | Malaga

Some of the participants in fancy dress.

Around 1,800 people turn out to end 2025 in Torremolinos during fun run to support Cudeca

Tony Bryant

112 incident

Hundred people evicted from illegal New Year's Eve party held in Malaga industrial area

Juan Cano | Málaga

Health

A Ronda man amid Sudan's humanitarian crisis: 'I cannot see myself going back to a hospital in Europe'

Cristina Vallejo

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This is what the new leisure park on former landfill site in Torremolinos will be like

Bathing discouraged on Malaga beach after floods cause sewage pipes to rupture

Benalmádena completes restoration of one of its most iconic sculptures

Tourist apartment owner fined 3,000 euros for installing cameras inside property

Andalucía to change rules for large family status: this is what you need to know

The Guadalhorce reservoir after a very wet March raised levels.

Local news 2025 round-up

A year of protests and promises

Jennie Rhodes / Tony Bryant | Malaga

A woman and her dog in Madrid on 28 April when the whole country was left without power.

National news 2025 round-up

A year in Spain for losing power and also for clinging onto it

Neil Hesketh | Malaga

Unicaja lifted a second consecutive Champions League title in May.

Sports news 2025 round-up

A year when ambition was tested and resilience revealed

Daryl Finch | Malaga

What to do Christmas 2025

Christmas 2025

Tickets for prime spots to see magical Three Kings parade in Malaga city centre go on sale

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

'A Nativity of Light' premieres in Malaga this Christmas.

Christmas 2025

What are the dates and show times for the magical Christmas light and sound show in Malaga's Calle Larios

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Christmas 2025

Alice Christmas: all you need to know about the new festive light show at Malaga's botanical garden

Almudena Nogués

Artist's impression of this year's Christmas show in Calle Larios.

Christmas 2025

Malaga reveals details of city's new Christmas light and sound show on Calle Larios: this is what it will look like

Juan Soto | Malaga

Image of the world's largest nativity scene, now open to visitors in Alicante's city hall square.

Christmas 2025

The world's largest Nativity scene is in Spain

Ana I. Martínez | Alicante

Image of the mountaineers who set up the small Nativity scene at the top of La Maroma.

Christmas 2025

This is where the highest Nativity scene in Malaga province can be found

Eugenio Cabezas | Malaga

Christmas 2025

El Corte Inglés is already lit up for a dazzling Christmas in Malaga

SUR | Malaga

Christmas market in Seville city centre.

Christmas 2025

These are the best Christmas markets to visit across Andalucía's eight provinces this 2025

Valme J. Caballero | Seville

Families participating in Christmas festivities at Miramar shopping centre

Christmas 2025

Miramar shopping centre in Fuengirola introduces Christmas festivities programme

SUR | Fuengirola

Christmas 2025

This is the emotional video that's been released to promote Spain's huge Christmas lottery draw

A. Mateos | Madrid

The international carol service at San Andrés church in Torre del Mar on Saturday 13 December

Christmas 2025

Eastern Costa del Sol international communities unite for carol service

Jennie Rhodes

Plaza de la Constitución in Torrox Pueblo is ready for the Christmas switch-on tonight (weather permitting).

Christmas 2025

Is this the first town on the Costa del Sol to switch on its Christmas lights?

SUR in English | Torrox

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Costa del Sol / Malaga province

File image of Muelle Uno in Malaga city. Marilú Báez

Retail

Muelle Uno in Malaga port closes 2025 with record 15.5 million visitors

SUR | Malaga

The figure represents an eight per cent increase over the previous year

Health

Bathing discouraged on Malaga beach after floods cause sewage pipes to rupture

SUR | Malaga

Regional ministers Díaz and España, (centre front), accompanied by other visiting officials and site engineers.

Infrastructure

Malaga metro work on track with all sections of new extension under way in 2026

Chus Heredia | Malaga

Weather

Body of second missing man found after weekend storm in Malaga province

Irene Quirante | Malaga

Elisa Guerrero, on Sunday morning at her flooded home in Cártama Estación.

Weather

'I feel like selling up everything and leaving the town: the rains are becoming increasingly torrential'

Cristina Vallejo | Cártama

Clearing up work being carried out in Coín.

Weather

Inland Malaga towns continue with clean-up operations after the weekend storms

Julio J. Portabales | Malaga

One of the areas where work will be carried out in Maro. E. Cabezas

Tourism

Nine companies bid for contract to build viewpoints on eastern Costa del Sol

Eugenio Cabezas | Nerja

The project in Maro, which has a budget of 547,515 euros, includes signage, services and safety barriers and will be implemented with European funding

Long arrival queues at passport control at Malaga Airport the weekend before Christmas.

Air travel

Airlines warn passengers of long queues at Malaga Airport due to passport checks at border control

Ignacio Lillo | Malaga

File image of a queue of passengers at passport control.

Air travel

Head of Costa del Sol tourist board blames central government for border control queues at Malaga Airport

Antonio M. Romero | Malaga

Housing

Eastern Costa del Sol town hall sells land for 7.3m euros to development company

Eugenio Cabezas | Torre del Mar

Baxter and Castellon (c) with the owner of Pub Branigans.

Community spirit

Caring Torremolinos residents donate 160 gifts to the town’s underprivileged children

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

Environment

Malaga awards contract to control presence of wild boar and feral pigs with archers

SUR | Malaga

Spain

A large construction site, yet affordable homes remain in short supply. E. C.

Housing crisis

The growing divide between homeowners and renters widens as Spain's housing crisis worsens

Clara Alba | Madrid

For those priced out of the housing market, this has undoubtedly been the year of unaffordable housing, with a steep 13% price increase in the third quarter, the largest in 18 years

From left, Cora Vielva, with Laia; Jesús Antonio Martínez, with Fredi; Fernando Negueruela, with Dobby; José Luis García; Carlos Salas, with Iñaki; Víctor Sumillera, with Chester, and Nuria González.

Health

The 'dogtors' in Spain that can detect lung cancer with maximum accuracy

Ana Rosa García | Cantabria

Tourism

Tourist apartment owner fined 3,000 euros for installing cameras inside property

Susana Zamora | Malaga

DGT-connected emergency warning beacons will be mandatory for motorists driving on Spain's roads as from 1 January.

Motoring

These are the four models of V-16 hazard warning beacons Spain's DGT has removed from its authorised list at last minute

Canal Motor | Madrid

Employment

Burger chain worker compensated to tune of 9,000 euros after being dismissed within half an hour of saying he had Covid

Susana Zamora | Malaga

Sport

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Photo gallery

Malaga's charity San Silvestre fun run - in pictures

Marilú Báez | Malaga

Hundreds ran in fancy dress in the capital of the Costa del Sol for the New Year's Eve Palma-Palmilla event

Football

Malaga CF return from Christmas break with sold-out open training session

Antonio Góngora | Malaga

Torremolinos players celebrating their promotion last season.

Football

Juventud de Torremolinos enter new era after Middle East takeover ends months of uncertainty

Jorge Garrido | Malaga

Athletics

Malaga Half Marathon adds thousands of extra places amid increased demand

Pedro Luis Alonso | Malaga

Padel

Premier Padel confirms Malaga return next July as global calendar expands

Marina Rivas | Malaga.

Sport

From Ukraine to Nerja: the women's Paralympic volleyball team's seeking refuge on the Costa del Sol

Eugenio Cabezas

Andalucía

The aquarium in Almuñécar has reopened. M.J.A.T.

Leisure

Costa Tropical's Mediterranean sea life aquarium reopens four years after closure

M.J. Arrebola | Almuñécar

The popular tourist attraction in Almuñécar closed in 2021 as the facilities were badly deteriorated, with water leaks, damaged fish tanks and systems that were no longer working properly

Families

Andalucía to change rules for large family status: this is what you need to know

Europa Press | Malaga

Health

Flu incidence rate doubles in two weeks in Spain's Andalucía region

Héctor Barbotta | Seville

Josefina's house in Almuñécar, which has gone viral.

Christmas 2025

The Christmassy house on Granada's Costa Tropical that has become a TikTok sensation

M.J. Arrebola | Granada

Technology

Junta set to launch single platform to manage all business-related procedures in Andalucía

José Luis Piedra | Seville

A homeless person takes shelter from the cold in the street.

Society

Homelessness grows by 57%, with more than 8,000 people living on Andalucía's streets

José Luis Piedra

Gibraltar

Community spirit

Gibraltar government's annual donation in lieu of sending official Christmas cards goes to Nazareth House

SUR in English | Gibraltar

The £3,000 charity donation will support a soup kitchen and a festive hamper programme for vulnerable families

Christmas 2025

24-hour taxi service rolled out for festive season in Gibraltar

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Christmas 2025

Gibraltar mayor to receive Bethlehem Light of Peace in annual ceremony

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Christian Santos with the ship's captain Frederick Boris Becker.

Tourism

Gibraltar Tourist Board welcomes cruise ship AIDAluna on maiden visit

SUR in English | Gibraltar

The Rock of Gibraltar, from the Spanish side of the border.

Politics

EU and the UK finalise Gibraltar Treaty but without announcing when it will come into force

J. M. A. | Madrid

Transport

Gibraltar government introduces initial regulations for electric scooters

SUR in English | Gibraltar

Lifestyle

A view of Praia da Rocha in Portimao. Marcin Krzyzak

Travel

Algarve escapade: the best spots in the south of Portugal

Anya Soares | Malaga

Here are three cities that make the Portuguese region worth visiting, offering both golden beaches and a complex history

Vocalist Pete Carter (l) during a rehearsal with members of his latest project, The BritPop Authority.

In the frame

Pete Carter: A British vocalist on the Costa with a new trick up his sleeve

Tony Bryant | Coín

Alan Carr and Amanda Holden with locals in Moclín during the filming of the Christmas special.

Entertainment

An Anglo-Spanish Christmas in rural Andalucía for popular British TV show

Alekk M. Saanders | Granada

Lifestyle

Experts advise how to care for your poinsettia so it lasts beyond Christmas

SUR | Malaga

A representative of the German Navy at the English Cemetery on Tuesday.

History

The Gneisenau shipwreck remembered 125 years on in Malaga

Ana Pérez-Bryan

Andalucía Bird Society

Peter Jones

Andalusian favourites

Health

A professional attends to two customers in a pharmacy in Cordoba. Valerio Merino

Health

Pharmacies in southern Spain to offer screening for colon cancer from 2026 onwards

Rafael Aguilar | Seville

Pharmacists are being authorised by Junta de Andalucía to collaborate in the public health service's early detection programme for the disease

Archive image of the Rosell hospital in Cartagena.

Health

Spanish health service must compensate patient for operation that shortened his penis by 6cm

L.V. | Murcia

Health

Top 20 'mini-tips' to take life easy (and be happier)

José Carlos Castillo | Madrid

Health

Man compensated with half a million euros after leg was amputated following diagnostic error in Spanish hospital

Alfonso Torices | Madrid

Health

Drinking and not getting a hangover, a mission... almost impossible

Carmen Barreiro | Madrid

Health

Best in threes and other 'magic' formulas for keeping your healthy New Year resolutions

Julia Fernández | Madrid

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Heritage

The historic Nao Santa María sailing ship that will open its decks to visitors in Malaga

SUR | Malaga

The replica of Christopher Columbus' famous ship will be berthed at the city's megayacht marina for the first time from the 9 to 25 January

Christmas 2025

Tickets for prime spots to see magical Three Kings parade in Malaga city centre go on sale

Isabel Méndez | Malaga

Morales, Rodriguez and Baldizzone announce the skating seminar.

Sport

Fuengirola will be in spotlight for artistic skating during world-level training seminar

Tony Bryant | Fuengirola

The festive space is installed in the gardens of the Picasso cultural centre.

Christmas 2025

Torremolinos swings open the doors of its Christmas winter wonderland park

Tony Bryant | Torremolinos

Exhibition

Russian museum shares Tabacalera with a new exhibition space

Regina Sotorrio | Malaga