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NIBS EXTRA
Film favourite
MIJAS charmed film directors in 2022 with a total of 12 movies and TV programmes being filmed in the town, more than double the figures from 2021. Programmes including Sexy Beast, and The Paradise were set against Mijas’ backdrop.
Arsonist caught
POLICE in Fuengirola have arrested an individual suspected of starting nearly a dozen fires, intentionally. The suspect is accused of starting fires in rubbish containers in several locations across Fuengirola, as well as one attack that caused a power outage.
Cast off
LA BAJADILLA PORT in Marbella recorded a whopping total of more than one million kilograms of fresh fish caught in 2022, bringing in nearly €4 million. The figures are an improvement on the last two years, affected by the pandemic.
Beach ready
FUENGIROLA beaches will now be more accessible to all users thanks to maintenance work which has replaced remaining wooden boardwalks with more sturdy and durable concrete paths at two locations, Playa de Carvajal and Playa del Castillo.
Karting conflict
A GROUP of local residents in Fuengirola have come together to form a complaint to Mijas and Fuengirola councils for their collaboration in building a gokarting track. Residents are unhappy with the environmental issues caused by its construction and noise pollution.
Chart toppers
THE first artists have been named for Torremolinos’ Puro Latino festival, set to take place in July. Some of the biggest names in Spanish charts including Quevedo and Morad will take to the stage to delight fans.
PICTURES and videos of the blanketed white streets of Mijas as a result of hailstones flooded social media after a yellow warning was issued for several parts of Andalucia on Wednesday January 25.
Residents of Mijas posted videos and pictures of a freak hailstorm that left streets, houses and cars covered in snow.
One resident shared that it hadn’t snowed in Mijas ‘since January 2017’.
Facebook user Clarice Williams added: “If you’re wondering why it’s been
FUENGIROLA is warming up to welcome a special guest next month. Toni Nadal, the ex coach and uncle of 22time Grand Slam winner, Rafa Nadal is set to give a talk on Friday, February 3. The talk, which will be given in Spanish, will give an insight into the exciting rise of Rafa Nadal and his lengthy career of global victories, from the intimate perspec
8ºC the last couple of days, then just take a look at these photos from Mijas.
“It would be lovely to have some snow on the ground and on the Sierra Bermeja,” she wrote.
Sarah Reeves shared a
