NIBS EXTRA

Dazzling dance

BENALMADENA Dance School is hosting two excit‐ing events to mark Interna‐tional Dance Day on Thurs‐day, April 27 and Friday, April 28. Their talented stu‐dents are set to perform at Plaza de la Mezquita and Plaza de las Tres Culturas.

Luxe summit

MARBELLA took the luxury tourism industry by storm at a Madrid summit this week. The city’s Director of Tourism, Laura De Arce put Marbella’s luxury tourism industry on display, high‐lighting quality and excel‐lence.

Fashion forward

A CHARITY fashion show held on Thursday, April 20 was a hit! The Times Bar La Cala Mijas was bustling with fashion lovers who helped raise an amazing €500 for the Royal British Legion. Glass the Label thanked ev‐eryone involved.

Helping hand

AGE CONCERN Marbella and San Pedro thanked their thoughtful volunteers who helped Roberto and Courtney to get a big food shop at the British super‐market. The couple shop lo‐cally but were overjoyed to stock up on home treats.

Boss ladies

FUENGIROLA hosted an exciting women in business event last weekend, which saw 14 local women en ‐trepreneurs showcase their businesses to the public. The event aimed to inspire younger women in business and show them the oppor‐tunities available.

Crime watch

POLICE have just cracked down on an international criminal ring, believed to be based in Napoli, putting an end to their near‐30 inci‐dent spree of robberies in‐cluding luxury watches worth more than €1 million. Three were arrested.

THE BIOPARC Foundation called for urgent action to protect the planet on Earth Day, which was celebrated on Saturday, April 22.

With over a million species of plants and animals in dan‐ger of extinction, the Fuen‐girola, Valencia, and Gijón branches of the natural con‐servation park joined the UN’s Earth Day celebrations with the message to “invest in our planet”.

To mark the occasion they launched a campaign which aims to bring nature’s beauty closer to society, and awak‐ening feelings of love and re‐spect towards our planet.

Their campaign focused on the unique characteristics of life on Earth, but highlighted the threats to the planet’s fu‐ture due to human activity. They have also launched ini‐