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“And when my mother jumped in a taxi from the airport to Estepona it cost her €140.”

Another complaint is that bus routes and times cannot be reliably tracked on Google Maps, meaning no one knows when the next bus is coming or even where stops are located.

While money has been put aside for further studies in extending the train line from Fuengirola along the entire coast, it is unlikely to be considered properly. This is despite the coastal roads being among the heaviest used without a train line in Europe.

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ANDALUCIA will launch its own nanosatellite in a bid to gather more data about sustainability and agriculture.

The Junta will launch the 10kg satellite later in the year as part of a European project called Smartfood.

The project will monitor the impact of global warming on agricultural and fisheries systems in terms of biodiversity and ecosystems.

It aims to create better food security and quality through sustainable agricultural production and maritime research.

A FORMER mayor and two councillors are facing over 30 years in prison for taking backhanders in return for permits to build.

The giant Astapa corruption case has seen them and 47 other defendants linked to Estepona town hall go on trial this month.

As well as a 10-year sentence for ex-mayor Antonio Barrientos, his deputies Jose Flores and Francisco Zamorano are facing 11 years each.

LOCALS and expats furious at dozens of illegally parked caravans appear to have been bamboozled by a confusing sign.

The sign, which was put up in November, was intended to warn ‘vanlifers’ as they are known that they were forbidden from parking by the riverbed. But many have rightly interpreted the sign to mean that caravans are permitted to park there, underlining the confusion sown.

Residents told the Olive Press that as of Tuesday January 24 there were as many as 88 mobile homes parked there. Residents complain that many of the vanlifers, mainly from Germany, have turned the riverbed and nearby bushes into a public toilet.