A 38 year old man died in Marbella on Tuesday after the lorry he had parked began to roll down a slope and hit him.
Marbella amends PGOU to legalise Banderas villa
Marbella Council has approved an amendment to their PGOU (General Plan) in order to legalise the villa owned by Antonio Banderas. The motion was approved by the PP and IU with the PSOE abstaining.
Search for missing man after boat sinks off Marbella
The search has resumed this morning for a man who went missing on Friday after his boat sank about one mile off Cabopino in Marbella.
Sir Sean fails to appear
Sir Sean Connery failed to appear at a court hearing in Marbella on Friday after claiming he was too old to travel, although some pointed out he was not too old to fly to the Edinburgh Film Festival in June and dance a jig for the cameras.
Marbella unemployment hits 14,000
According to the Andalucian Employment Service, 696 people lost their jobs in Marbella during September bringing the total unemployed in the city to 14,000. It is the worst September increase since detailed unemployment statistics began back in 2005.
National Police officer sentenced to prison
A National Police officer has been sentenced to three months in prison and fined a total of €6,100 for causing the eyeball of a detainee in Marbella to pop out after slapping him because he wouldn’t sit down.
Man dies after being hit by car
A man died early on Sunday morning after being hit by a car on the A-7 near Marbella. The incident occurred at 05:25 at km 188.8 in the direction of Barcelona.
Just a regular mum on a private vacation
Michelle Obama has been likened to a modern-day Marie Antoinette as she swans around Southern Spain on her informal, perfectly normal ‘just mum and daughter’ private holiday. Fourteen limousine motorcades, 40 friends in tow, 68 US security guards on permanent duty, the use of Air Force Two, 60 rooms at a five star hotel; pretty normal stuff.
5 immigrants arrive on Marbella beach
Five Moroccan immigrants were detained last night on playa Guadalmina in Marbella after arriving on the beach in a small dinghy. The repatriation process has already been started.
Seven cars destroyed by fire in Marbella
At around 22:30 on Friday night, fire broke out in a vehicle in the residential car park in Los Cipreses, Marbella, the flames spreading rapidly and eventually destroying seven cars. The National Police are investigating the incident.