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June
2nd – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
13th – Trip to Fuengirola Market – come and bag a bargain at this huge market €17pp.
22nd – Visit to the Wolf Park in Antequera Price €25pp includes guided tour, coach and drivers gratuity
July
7th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
21st – A visit to Plaza Mayor and IKEA €15pp
August
4th – Trip to Gib €20pp includes €1 for the driver Do remember that we have just 3 pick ups usually and we return from Gib at 16.30
15th – Almunecar Fireworks – spectacular fireworks every year €16ppp
25th – Benalmadena Market and Marina – browse the market then lunch at the Marina, bring some stale bread to feed the fishes €15pp
Coming soon
September 22nd Mini Hollywood in Almeria €56,50 includes coach, entry, lunch, show and zoo
October 14th Ballet de Kiev €55pp includes coach and ticket
Pickups for both events will be along the coast from Torre del Mar.
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The ‘Pint of Science’ festival 2023- Malaga: Mon, 22 – Wed, 24 May
Morrysey’s Public House and The Shakespeare Bar, Malaga
Over three days, from 19.00 hours and with free admission, the two breweries will become the venues for the 12 scheduled sessions, which will be divided into six thematic areas related to biology, artificial intelligence, history or space: ‘Tech me out!’, ‘Our society’, ‘Planet Earth’, ‘Wonderful mind’, ‘Our body’ and ‘From atoms to galaxies’. Have a pint and talk with scientists about new trends and developments in the world.
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Jazz and world music festival brings virtuoso musicians to Sohail Castle, Fuengirola,: Friday 2 and Saturday 3 June
The two-day festival, part of the Marenostrum summer cultural calendar, will bring together some of the most influential musicians on the European jazz circuit, including Moisés P. Sánchez, who will perform on the Friday. Miryam Latrece, whose intimate style fuses tradition, popular music and folklore, will also perform on the Friday night.
Saturday 3 June sees Maureen Choi Quartet take to the stage. She will be followed by Lucía and Horacio Fumero, father and daughter of a musical saga that weaves ties between jazz and popular music.
Concerts begin at 8pm. Tickets, which cost €27.50 per night, or €44 for both nights, are available from https://marenostrumfuengirola.com/eventos/sohail-jazz/
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TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW MORNING- 36th edition of Jazz on the Coast- Almunecar: July 18-23
The annual Almuñécar Jazz Festival is held at the outdoor amphitheater on the grounds of El Majuelo Park. Concerts at 10:00 p.m. Doors open at 9:00 p.m.
Jazz on the Coast is one of the most respected and internationally awarded jazz events and one of the few festivals that has the European Union quality seal. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, May 23rd. €20 per event, €100 for all 6.
– Tuesday, July 18, Stanley Clarke and his N4 Ever project. (This show will sell out within hours of going on sale)
– Wednesday, July 19, Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
– Thursday, July 20, Lizz Wright
– Friday, July 21, Abdullah Ibrahim Trio
– Saturday, July 22, Superblue: Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
– Sunday, July 23, Ernesto Aurignac Quartet Plays Standards
Info & tix: https://www.jazzgranada.es/festival-jazz-en-la-costa/jazz-costa-venta-de-entradas-2-2/
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Argon oil hair straighteners by Remington – 20 euros
– Shower door for above a bath (77x 139) 55 euros
– Bevelled shaped mirror 20 euros.
Jan, Torrox Pueblo
Tel : 686144118 ; Email jantempleton55@gmail.com
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For Sale: 4 Dining chairs, metal framed. Made to measure cushions with velcro fastenings like new. – Riverside Wicker line. Very good condition. €100 ono. Contact Janet, Torrox Costa.
WhatsApp 00447976925833 ; jdsullivan@sky.com
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Wanted: Long Term Rental. We are looking for a finca in the countryside close to Torrox for the months of October, November and December with swimming pool. We are a retired couple. Contact: July, from from the Netherlands.
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AXARQUIA
Support for people affected by dementia in the Axarquía:
– The Alcaucín Community Association is starting a regular coffee morning for English speakers living with the condition, and their carers. The first meeting of the Axarquía support group is taking place on Monday, 29 May at 10.30am at the church room at El Cruce in Puente don Manuel.
– For further details of the Alcaucín coffee mornings email: spanishcottage@hotmail.co.uk
Source article includes info on other dementia support services in the Axarquía area. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/support-for-people-affected-dementia-the-axarquia-20230519113842-nt.html
MALAGA PROVINCE
Blaze breaks out after lightning bolt strikes house in Carratraca:
– The property was not occupied at the time and, although emergency services were quickly on the scene, the fire caused considerable damage to the living room. Full article & photo credit: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/guadalhorce-valley/blaze-breaks-out-after-lightning-bolt-strikes-20230519165731-nt.html
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Mid-Afternoon Attack On Pair Of Young Ladies Hiking at Limonero Reservoir: {Translation, summary}
– Two hikers have been rescued from the Limonero reservoir because, according to their statements, they had to jump into the water to escape from four young men who “groped” them and hit them with stones. The National and Local Police are working on the case to arrest those responsible.
– The events took place at around half past four in the afternoon on Saturday 20 May. The victims, two foreign girls in their early 20s, had gone for a walk in the area around the reservoir. While walking in the area closest to the water, they were approached by four young men who appeared out of nowhere. Two of them grabbed one of the women and began to touch her, according to what the victims told the police and the firemen who rescued them.
They started screaming. Then, one of the aggressors hit one of the girls in the head with a stone. They even threw her into the water and, she said, tried to drown her. Her friend had a similar fate, so she threw herself into the swamp to escape. They allegedly threw stones at her and bit her when she tried to get away from them.
– The victims left their belongings on the shore – all of them disappeared, so a robbery motive is also being considered – and with the only phone they manages to keep, they called 112 to ask for help.
– When located, the two girls were very nervous and frightened. They had swallowed a lot of water and showed scratches, bruises and other injuries compatible with the violence of the episode they reported. To get them out of there, the police had to call in specialists from the Royal Fire Brigade of Malaga, who used a zodiac to take them to the shore. Members of the 061 emergency medical service assisted the victims and carried out initial treatment of the injuries they had sustained. Both were taken to the Regional Hospital for a more thorough medical examination due to the head injuries they suffered from the stones, according to their testimony.
– The investigation, which has been taken over by the National Police Force, with the collaboration of the Local Police, is still open to clarify the facts. At the time of going to press, despite the heavy police deployment in the area, no arrests had been made.
Source, Spanish: https://www.diariosur.es/sucesos/dos-senderistas-lanzan-pantano-escapar-jovenes-manosearon-20230520001434-nt.html
EUROPE
Russian parliament chief proposes Polish truck ban, says Warsaw owes Moscow billions:
– Russia’s top lawmaker on Sunday called for a ban on Polish trucks transiting Russian territory and for Poland to compensate Moscow financially for what he said was the Soviet rebuilding of the east European country after World War Two.
– In a statement, Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, said that Poland needed to be punished for having “betrayed the historical memory” of the Soviet Union’s liberation of the country from Nazi Germany with a series of hostile acts against Moscow.
– In comments certain to deepen a feud with Warsaw, Volodin said Poland existed as a state only “thanks to our country”, adding Warsaw should pay Russia over $750 bn to compensate it for Soviet investment in the country after World War Two. Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-parliament-chief-proposes-polish-truck-ban-says-warsaw-owes-moscow-2023-05-21/
RECALLS
Emerade injectable solution in pen: {Translation, summary}
– Used to treat severe acute allergic reactions (anaphylaxis).
– Specifically, what has been withdrawn from the market are the units dispensed from Emerade injectable solution in pen, because after a study in which auto-injectors were analyzed, it was found that they could present some anomalies, which could lead to errors at the time of injection.
– Therefore, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products has withdrawn all units from the market, which will not have this medicine until the problem is corrected.
– The recommendation to patients who have units of Emerade is to see their doctor for an alternative medication. Once they have the prescription, they will receive their new medication free of charge when they present it at the pharmacy. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/salud/investigacion-tecnologia/medicamento-retirado-potencial-defecto-calidad_0_1794121051.html
SPORTS
Tennis News- Andy Murray withdraws from French Open to prioritise Wimbledon:
– The French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, takes place from 28 May to 11 June. Murray, 36, has only played at Roland Garros once since 2017. The Scot dropped to 503 in the men’s rankings after having career-saving hip resurfacing surgery in 2019 but has worked himself back up to 42nd in the world. Full article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/65663508
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Football News- Malaga FC Relegation Confirmed:
– On Saturday, Malaga were officially relegated to the Primera Federacion, following their 2-1 defeat to Alaves. It has been 10 years since they were in the Champions League quarter-finals, they will now be playing in the third tier of Spanish football. It has been a sad state of affairs at Malaga for several years now, having gone through several coaches without much success, and it has now been compounded by their relegation from LaLiga2. Reference:
https://www.football-espana.net/2023/05/21/malagas-fall-from-grace-compounded-as-laliga2-relegation-is-confirmed
TECH
Why some companies want you to rent the battery in your Electric Vehicle (EV)- battery swapping could change how we pay for the power in our vehicles:
– Picture this…It’s 2030, you’re on a road trip, and your EV battery is getting low. You stop in a city you’ve never been to before, and instead of plugging in, you pull into a battery-swapping station. You press a button on an app and the station platform raises the car, unscrews the battery powering your EV, and installs a new one in its place. In less than five minutes, you go from almost empty to 100% charged, ready to continue on your way.
– The battery you’ve picked up to power the next leg of your road trip isn’t yours. But then again, neither was the one that you dropped off. This is the vision for some companies, including Nio, an automaker based in China. Nio has about 300,000 vehicles on the road and about 1,400 of its own battery-swap stations up and running.
– The ability to rent batteries could mean less stress about battery degradation for drivers. Plus there’s the possibility of customization: drivers could opt for a smaller-capacity battery and upgrade only before longer trips, for example. Full article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/18/1073291/rent-ev-battery-swap/
CULTURE
Life Extension Enthusiasts Group “Zuzalu” Gather at Exclusive Event in Montenegro, plotting to create new country to facilitate advanced research:
– What if I told you there’s a group of people who think death is morally bad – that we have a moral duty to find ways to slow or reverse aging? Who seek to create a new state with its own laws that expedite the development of longevity drugs, partly by encouraging biohacking and self-experimentation?
– A community of such individuals have been living together in a resort in Montenegro {pic} for the past seven weeks. They’ve been sharing ideas, collaborating on projects, running hackathons, and having plenty of parties. They call their gathering Zuzalu. The residents will stay for two months. Each week of the event has a different theme, ranging from synthetic biology to public goods.
– Zuzalu is the brainchild of Vitalik Buterin, the creator of the cryptocurrency Ethereum. But the co-organizers of the event stress that it’s a collaborative endeavor. One of the organizers, Janine Leger, who works at the blockchain platform Gitcoin, says the team wants Zuzalu to be a decentralized community, with little to no hierarchy.
– The conference itself featured talks on the promise of psychedelics, phages, lab-grown sex cells, and the partial reprogramming of cells to a younger state. There was a real mix of people at the event, which attracted people from the crypto and Web3 communities as well as those dedicated to healthy longevity. Full article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/19/1073374/i-just-met-the-founders-of-a-would-be-longevity-state/
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Petrol Prices – Updated daily: These are the fuel stations in Malaga province with the lowest prices. The price data for 95 and 98-octane petrol and diesel fuel is updated every day. See it here:
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Weekly Markets
Monday: Torrox Costa
Tuesday: Nerja, Salobrena
Wednesday: Rincon de la Victoria, Algarrobo Costa
Thursday: Velez Malaga, Torre del Mar, Frigiliana
Friday: Almunecar, Salobrena, La Herradura- Summers only
Saturday: Competa, Mezquitilla@Algarrobo behind the Sala Ottowa
Sunday: Velez Malaga, Nerja Car Boot
Taxi
Nerja 952 524 519
Torrox: 952 531 030
Frigiliana: 952 533 231
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National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
Local Police
Torrox: 952 539 828
Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
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