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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 & Iceland Store – 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.
For further information, please contact Gail on 951067723 / 626370695 or email phoenixsocialclub@yahoo.co.uk for more information or check out our FB page
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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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Position: Full time administration Assistant for the new office in Torre del Mar.
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Great Deals From “Upcycling Nerja” (formerly Nerja Household Centre):
– Lovely very sturdy coffee table with shelves 70 x 70 x 51cms Price 55€
– Pikolin bed base with legs 150 x 190cms 40€
– Glass top patio table 2 available diameter 62cms x 71cms 20€ each
contact Jackie /nerja 672170429
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Vintage Meccano Hornby Railway track Series 1
Half Straights, A2 curved 2 feet radius, 2 rail tin plate connectors.
23 curve, 9 straight, 12 smaller radius, 2 X cross overs,
4 branch pieces (straight with branch)
2 branch pieces (straight with double branch). 30 euros
– Echostar Digital Satellite Receiver DSB-1220FTA (unused, in box). User Manual, Remote Control, Requires satellite dish. 2 Scart ports, Audio & video, 4400 digital channels, 80 satellites, 7 timers. Freeze picture, 1500 transponders, multiple search modes. 20 euros ono.
– Mag 250 tv box. 1.14-BD-0021. Requires internet
Sockets: USB, RC, LAN, HDMI, AV. With remote control 15 euros ono
Courtney 952550268 Caleta de Velez (near Aldi supermarket)
Email: courtney_laineATyahooDOTcoDOTuk
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For Sale, 2 items:
– ProKlima mobile air conditioning unit, perfect working order, as new, all fittings and instruction manual included, purchased 2022 for €250 sell for €100.
– Bathroom cabinet with 4 glass shelves 96x40x14 cm €25, can deliver if local or drop off by arrangements.
Contact Brian, Competa. Tel 641589759 or
Email: brian.quinn@outlook.ie
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For Sale: Table & chairs. Well used metal-framed, glass-top table (1m diameter, 76cms high) and 4 chairs – not perfect but very usable. Buyer collects. 35€ the lot
Clive, Venta Baja. Tel: 0044 7860 384555
clive.boughton@btinternet.com
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For Sale, 3 items:
– Jeep chronograph watch in excellent condition and new battery. 85 Euros
– Two karate text books in perfect condition and still with their cardboard covers. 25 Euros each or 45 Euros the pair
– Shield and mitts for sparring/keep fit etc. 25 Euros complete
Contact: Alan (Torrox) 603146693 (phone or Whatsapp), or email for more photos/directions to: alan.williams226@gmail.com
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For Sale: High-End Tower PC for audio/video editors & gamers
Dell XPS 8700 with Windows 10 (Home, UK, original activation)
Used. Excellent condition, low hours. Full maintenance service by DoctorLaptop.
This one is a year older and had a bit more use than the Dell 8700 PC I sold last week. Thus the low price of only €450.
32Gb RAM, pro-grade, high speed
Intel i7 4770- 3.4GHz base / 3.9GHz Turbo, quad core
System drive- Samsung pro-grade 240Gb M2 SSD
Data drive- Seagate pro-grade 3Tb (3000Gb, 7200rpm. 6Gb/s)
Upgraded video card- Radion R9 200 series with HDMI + DP + 2x DVI outputs. Dual display support. (No VGA port)
Network- Ethernet, Wifi 2.4/5, Bluetooth
Optical Drive- DVD-RW with Blu-ray
Front- 19-in-1 card reader + 2x USB3
Top- 2x USB2 + phones + mic
Back- 4x USB3 + 2x USB2 + 6 port audio
Includes new business grade wired UK keyboard & mouse.
Note- Fair Warning: Windows 10 goes obsolete in mid-October 2025. This processor is not on the Windows 11 list of compatible processors. Windows 11 could be installed using a common hack, but hacked versions of Windows 11 may not receive security updates.
Buyer collects, cash only. 30 day “test-drive” cash back guaranty.
Naythan, Torrox Costa. Email: doctorlaptop@protonmail.com
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Wanted: Looking for a large piece of plywood or similar to protect large glass panel, approx 4m x 2m does not have to be all in one piece. Rob 634313809 Competa. Email: robbers1551@gmail.com
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MALAGA PROVINCE
Latest Election Results Updates- Malaga Province 2023:
– Armijo recovers the absolute majority in Nerja. The PP recovers the absolute majority in Nerja with 100% of the votes counted. If last year it was left to a mayor, the party led by Alberto Armijo adds 12 councilors in these elections to the 8 of the PSOE and 1 of Con Andalucía
– Vélez-Málaga, at 91%: the PSOE continues with only 3 councilors
At 91% of the ballot in Vélez-Málaga, the PP of Jesús Lupiáñez drops to nine councilors. Therefore, GIPMTM would go up to six councilors. Similarly, Andalucía Por Sí remains with six councillors, the same as PSOE with three and Vox with one.
– The PP wins the elections in Torremolinos with 57.44% of the votes.
– Rincon de la Victoria, at 82% of the ballot in Rincón de la Victoria, the absolute majority is for the PP of Francisco Salado with 13 councilors. The PSOE is left with five councilors, the same as four years ago, with Andalucía it has three and Vox two. Por Mi Pueblo also obtained two councilors, one less than in 2019.
– Manuel Barón (PP) reinforces his majority in Antequera going from 11 to 14 councilors, achieving 59.46% of the votes. The PSOE has been the second force with 6 councilors and Con Andalucía obtains 1 councilor.
– The PP reissues the absolute majority in Alhaurín de la Torre. With 100% of the votes, Joaquín Villanova reissues the absolute majority and adds one more councilor than in 2019. The PP obtains 13 councilors to the 6 from the PSOE and 1 from Vox and 1 from Con Andalucía.
– Mijas, the only coastal municipality where the PSOE wins. In Mijas, the only coastal municipality where the PSOE continues as the leading force in the province, the Socialists have 10 councilors and the PP, 9. The 2 citizen councilors and the one from Por Mi Pueblo will have the last word to decide if José Gonzàlez continues of mayor. Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/elecciones-municipales-malaga/Elecciones-municipales-Malaga-2023-directo_10_1796620323.html
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Results, with 81% counted, of the 2023 municipal elections in Malaga province:
Source, Spanish: https://www.malagahoy.es/elecciones-municipales-malaga/Resultados-elecciones-municipales-2023-Malaga-municipios_0_1795021523.html
MALAGA CITY
Results municipal elections in Malaga- PP have huge lead, probably enough to govern alone, without a coalition: {Translation} 05/28/2023 – 21:34H
The Malaga City Council is made up of 31 councillors and to achieve an absolute majority, 16 seats are necessary, which would allow a solo government. Source, Spanish: https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5129645/0/malaga-resultados-de-las-elecciones-municipales-del-28m-2023/
EUROPE
Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,579 arrested:
– More than 1,500 climate protesters have been arrested by police after blocking a major motorway in The Hague. During the protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists walked onto the A12 highway demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Police fired water cannon to try to disperse the crowds – but many came prepared in raincoats and swimsuits.
– Among those arrested was actress Carice van Houten, known for playing Melisandre in TV series Game of Thrones.
– Extinction Rebellion accused police of using water cannon just 15 minutes after the start of the blockade – but police said they had asked the activists to leave and gave them a chance to do so before using the water cannon.
– The 1,579 people who refused to leave were then arrested.
Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65735289
HEALTH
What is trans-disability?: {Translation, summary}
– The Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) has announced this Thursday that it has started working on the development of a position as an entity on the phenomenon of the so-called ‘Transdisability’, that is, on whether disability is objective or a matter of mere desire (There exist people that want to be disabled or blind, or feel that parts of their body need removal. Yes, this is a thing now. “Body integrity dysphoria is a psychiatric condition characterized by a persistent desire to acquire physical disability [e.g., amputation, paraplegia]. Body integrity dysphoria is also termed as body integrity identity disorder, amputee identity disorder, and xenomelia.” Ref: https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Body-Integrity-Dysphoria.aspx – Ed.)
– Pérez Bueno warned of the arrival of “a disruptive debate” and “with some frivolous overtones” on whether disability “is an objective question that goes beyond the person” or whether disability “is a question of mere desire, of sensations and feelings, of self-perception”.
– According to CERMI, within this context, the members of the Ethics Council have assessed the need to draw up a monograph on this issue, which is beginning to emerge in the social debate.
– During the meeting, the executive director of CERMI, Pilar Villarino, put forward proposals and improvements for the updating of the Code of Ethics, as well as the specific wording and location of the proposals for change derived from legal texts such as the Law for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people. Source, Spanish: https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-transdiscapacidad-20230528113249.html
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Your thoughts can harm your neck and back during lifting tasks:
– The mental distress of cognitive dissonance – encountering information that conflicts with how we act or what we believe – can lead to added pressure on the neck and low back during lifting and lowering tasks, new research suggests. “We found that in certain personality types, the loads in the spine increased by up to 35%,” Marras, executive director of the Spine Research Institute at The Ohio State University said. “We ended up finding that when you’re under that kind of psychosocial stress, what you tend to do is what we call co-activate muscles in your torso. It creates this tug of war in the muscles because you’re always tense. Full article: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/990383
Practitioner summary: Upon establishing a cognitive dissonance state in a group of participants, spinal loading in the cervical and lumbar spines were increased proportional to the magnitude of the cognitive dissonance reported. Therefore, cognitive dissonance may represent a risk factor for low back and neck pain that has not been previously identified.
Ref: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2023.2186323
SPORTS
Tennis News- Stefanos Tsitsipas holds off Jiri Vesely to reach the second round of the French Open on Sunday with a four-set win: The Greek fifth seed {pic}, who blew a two-set lead to lose the 2021 final to Novak Djokovic, won 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9/7) on Court Philippe Chatrier. He will next face either Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena or qualifier Emilio Nava.
Full article: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230528-tsitsipas-survives-scare-to-reach-french-open-second-round
CULTURE
Twenty years of a music museum in Malaga where touching (and playing) the exhibits is allowed:
– The Interactive Museum of Music (MIMMA), has more than a thousand pieces from all over the world, making this one of the best collections in Spain. Uniquely, it is also known for introducing the radical concept of inviting the public to ‘please touch’ the exhibits. In fact, the motto in Spanish ‘Se ruega tocar’ goes a lot further in this case than telling visitors they can touch the exhibits, as ‘tocar’ also means to play an instrument. And you only need to walk through the heart of the museum in the remodelled Palacio del Conde de las Navas to see how the slogan sets the tone for the visits.
Address: Conde de las Navas Palace, C/ Beatas 15, 29008 Málaga
Official website in English: https://www.musicaenaccion.com/en/
Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/twenty-years-museum-where-touching-and-playing-20230526080628-nt.html
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Malaga’s Museum of Glass unveils completed renovations to mark anniversary:
– Friday, 26 May, marked the 14th anniversary of one of Malaga’s most fascinating attractions, the city’s Museum of Glass. The museum’s popularity continues to grow thanks to the strenuous efforts of its promoter, the collector Gonzalo Fernandez-Prieto.
– Six years ago he decided to expand the museum with an adjacent building that today is a reality and has given way to a sort of Andalucian-style courtyard overlooking the Philippine temple, and it can be enjoyed without having to pay admission to the collection, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am to 7pm. Photo: Marilú Báez/SUR. Full article: https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/malaga-city/malagas-museum-glass-unveils-completed-renovations-mark-20230525085146-nt.html
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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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Emergency Svcs.: 112
National Police: 091
Guardia Civil: 062
Ambulance: 061
Fire Station (Bomberos): 080
Emergency English Help Line: 902 102 112
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Nerja: 952 521 545
Frigiliana: 952 533 126
Torre del Mar: 952 549 238
Local News in English, The Sur: http://www.surinenglish.com/
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