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From December 2010, tobacco and cigarette prices rose drastically in Spain. To see prices of all brands go here. Please note, not all the brands shown will be available in the resorts Tabac shops.

A new bus service from Torrequebrada / Benalmadena Costa to Malaga airport has been inaugurated,
 
Avenida Gamonal has regained a bus service after the demise of the L1 orange bus a few years ago. The Benalmadena Pueblo and Mijas services, M112 and M121and M126 have  has been re-routed from Carril del Siroco / Avenida Bonanza to Avenida Garcia Lorca and Avenida Gamonal with stops at Paloma Park, Plaza Jupiter, Minerva apartments and Agata apartments.The Carola service, M124, now serves Carril del Siroco and Avenida Bonanza.
 
The half hourly train service from Fuengirola to Malaga serving Benalmadena/Arroyo station is now a 20 minute service. Timetable here.
 
Europes largest butterfly park has opened just outside Benalmadena Pueblo, and adjacent to the Benalmadena Stupa. See the resort information page for further details.
 
A new live webcam has been erected looking out from the marina onto the Malapesquera beach.



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Drug traffickers deliberately left their cocaine in Málaga airport lost luggage (May 17, 2012 16:53)
The Guardia Civil has broken up a gang with unusual methods.

New AVE high speed link between Málaga and Valencia (May 17, 2012 11:44)
Travellers no longer have to go via Madrid

Ex Mayor of Casares ordered to prison provisionally (May 16, 2012 10:45)
Juan Sánchez is being investigated in connection with irregularities with the Majestic company

Málaga towers could still be built (May 14, 2012 21:58)
The promoter of the project, Comarex, has no desire to continue in the current financial circumstan..

Ex Mayor of Casares arrested as Town Hall searched (May 14, 2012 14:15)
Searches were also carried out in Marbella and Estepona and more arrests have not been ruled out.

The bodies of two pensioners found in Estepona (May 13, 2012 12:15)
It's thought to have been a case of domestic violence

Wanted British man arrested on the Costa del Sol (May 11, 2012 20:34)
Martin Wolstenholme has been on the run for the UK last year

The falling shelves of Marbella Town Hall (May 11, 2012 11:25)
Problems in the Town Planning department appear to show a lack of foresight.

Juan Antonio Roca offers four properties to clear his debt in the Saqueo case (May 10, 2012 11:34)
The sentence in the case ordered him to pay 23 million € to Marbella Town Hall

Marbella Starlight Festival announces this year's programme (May 9, 2012 19:55)
A mixture of top Spanish and international names will perform at La Cantera de Nagüales

29 families take over empty residental building in Torremolinos (May 9, 2012 15:45)
Police say they can do nothing with a judical order, and for that the owner of the building has to ..

Body of British man found in Estepona Port (May 9, 2012 15:30)
The elderly man was in the water next to a boat where he was living.

Costa del Sol 'cowboy' bank robber arrested (May 8, 2012 19:48)
The man is thought to have been responsible for a number of robberies on the Costa del Sol, with tw..

Police break up two criminal matriarchal clans in Marbella (May 3, 2012 16:52)
There have been 27 arrests, and the clans took part in durg trafficking, money laundering and cock ..

47 immigrants rescued in Nerja and Motril (May 3, 2012 08:17)
The SIVE system is proving effective at detecting the small boats.

Spain's second largest mass grave of Franco victims is being exhumed in Teba, Málaga (May 2, 2012 22:05)
81 men and 3 women were shot in one night in February 1937

Two Costa del Sol drug operations recover 3,200 kilos of hashish (May 2, 2012 20:26)
There were swoops in Torrox and Estepona

2,000 kilos of hashish recovered in Torrox (May 1, 2012 14:45)
The drugs were being carried on a boat.

Tourist bosses welcome Advantage annual conference in Málaga (May 1, 2012 11:36)
500 delegates re expected next year

The Marbella Court has been waiting 18 months to question Sean Connery (Apr 29, 2012 13:35)
The actor faces money laundering allegations relating to the sale of his Marbella villa, Malibu.