Steps to Heaven

Local Torrox resident Wendy Cartmell has just published her crime novel Steps to Heaven in eBook format. This is the first book in the Sgt Major Crane series. Crane is a Special Investigations Branch Detective in the British Army, based at Aldershot Garrison. Crane is disturbed by the horrific case of a soldier called Solomon who, after recently returning from …

Project to improve rural roads in Torrox

Torrox Council is to spend €500,000 on improvements to rural roads in the municipality, a project to be carried out in several phases. The first phase will be completed during the next three weeks.

Inspections in Torrox

Torrox Council is starting a clampdown on those small businesses and shops which either open in inappropriate places or without complying with the administrative regulations for the opening of a business.

Torrox budget 2011

The PSOE in Torrox has presented their 2011 Budget, amounting to 19,549,818.85 euros and a reduction of almost 14%. The socialist government team argues that these accounts are fundamental to ensuring the economic stability of the Council. In principle, the budget could be approved on Monday with the support of the two PIU and PSA councillors.

Day of the Tourist in Torrox

Today is the Day of the Tourist in Torrox with a full programme of activities planned including a guided tour of the area.

Clean-up campaign in Torrox

Torrox City Council has launched a campaign to promote the care of unused plots of land and empty buildings which have a negative impact on the the image of the municipality and, in some cases, cause problems for local residents.

Four injured in accident in Torrox

An accident on the A-7207 in Torrox involving two vehicles resulted in four people being injured, one of them seriously.

Setting an example

The Criminal Court Number 6 in Málaga has ordered Torrox Council to demolish a house built on undeveloped land after the owner, who built the home legally, failed to carry out the demolition himself.