Dog lovers are being invited to put their pets through their paces at a charity dog show raising money for two local animal rescue organisations.

The event takes place at Lo Crispin Tavern in Algorfa on Sunday, October 18, with proceeds supporting Big Reds Animal Association and Paradise Rescue Kennels. Registration opens at 10:00 AM before judging gets underway at 12:00 PM.

Dog show offers classes for all kinds of pets

Entry costs €5 per dog and handler, with a wide variety of classes giving different four-legged contenders a chance to impress the judges.

Categories include Best Rescue Dog, Best Rescue Bitch, Most Handsome Dog, Prettiest Bitch and Waggiest Tail.

Rescue animals will have dedicated categories, while the broader classes mean dogs do not need to have a particular pedigree or background to take part.

The event is designed to provide an entertaining day for owners and their pets while raising money for organisations working with animals in need.

Registration will be available from 10:00 AM, giving owners two hours to sign up before judging starts at midday.

Veterans and youngsters get their own categories

Dogs of different ages will also have opportunities to compete.

Older pets aged over eight can enter the veterans category, while youngsters under 18 months will have their own junior class.

There will also be prizes for Best Trick and Young Handler, adding further variety to the day’s competition.

The winners will ultimately compete for the main Best in Show title, with a Reserve in Show also selected.

Judging will be carried out by Ann Dyson and Courtney Formosa from Tails in Tubs, while Chris Dyson from TKO Radio’s Breakfast Show will host the event.

Funds will support local animal rescue work

Money raised during the dog show will be shared in support of Big Reds Animal Association and Paradise Rescue Kennels.

Both organisations work to help animals in need, making the October event an opportunity for local pet owners to support animal welfare while enjoying a community day out.

The charity dog show takes place on Sunday, October 18 at Lo Crispin Tavern, Avenida las Naciones 55, Algorfa.

For further information, contact Keith Oakes on (+34) 711 017 534 or Joan Oakes on (+34) 711 060 240.

A clip of a bull lashed to a flat’s railing has set local social media on fire in Fuengirola, hours after the town’s Romeria in honour of the Virgin of the Rosario left the parish church.

Fuengirolasequeja posted the footage. Viewers saw a working ox standing by a metal fence, looking lonely, and comment threads filled with complaints about how the animal was being treated.

Town hall and police call it a planned stop (honestly)

Fuengirola Town Hall and Local Police sources told 101TV nothing irregular had happened. That stretch, running parallel to Calle Cordoba, is the agreed dawn meeting point where oxen are usually hitched to the floats before the pilgrimage leaves town. The trouble is, no one was with it.

Officers were close by, those sources said, so no incident and no risk developed. What the camera caught, they added, was a brief, scheduled pause: “a matter of minutes.”

Sunday’s route is the usual one. After the 10am pilgrims’ mass at the Rosario parish, a replica of the Virgin travels on an ox-drawn cart from Plaza de la Constitucion toward Parque El Esparragal in Mijas. Riders, decorated waggons and walkers follow. Return is due from about 7pm.

Why the clip travelled so fast

Ox carts still open this romeria every year. Many locals treat that as an ordinary Andalucian custom. Others see a huge animal with horns parked against a residential fence and want it gone from busy streets. Spanish pet rules often leave working oxen in a different legal box, which is why these videos spark heat even when councils say the stop was brief and watched.

This row is not quite in the August carriage crash category in Plaza de la Constitucion, when a horse bolted in high heat and two women were hurt. That smash reopened the Costa del Sol argument over tourist calesas.  Fuengirola’s big week, the Feria del Rosario, runs 6 to 12 October. EWN’s 2026 feria guide has concerts and street times. Last weekend’s Fuengirola a Caballo already put horses back in the same central streets.

No injury, no fine and no PACMA filing has been published for this ox. And no tipsy tourists stumbled upon it, thankfully. Officials say the animal was where it was meant to be. Online, plenty of people still want working beasts kept off railings in a packed resort town. Where the owners of the animal were at the time is up for debate.

Residents of Los Iberos, a Velez-Malaga village, are set to benefit from a €728,840 investment to improve a key road.

Malaga Provincial Council has included the project in its 2026 Plan Vía-ble, a €5.2 million programme covering five roads across the province. For people living in Los Iberos, the work will focus on 2.7 kilometres of the access road connecting the hamlet with the MA-3203.

The long-awaited repairs will tackle deformed sections of the road, while new covered drainage channels will be installed where the route is narrow. Road markings and metal safety barriers are also planned.

A useful link towards the A-7

Connection to the MA-3203 is important because the provincial road provides a route towards the A-7, giving residents a link to the coastal road network.

The Los Íberos road also forms part of a route between Macharaviaya and Cajiz, so the project has wider value for people travelling between rural parts of the Velez-Malaga area.

For British residents who live in or drive through the countryside around Velez-Malaga, better maintained roads can make trips to shops, schools, medical services and the coast less awkward.

Five roads share €5.2 million

Plan Vía-ble will fund four other projects in Malaga province. Alhaurin el Grande will receive €1.4 million for three kilometres of the road to Villa del Guadalhorce, including wider carriageway sections, drainage and new signs.

Coin has been allocated €1.3 million to repair 1.7 kilometres of the Camino de la Charca, including drainage, slope stabilisation and safety barriers.

Igualeja will receive €1.1 million to improve the Camino de El Toril connection with the A-397, while Teba will get €694,184 for 5.2 kilometres of its road towards Cañete la Real.

More than €16 million spent since 2022

The latest projects take total Plan Vía-ble investment over the past four years to more than €16 million, covering 19 projects completed or launched. For the Velez-Malaga area, however, the focus is closer to home: improving a 2.7-kilometre road and making the journey from Los iberos towards the A-7 safer and easier.