Celebrate Food Week in Mijas

People taking holidays on the Mijas Costa will next week have the opportunity to sample dozens of Spanish delicacies, as one of the Costa del Sol's premier food events gets underway.

Taking place from November 17th to 21st is Mijas Food Week, a celebration of Spanish cuisine and the perfect excuse to tickle your taste buds and sample the work of local chefs.

Now in its 18th year, Mijas Food Week features participants from Marbella, Fuengirola and other surrounding resorts, as well as local wineries.

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Mijas walker finds body in ditched suitcase

A human skeleton has been found in a suitcase abandoned on a dry river bed in Mijas.

It is thought that the person whose body was found in a suitcase in a dried-up river bed near Mijas earlier this week, may have died around twelve months ago, according to the degree of composition.

Forensic officers ruled out opening the suitcase at the scene in order to preserve any possible forensic evidence, but believe that the victim may have been a fairly large adult judging by the size of some of the bones found nearby.

The remains are now being analysed by Institute of Legal Medicine experts, who are working to establish identity and cause of death.

The gruesome find was made close to the MA-387 road in the Higuerón area of the municipality and forensic scientists are now analysing the remains. They are trying to establish the identity of the victim.

The court on the Mijas Costa has placed reporting restrictions on the case.