AVE tunnel thief arrested
By Emma Randle
A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing copper and other materials from the disused high-speed railway tunnel in Sorbas.
He was...
Flood damage still not repaired four years on
By David Jackson
Essential infrastructure damaged by the devastating 2012 floods have yet to be repaired, local authorities are claiming.
Councillors from towns across the east...
Life beyond Brexit
By Emma Randle
Two Mojacar estate agents who took a stand at the 'Place in the Sun' overseas property show in Birmingham last weekend say...
Mojacar says no to animal circuses
By Adele Land
Circuses featuring performing wild animals are set to be banned from Mojacar following a motion put forward in a recent council plenary...
BBC filming in Adra
By David Jackson
Peter Kosminsky, director of the award winning Wolf Hall series, has chosen Almería as the backdrop for his new BBC feature film.
The...
Happy ending for abandoned fish
By Emma Randle
About 100 goldfish have been given a new home in a reptile rescue centre in Tabernas after they were rescued from a...
Off-duty Guardia agent bites man’s ear off
By Richard Torné
A Guardia Civil agent is being investigated after he allegedly bit off part of a man's ear during a brawl while off-duty...
Banks have to pay up
By Nuria Pérez
A landmark ruling from the supreme court (TS) is forcing banks to refund deposits which buyers put down on off-plan housing developments...
Sorbas mayor and two Britons on trial for planning offences
By Richard Torné
Nine people, including the mayor of Sorbas and two British developers, went on trial in Almería city this week accused of committing...
Arboleas council strikes out at Auan
By Emma Randle
A row has broken out between Arboleas council and the Auan property rights association after the local authority took umbrage at a...
Road demo against tortoise reserve
By Emma Randle
Los Lobos residents mounted a 50-tractor strong road block on the main road into the hamlet on Monday in protest at government...
Murcia farm workers found guilty in pig slaughter case
By Richard Torne
Two men who bludgeoned and stabbed at least three pigs to death for fun in a farm in Murcia have been handed...
Albox houses ‘regularised’
By Emma Randle
Ten illegally built houses bought in good faith by expat buyers have been regularised in Albox, under new laws allowing registration in...
Cameroonian on trial for murder
By Richard Torné
A Cameroonian man has gone on trial in Almería this week accused of murdering six people who were attempting to reach the...
COSTA ALMERIA NEWS
R.I.P Jack Troughton – a journalist and a gentleman
Messages of condolence have been flooding in for Jack Troughton, who tragically passed away yesterday (Friday).
Jack was a campaigning journalist who made his name...
