Clean air campaign kicks off
By Emma Randle
Ecologists have launched a ‘clean air’ campaign alerting the public to ozone air pollution across the province as levels continue to exceed...
Youths in brutal assault
NEWS Staff Reporter
Two underage youths have been charged with attempted homicide and robbery following a brutal assault on a young person in a large...
Baby killer convicted of rape
By Emma Randle
A man convicted of abducting and murdering a 16-month old baby girl in the province in December 2012 has been found guilty...
Go bare-chested at your peril
By Richard Torné
Mojacar council has approved a controversial new bylaw banning 'offensive' fancy dress and walking bare-chested in the streets.
The bylaw, which is set...
Almería council scraps dog euthanasia by-law
By Richard Torné
Abandoned dogs classed as potentially dangerous will no longer be put down immediately on arrival at Almería city’s municipal pound after a...
Olive growing ‘causing desertification’
By Richard Torné
Up to 20 per cent of Spain's land mass has degraded due to desertification and one per cent is actively degrading, a...
Schoolchild seriously hurt by falling metal door
By David Jackson
A four-year-old child remains under observation in Torrecárdenas hospital after a heavy metal door fell on top of him at the La...
Intelligent speed traps switched on
By David Jackson
The much vaunted next generation of speed traps have arrived in the province, with the first one now operating on the N-344...
Zurgena ex-council cleared of allowing illegal builds
By David Jackson
Former Zurgena councillors have been found not guilty of permitting 41 illegal homes to be built in the town between 2003 and...
Living gluten-free costs €1,200 more a year
By David Jackson
Coeliac disease sufferers must avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains, to have a normal digestive function - but...
Expats disenfranchised in EU referendum
By Dave Jones
UP to two million expats will not be able to vote in the all-important EU referendum following a ruling by the Supreme...
Residents kick up a stink over pig farm expansion
By David Jackson
Residents of a hamlet outside Huércal-Overa are furious over plans by a local pig farm to expand, and residents of Los Pilares...
Junta’s golf strategy in disarray
By David Jackson
A state owned golf school in El Toyo which cost €1.6 million to build still has no licence and no opening date...
Pay the Priors now
By Richard Torné
Some 150 people took part in a demonstration in Vera's main square last week in support of Len and Helen Prior, 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...
