Up in arms over Corvera airport
By Nuria Pérez
A TOTAL of €13,900 of taxpayers’ money is being spent each day on paying interest on the loan taken out to pay...
Taxman targets holiday lets
By Dave Jamieson
With tax filing season now underway, inspectors are reported to be targeting property owners who placed advertisements for holiday rentals during 2015.
The...
Double homicide with a twist
By Richard Torné
An Almería woman shot dead along with her partner in Murcia at the weekend served six years in prison for murdering her...
David Lean’s ill-fated Almería epic
NEWS Staff Reporter
A film crew from digital TV channel TCM last week shot scenes in Almería for a documentary about late British director Sir...
Facebook censors local artist
By David Jackson
Famous local photographer Rodrigo Valero has had another of his acclaimed photographs censored by Facebook. The artist says he had the photo...
Survey upbeat over tortoises
By David Jackson
Biologists carrying out their annual tortoise survey of Almería and Murcia were surprised to see a huge increase in the number of...
Hoodlums dump puppy in refuse tip
By Richard Torné
Shocked volunteers from an Almería-based animal shelter last week rescued a puppy which had been left to die in a refuse tip...
Junta in bowel cancer screening pledge
By Richard Torné
A bowel cancer screening program introduced last year by the Junta in Almería city will be extended to the rest of the...
Property purchases continue at 2015 levels, but average prices slump
By David Jackson
House sales continue across the province, but prices remain low and more buyers are taking out finance to complete their purchase.
These are...
Behind the lens: a photographic life
Mojacar photographer Rod Westwood hit the big time in Madrid in the 1980s as a successful fashion and advertising photographer, the high spot of...
Cabo de Gata vanity projects
The regional government has been accused of cutting back on Cabo de Gata nature park services while buildings worth millions of euros lie empty...
More mobile speed traps installed
The traffic police (DGT) have increased the number of secondary roads across the province which they classify as dangerous, allowing them to install mobile...
Hidden depths
An underground pool thought to be the deepest of its kind in the world has been discovered in the Sorbas nature park during the...
Almería’s rail service ‘a joke’
The decrepit state of Almería's railway network was laid bare last week when local politicians and representatives of a pressure group fighting for improved...
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...
