Motorhome parks sidelined
By Emma Randle
Roquetas is once more in danger of being “overrun” by motor homes this summer according to the PSOE opposition party, which claims...
Teacher fired for porn and sexism
By David Jackson
A supply teacher in Serón has been sacked for allegedly showing teenagers in his class hard core pornography and advocating extreme violence...
Weathering the year out
By Emma Randle
A retired geologist in San José has published his annual report for the weather, after taking daily readings for the 22nd year...
Almería couple were first Spaniards to vote
By David Jackson
A young couple from Almería now living in New Zealand, Jesús Ruiz and Marga García, were officially the first Spaniards to vote...
Books given the brush off in Mojacar
By Emma Randle
Artists are up in arms at a decision by Mojacar council to move the public lending library into the town art gallery,...
Cabo de Gata swamped at Easter
By David Jackson
Cabo de Gata nature park looks set to receive its highest number of visitors ever this summer amid concerns the infrastructure will...
Fake terrorist attack alert goes viral
By Richard Torné
Police in Almería are on the hunt for three armed men after the theft of a lorry sparked a rumour they were...
Expat motorcross resort illegal, say police
By David Jackson
The expat owners of a resort in Vélez-Rubio have been denounced by the police for running an “undercover hotel”, as well as...
Flamenco guitarist Leo de Aurora dies
By Emma Randle
Popular Flamenco guitarist Leo de Aurora (Leónides Maya) has died at his home in Madrid aged 37, leaving his family and the...
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...
Water crisis deepens
By David Jackson
The driest province in Europe is starting to suffer as water runs out amid decades of aquifer over-exploitation and a lack of...
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...
Clean air campaign draws grim conclusion
By Emma Randle
A clean air campaign mounted by ecologists in Almería and Murcia over the summer has concluded that the entire population of both...
Albox corruption claims persist
By Emma Randle
The installation of a new mayor in Albox has not put an end to old bitterness after the opposition party accused 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...
