Flu vaccine campaign kicks off
By Emma Randle
The regional health service launched its annual flu vaccination campaign on Monday to protect those most at risk from the virus over...
Legion exhibition in Franco controversy
By Richard Torné
A portrait of dictator Francisco Franco at an exhibition on the Spanish Legion has sparked a bitter political row and raised awkward...
A happy festive ‘tail’
By Adéle Land
A Mojacar resident received a belated Christmas present last week as his missing dog was found after days of searching.
Denis Mendes returned...
Almería’s former state lawyer to go on trial
By Richard Torné
A former state lawyer for Almería and six other people are to go on trial in July on extortion charges in a...
Internment centre plan sparks anger
By David Jackson
Plans to locate a new foreigner internment centre (CIE) in either Almería city or Granada province have aroused anger from associations opposed...
Drive against online shopping scams
By Adéle Land
Online shopping fraud is expected to hit an all-time high this festive season according to financial experts both in Spain and the...
March for water
By Richard Torné
More than 200 people marched through the streets of Almería city at the weekend to demand a crackdown on water-intensive olive farming...
Auan presses for planning change
By Emma Randle
A meeting in Albánchez held as part of a new campaign to help residents on illegal developments attracted scores of British homeowners...
Camp monitor arrested over paedo claims
By Emma Randle
A summer camp monitor has been arrested, charged with child abuse after an El Ejido father made a complaint to police.
The 26-year-old...
Intensive olive farming ‘must cease’
By Richard Torné
The authorities must act immediately to stop the extraction of groundwater in the Río Aguas, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal in...
Decoding deceptive political language
By Paul Arnold
Most politicians love to speak, yet they hardly ever say anything. According to a comprehensive survey that I've just invented, the current...
Child and two adult migrants drown
NEWS Staff Reporter
The Spanish navy has recovered the bodies of a 10-year-old girl and a man who drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean...
Turre’s ruling coalition teeters on brink
By Richard Torné
Turre council's fragile coalition will collapse unless mayor Maria Isabel López backs a project to pave the town's main avenue before the...
Mayor goes it alone
By Emma Randle
The mayor of Albox declared it was "business as usual" at the town hall after all seven ruling councillors resigned last week,...
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...
