Partaloa – a den of corruption
By Richard Torné
A former council administration of Partaloa has been found guilty of committing planning crimes after 29 properties built on non-urban land were...
Day of violence at Almería school
By David Jackson
A day of violence at Almería city's Rio Andarax secondary school has caused consternation in the province and laid bare the extent...
Turre council in disarray
By Richard Torné
Turre council has been thrown into turmoil after mayor Martin Morales asked a ruling councillor to resign after voting against a crucial...
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...
Almería honours Catherine Deneuve
By Richard Torné
French film legend Catherine Deneuve has been honoured with a star on Almería’s walk of fame.
Hailed as the great dame of European...
Holland in tomato pesticide alert
By Richard Torné
The Junta de Andalucía has opened disciplinary proceedings against an agricultural firm in Almería after two export shipments of tomatoes to Holland...
Notorious Vera Playa cat burglar nabbed
By Richard Torné
A 27-year-old Moroccan man charged in connection with a spate of burglaries in Vera Playa and Palomares was in the country illegally...
Only three firemen in Albox, says chief
By Emma Randle
Albox fire station is now up and running, staffed by members of the Levante brigade after its closure at the beginning of...
Mojacar police target drug-drivers
By Richard Torné
Four drivers stopped at the weekend at a random roadside check in Mojacar tested positive for drugs in the first such test...
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...
Flu grips Almería
By David Jackson
Doctors fear there could be a flu epidemic on the way in Almería after it emerged that the infection rate across the...
Tis the season to be skint
By Adéle Land
Families throughout the province are feeling the pinch this year as the cost of Christmas soars.
Despite Christmas expenditure in Spain being one...
Government to close popular airport
By Nuria Pérez
The national government in Madrid has stated that the as-yet unopened airport at Corvera will serve the Murcia region – and there...
Migrants released from overcrowded detention centres
By Richard Torné
Up to 70 illegal immigrants in Almería have been released due to a lack of space at the temporary holding centre where...
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...
