Anger over council red-tape
By Emma Randle
Cantoria residents living in illegal houses have complained of delays of up to a year in obtaining certificates to regularise their homes,...
Mojacar council obstructs ombudsman
By Emma Randle
Mojacar is among 19 councils being taken to court by the public ombudsman for “impeding its work”, according to its 2017 annual...
Gabriel’s tragic end
By Richard Torné
The search for missing eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz came to a tragic end at the weekend after his body was discovered by the...
Níjar police in the dock
By Emma Randle
Four local policemen from Níjar were in the Andalucía high court this week facing charges of abuse after a German resident claimed...
Barbary sheep ‘not an invasive species’
By Richard Torné
A rare type of mountain goat introduced into Spain more than 45 years ago should no longer be included in the country’s...
Albox socialists stage walk out at angry council meeting
NEWS Staff Reporter
Albox councillors from the opposition benches abandoned a bad tempered plenary meeting last week in support of a socialist colleague who was...
Questions remain over Gabriel’s death
By Richard Torné
The Guardia Civil chiefs who led the investigation into the murder of eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz have admitted the force never carried out...
Mayor’s ‘rude’ hubby cleared
By Emma Randle
The regional high court (TSJA) has cleared the husband of Cantoria’s mayor of committing a legal offence after he was fined by...
Minister slammed for hospital visit
By Richard Torné
An ongoing row over staff shortages at Huercal Ocera's La Inmaculada hospital shows no sign of abating after the Junta’s health minister...
He’ll be back
By Richard Torné
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger could be returning to Almería in the summer to shoot scenes for the latest instalment of the Terminator...
Hopes fade for missing boy
By Richard Torné
Police continue to search for an eight-year-old boy who went missing in Almería more than a week ago amid growing fears he...
Retired expat couple face house demolition in Albox
By Richard Torné
A retired expat couple in Albox are facing the demolition of their home despite having planning permission.
Noel and Christine Payne, both in...
Poniente hospital guilty of negligence
By Richard Torné
El Ejido’s main hospital has been found guilty of negligence over the death of a patient after medics failed to carry out...
Animal shelter raided by police
By David Jackson
Environmental police unit Seprona together with government vets raided an animal shelter known as Kim's Animal Shelter in Gádor last week after...
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...
