Government reiterates coast battle
Cádiz coast first to benefit from construction crackdown
Suicide drama at “illegal” housing complex
Olive Press averts tragedy as man threatens to take his life FOR John Wilson it was supposed to represent an investment. Seven off-plan apartments in
Judge bails Malaya mastermind for one million euros
Police warn Roca will flee THE judge investigating the web of corruption at the town hall of Marbella has granted bail to the man considered
Dangerous shores for Jaws
It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim - that is, if you are a shark
Is there soon to be no missing lynx?
Something in the air as two of the world's most endangered feline give birth while third is expecting
Jaen boy does good
Ayub Khan Din has just won the most prestigious British theatre award for his comedy Rafta Rafta
Britons targetted in armed raid
A BRITISH family have been attacked during an armed raid on their exclusive home. The family were tied up and held at gunpoint during the
Illegal builder goes to jail
A MAN who built an illegal house in Velez Malaga has been sent to prison. The builder, who constructed the home in Almayate, has been
Five nations without a game
Despite local villagers taking to notion of organised violence with glee, new Cortes rugby team needs some opposition IT started as a drunken bet four
New Audi and 50,000 house bought in cash as Alhaurin mayor’s lifestyle analysed
THE mayor of Alhaurin el Grande spent over 80,000 in cash on property and a top of the range Audi in 2005, investigators have discovered.
Not so Lanzagrotty
On a recent trip to the most northern of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, I was amazed at the breathtaking landscape and sheer diversity of food.
Axarquia mayors in urban crackdown
THE councils of two towns in the Axarquia mountain range are at the centre of state prosecutions into planning offences. Juan Millán, the PSOE mayor
Gaucin is cracking up
New development to blame as earth opens up to swallow the mountain town A HUGE series of cracks is threatening to sink Gaucin into the
Bin the bag
Olive Press launches campaign to consign the plastic bag to the dustbin
Illegal hotel negotiations break down
Government fails to agree multi-million-euro compensation package with developers Azata del Sol
Superbug rescues plastic crops
Scientists create predator to destroy plagues as winds destroy greenhouses SCIENTISTS in Almería have created an environmentally-friendly superbug to protect salad crops grown under plastic.
Weather phenomena threatens Galicia seafood
SUCCULENT shellfish from the rias of Galicia could soon be as difficult to order in restaurants as a plate of roasted dodo. Due to an
Doñana migratory cycles affected by climate change
Higher temperatures, a gradual increase in both sea levels and salinity and a drying out of the park's famous marshes are some of the effects
Russia link to Málaga police corruption
TWO high-ranking members of the Costa del Sol’s crack anti-corruption police force have been arrested for alleged fraud and embezzlement.
Murder hunt as autopsy shows Mariluz did not drown
Police believe five-year-old was asphyxiated before being thrown into river AN autopsy on the body of Mariluz Cortes shows the five-year-old died only hours after
Four years of change, four years of controversy
As the PSOE party retains power in Spain, CARLOS PRANGER analyses the socialist's first four years in government
Son of Algarrobico in legal probe
A Mojacar hotel slammed as being “worse than Algarrobico” is under investigation by an Almería court
Foreigners, use your (neighbour’s) vote
Internet campaign gives immigrants their say in national elections FRUSTRATED at not being able to vote on March 9? Angry with the way the country