EXCLUSIVE: Pet owners demand compensation as test results confirm link between supermarket dog food and pets suffering kidney failure. Pictured Aly from Murcia who had to be put down after months of illness

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Spanish supermarket dog food link to expat pet deaths in Almeria

Wendy Williams - 24 Feb, 2012 @ 19:46

EXCLUSIVE: Mercadona's own brand Compy has been withdrawn from the shelves around Almeria, after expats complaints. BY WENDY WILLIAMS

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Lithuanian throws mother from fourth floor balcony

Eloise Horsfield - 6 Feb, 2012 @ 11:04

The 53-year-old was killed by her son in Aguadulce, Almeria

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Cabo de Gata under attack again

Eloise Horsfield - 30 Jan, 2012 @ 09:06

Almeria’s Cabo de Gata park now threatened with new 1,500 home golf megaproject

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Snowstorms close 11 roads in Andalucia

Eloise Horsfield - 17 Jan, 2012 @ 11:32

Roads in Almeria, Cadiz and Granada are affected by snowstorms

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Yellow peril!

James Bryce - 14 Jan, 2012 @ 10:15

Innovative hybrid solar power station opens in Almeria

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‘Child pornography’ doctor removed from post

Eloise Horsfield - 13 Jan, 2012 @ 09:41

A number of disturbing pieces of equipment were seized

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I’ve got myself a timeshare in Almeria, Jon!

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Dec, 2011 @ 11:30

Olive Press editor Jon Clarke interviewed the Clash frontman a year before his untimely death

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El Algarrobico demolition cost estimated at 300 million

Eloise Horsfield - 17 Nov, 2011 @ 12:21

Central government to demolish and Andalucia to clear up the mess

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Algarrobico hotel demolition drags on

Eloise Horsfield - 10 Nov, 2011 @ 11:03

The hotel will not be destroyed until the licence to build it is declared null and void

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Putrid death in Almeria

James Bryce - 1 Nov, 2011 @ 20:58

Bodies of two men recovered from septic tank after being overcome by toxic fumes

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A sunny 25 years for Sunseed

James Bryce - 31 Oct, 2011 @ 16:46

Pioneering green collective is celebrating milestone with series of events

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Fast track for rail ‘corridor’ from Gibraltar to France

Wendy Williams - 24 Oct, 2011 @ 09:35

Almeria will be linked to France by 2020 and the Cadiz town of Algeciras a decade later

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D-Day for Spain’s Hotel Algarrobico?

James Bryce - 20 Oct, 2011 @ 09:50

Demolition inching ever closer after Junta and Supreme Court side with the environment

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Spanish rental fraud arrests

James Bryce - 21 Sep, 2011 @ 12:51

British pair took deposits from 60 holidaymakers for non-existant rental homes

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Greenpeace activists squat in illegal hotel demanding it be knocked down

Wendy Williams - 6 Sep, 2011 @ 10:36

Environmentalists refuse to leave illegal Algarrobico hotel until demolition crew arrive

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Cabo de Gata beach tariff whips up storm

Wendy Williams - 21 Aug, 2011 @ 10:15

Fees driving Spaniards round the bend

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