SUMMER TOURISTS BRING WELCOME RELIEF
Tourism on the Costa del Sol is up. As July ended it became clear that hotel occupancy was 5% higher than at the same time last year, and it looks as if August will follow suit too. Hotel occupancy in Malaga More...
MAKING ENDS MEET
As they continue to flow in from Northern Africa, it is not only the ever increasing number of immigrants and their families who are going through a hard time, figures now show that many local residents are also More...
COASTLINE ILLEGALLY BLOCKED TO PUBLIC
The Spanish law protects the country's coastline. And we have all heard about the Costas law not permit- ting buildings to be built less than 106 metres from the beach. So under the 1988 Ley de More...
Liverpool & Spain youngster Daniel Pacheco crowned top-scorer at UEFA Under-19 Championships
Liverpool youngster Daniel Pacheco was awarded the  Golden Boot´ at the UEFA Under-19 Championships, despite Spain losing out to France in the final of the tournament. Although Spanish striker Pacheco finished More...
Euromillions Results – 30th July 2010
Euromillions Results – 30th July 2010 This weeks Euromillions numbers are: You can dramatically increase your chances of winning the jackpot with our proven syndicate system. Click below to read more. To More...
Thunderbirds are Go (ing to Spain)
Just when you thought the Thunderbirds were a distant childhood memory, The Yellow Submarine rolls into town! For five days only, Thunderbird 4 will be coming to Spain in a wacky car rally in aid of children’s More...
Spain has the world’s first robot with conscience
Spain has designed the world´s first robot with its own “conscience” and “life”, which will “entertain, teach and be a companion” to humans who purchase it. The AISoy 1, which More...
Sunderland expat killed in Spain
Michelle Cornell has been remanded in a jail in the Costa Del Sol after husband David died from a reported stab wound. Friends say Mr Cornell was ´living the dream´ in Torremolinos The couple moved to Torremolinos More...
4.6 million jobless in Spain with more to come
Unemployment in Spain has risen for the 12th quarter in a row to reach 20.09 per cent or 4.6 million people. The Spanish economy moved out of recession at the start of the year, but the weak growth failed to put More...
A QUARTER OF DOCTORS SUFFER VIOLENCE
Almost one in every four doctors practicing in Andalucia has been subjected to personal abuse or physical violence whilst treating a patient. The results were made public in a survey carried out by the Andalusian More...
GERMAN MOTHER CHARGED FOLLOWING SON’S DEATH
The judicial authorities have charged a German mother with gross negligence following the death of her five year old child in Espiel (Córdoba) on Friday through multiple organ failure resulting in heat stroke More...
‘THE KNOWLEDGE’ ALMERIA STYLE
A new initiative launched by 'Almeria taxi' requires that all drivers become tourist guides for visitors to the area. In a new initiative launched by Alfonso Ruiz Lao and Antonio Garcia Marquez, the Secretary More...
A MILLION EURO FOR ALBOX IMPROVEMENTS
The Provincial government has allocated over a million euros to the towns of Purchena alme - Riens and Albox so they can redevelop the public spaces around two groups of houses managed by the Ministry of Public More...
ONE DEAD IN ALMERIA PILE UP
The Guardia Civil have arrested Raúl MB, a 26 years old living in Roquetas de Mar. He has been accused of reckless homicide and dangerous driving, after causing a traffic accident that killed one person and More...
CABO DE GATA GETS NEW DRAINS
Councillor of Public Works oversees the progress of improvement works and stormwater drainage system of Cabo de Gata. This action has a budget of more than two million euros and aims to prevent further flooding More...
TWENTY FIVE YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
The Provincial Court de Almería has imposed a prison sentence of 25 years and five months on a gang consisting of five Chinese people and one Spaniard who were arrested in 2008 on a beach close to El Ejido More...
Dublin father shot dead in Spain ‘over toilet row’
A Dublin father-of-two was gunned down in Spain because of a row over a toilet. Dad John´Jock´O´Neill (41) was murdered after a bust up in a bar on the Costa del Sol. It is believed an argument started in the More...
Spain issues arrest warrants for US soldiers over journalist’s death
Spain has reopened an investigation into the death of a journalist killed in Iraq in 2003 and reissued arrest warrants for three US soldiers in relation to the incident. According to the Associated Press, Spanish More...
Ryanair Closes Bournemouth Routes For Winter
Ryanair after meeting with it´s staff in Bournemouth, has given their assurance for a continued support to Bournemouth Airport while, at the same, laying down effective cost cutting measures for the coming winter. Ryanair More...
GERMAN MOTHER CHARGED FOLLOWING DEATH OF HER CHILD
The judicial authorities have charged a German mother with gross negligence following the death of her five year old child in Espiel (Córdoba) on Friday through multiple organ failure resulting in heat stroke More...
