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Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 19:05:01
Energy Performance Certificates were introduced in England and Wales in 2007, as part of the Home Information Packs for domestic properties. Now, a little after that date, they become obligatory in Sp...

News
Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-18 11:53:11
Who would have thought that in the present economic climate a newly established local charity would raise in excess of 100,000 euro in just five short years. But through the efforts of their members t...

Sport » Soccer » Elche CF
John McGregor / 2013-05-19 18:19:49
Almeria 2 Elche 1
Thanks to Alcorcon’s draw on Friday evening against Barcelona ‘B’, Elche knew, at long last that they were being promoted...

Sport » Darts
Contributor / 2013-05-18 16:05:25
CUP FINALS RESULTS AT BREAKAWAYS – 16 May 2013
The venue was Breakaways, the occasion the Euronics KO Cup Finals and Presentation to conclude 8 months of excellent arrow throwing.
The le...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-22 18:04:19

Police officers in Vigo, a municipality situated in the autonomous community of Galicia, in the northwest Spain, have arrested the 51 year old male driver of a car, a Spanish national and resident of ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 18:02:32

The owner of a Range Rover Sport TDV8 is seeking an explanation through his lawyers, after an unusual sequence of events has left a number of questions unanswered.
Having allowed a friend to use the ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 13:11:26

The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and six other councilors, including Joaquín Albaladejo, Dolores Albaladejo, José Antonio Sánchez and Francisco Moreno, including two...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 05:56:42

During a presentation on a study on youth mortality in traffic accidents, written by Julio Laria, the director of the Institute of Road Safety at the Mapfre Foundation, the Director General of traffic...
Features » Sandpiper
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:14:30

Back in September 2010 the foundation stone of the new Emergency Services Centre in Orihuela Costa was officially laid by Valencian Government Minister for the Interior, Serafín Castellano, Ori...
Features » Twitters from Spain
Barrie Mahoney / 2013-05-20 19:12:00

‘Twitters from the Atlantic’ - by Barrie Mahoney
Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, head teacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Ca...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 18:45:35

Officers from the National Police have arrested two more fugitives in the Alicante Province, one wanted in Poland accused of murder, the other wanted in the relation to charges of child pornography in...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 18:11:59

Spanish airline Iberia has announced that it will auction thousands of abandoned and uncollected lost property items on the 20th of June, with a value expected to be around 12,485 euro.
The items up ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 17:18:37

Local police officers in Plasencia, a walled market city in the province of Cáceres in Extremadura, have arrested a 17 year old minor for the fourth time, who was caught at a checkpoint at the ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 16:51:16

Officers from the National Police in Alicante have arrested a total of eleven people as alleged members of an organized group dedicated to committing burglaries in homes and commercial establishments ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 16:28:28

Three people have died and two others have been injured in an explosion in the arsenal of the Alvarez de Sotomayor military base in the municipality of Viator in Almería on Monday.
One of the ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-19 20:30:51

The latest copy of The Leader is now available in virtual form on our dedicated website, www.virtualleader.info.
All of the stories from this week, plus our advertisers, the puzzle page, a comprehens...
Entertainment
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:45:52

For their final performances, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society were resolved that the occasion should not be a Wake.
Posing as The Rederring Women’s Institute, they threw themselves with great ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-19 13:28:49

Fire fighters discovered the lifeless body of a man in his 60s, who was said to have been suffering from Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, a disorder characterized by extreme s...
News
Press Release / 2013-05-18 16:30:44

Following a successful move, the Consulate in Alicante is already offering consular support British nationals in cases ranging from serious detentions to stolen passports and welfare cases.
The telep...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-18 11:12:45

Police officers in Tudela, the municipality with second city of the autonomous community of Navarre, and a population is around 35,000, clocked a driver of a vehicle exceeding the speed limit last wee...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:19:54

The Department of Infrastructure, Maintenance Services of Orihuela has made a small fortune this week, by tidying up the municipal cleaning storage and adding other junk found whilst cleaning up Rubal...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:12:33

Whilst visiting Torrevieja this week, the regional Councillor for Infrastructure, Isabel Bonig, explained that the work on the new market and recreation site near the Aquopolis water park, which was s...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:05:51

A trial by jury was launched by the provincial court in Elche on Tuesday, against a Guardia Civil officer who is accused of a crime of bribery, after a Chinese citizen was allegedly asked to pay 200 e...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:02:41

Turkish Airlines has added Spain´s Santiago De Compostela airport to its list of new routes beginning on the 21st of May. With existing services to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga and Bilbao...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:58:45

The Valencia government has made a payment to pharmacists this week, under the threat of supplies running short, amounting to 42% of the April bill, or around 40 million euro. The remaining 52% has be...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:09:34

In response to a question raised by the parliamentary socialist group in congress, the Directorate General of Traffic, the DGT, issues an average of 10,800 fines for traffic offences, every single day...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:02:40

The Councillor for Education in the Orihuela municipality, Rosa Martínez, has announced the cuts to education being forced upon the area by the authorities in Valencia for the next academic yea...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:37:08

Statistics show that one in four motoring offences committed in Europe are by drivers who do not reside in the countries where the offence takes place, and thus goes unpunished by the difficulty in id...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:33:47

“Clocking” cars, or Odometer Tampering as it´s officially know, was said to be standard practice when selling a second hand car in Spain, with private owners and dealers turning back...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:31:13

On numerous occasions in the past, we have reported on the financial state of the companies running the toll roads around Spain, with reductions in use and the subsequent losses incurred, but informat...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 14:22:21

Residents and visitors to Benidorm, looking to escape from the scorching May heat, may well want to simmer down and get chilled in one of the major water parks in the area, as Aqualandia Benidorm wate...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 14:01:01

In a period of just three weeks, the residents of a village called El Altet have recorded 1,500 signatures, plus the support of 26 local groups, in which they collectively ask for the renaming of the ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2013-05-15 11:30:54

Alicante based company “Aerovillage” has submitted a proposal to Spanish airport authority AENA, to transform the old terminal building at Alicante airport, most recently known as Terminal...
Sport » Soccer » UD Horadada
Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-19 19:57:11
UD HORADADA 5 ALGUENA CF 0
With one of the worst returns in recent years, just 17 points from their 33 Preferente fixtures, Alguena CF had been facing the drop into Regional Football for virtually th...
Sport » Soccer » FC Torrevieja
Steve Hibberd / 2013-05-19 19:54:27
CD BURRIANA 0 FC TORREVIEJA 3
Back in January, Torry picked up 3 valuable points in a 2-0 home win against Burriana that went a long way toward ensuring their survival in Tercera.
On Sunday evening ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-19 10:07:49

THE 113th U.S. OPEN commences on June 13th on the East Course at the Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania. It will be the fifth U.S. Open played on the course. Lee Trevino won the ti...
Sport » Soccer » UD Horadada
Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-19 09:58:55

Horadada Reds Supporters group made their end of season Player of year presentation last week to goalkeeper Alex. Votes were cast by members during the last month and the ballot proved to be one of th...
Sport » Autosport
Contributor / 2013-05-18 16:26:52

For the first time this year both of the British Supermoto racing brothers from Murcia were in action at the 2nd round of the Valencian championship at Oliva, near Denia.
The brothers were in devast...
Sport » Darts
Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-18 16:22:05

The Torrevieja Ladies Darts league held their Tenth Annual Presentation Night at the Quesada Country Club last weekend where almost a hundred players and guests turned up to celebrate, wine and dine.
...
Sport » Fishing
Beachcomber John / 2013-05-20 20:22:13
‘Hissing Sid’ went out with Keith Darb...
Entertainment
Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:15:47
Saturday June 1st is the night when “Mr Jens...
Charities
Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:11:07
On Thursday 18th April a Car Boot Sale was held at...
News
Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:08:16
We have had a fantastic start to the year raising ...
Charities
Press Release / 2013-05-20 19:45:23
Hot on the heels of their incredible monthly tour ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:41:28
We started the week off with a 6x6x6 team St...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:35:32
Alan’s knocked out, but he’s still a w...
Sport » Soccer » General
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:26:54
Mazarron’s season is ending on a high with a...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:22:15
On Friday 17th May, Montgo Golf Society play...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:17:58
LA GALIANA GOLF COURSE TUESDAY 14TH OF MAY &...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:11:04
The first job today is to correct a mistake last w...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:09:07
Forum Golf Society´s first visit in almost e...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:42:30
We started the week off with a 6x6x6 team Stablefo...
News
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:39:08
Beautiful Roses in Bloom.
Roses were the ma...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:25:12
88 players took part in our Captain’s Day ce...
Sport » Soccer » Elche CF
John McGregor / 2013-05-19 18:21:31
Almeria 2 Elche 1
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Features » Advertorials
Staff Reporter / 2013-05-19 18:19:22
Body Harmony was started in 2000 in Cardiff, Wales...
Sport » General
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:11:30
Pilar badminton club had the finals of their annua...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:08:48
An excellent turnout of 44 players arrived at La F...
Sport » General
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:07:35
Members of the Los Dolses running club were in att...
News
Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:05:07
On May 4th volunteers and friends took to the catw...
Features » Advertorials
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:31:06
The new Route 66 Diner Benimar reopened their door...
Sport » Rugby
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:29:02
On 24 May the twenty-seventh Annual international ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:27:03
Our May meeting at “home” course Vista...