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FARINA RULES AS HERCULES COME BACK FROM BEHIND

Kevin Reardon / 2009-11-29 18:13:43

Hércules stay level on points with Cartagena, the new league leaders, after they beat fourth placed Levante 2-1. Jorge Pina gave the visitors the lead midway through the first half, but H&eacut...

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“DIRTY WASHING” OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AIRED IN MALAGA STREET

Michael Coy / 2009-11-29 14:37:30

The people of Malaga are hanging out paper garments in the calle Larios, detailing real-life experiences of domestic violence.  The project is aimed at “naming and shaming” men who be...

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POLICE RELEASE DETAILS OF MAN SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH TORREVIEJA HIT AND RUN

Contributor / 2009-11-25 17:32:24

Police have released details about a man sought in connection with the hit and run of Michael Barry (68) in Torrevieja earlier this month. The man named in connection with the incident is Louis ...

• HIT AND RUN DRIVER STILL SOUGHT
• BRITON DIES IN TORREVIEJA HIT AND RUN
• BRITISH WRITERS TO FOLLOW EL CID

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EXPATS ENTITLED TO €944 MILLION TAX REFUND

Dave Bull / 2009-11-22 13:37:32

A possible 90,000 British expats who have sold their holiday home in Spain at some point in the past 12 years could now be owed thousands of pounds by the Spanish tax authority. In a landmark legal ...

• FROM BRICKS TO BROCCOLI
• SPAIN'S GDP CONTRACTS FOR THE SIXTH QUARTER IN A ROW
• VALENCIAN EXPORTS DOWN
• A NEW TAX
• ONE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF CRISIS

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LORCA’S GRAVE – FIRST BONES FOUND

Michael Coy / 2009-11-22 13:20:45

The Andalucian Justice Department is preparing a report on the grim findings as digging continues in the olive grove at Alfacar. After two weeks of excavating the site of the poet’s murder, the...

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BEACH FRONT HOUSES IN MALAGA “MIGHT BE SAFE”

Michael Coy / 2009-11-22 09:01:29

A joint initiative by various regional bodies may have emerged “just in time” to save 400 fishermen’s cottages from the bulldozer It has seemed, until this week, that some 400 tradi...

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HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO REACH ALICANTE WITHIN TWO YEARS

Contributor / 2009-11-20 12:45:36

Murcia will have the high speed rail link by 2014 but the Cartagnea will have to wait a little longer for a confirmed date as to when they will be connected via the AVE train said ADIF rail infrastruc...

• AVE WORK TO START IN ALICANTE
• ORIHUELA FIGHTS AVE OVERGROUND TRAIN
• MORE SPEED CAMERAS FOR ALICANTE
• ARRIXACA CARDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT BENEFITS FROM LIN’S LINE DANCERS
• Line Dance Expats in Spain Release CD for Afghan Heroes

Sport » Soccer » Santa Pola CF

‘POLA NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH

Kevin Rendall / 2009-11-29 18:46:12

Javea is never the nicest of places to visit in search of Preferente points, even more so with a late kick off time on a wet and miserable Sunday afternoon. A scoreless first half that seemed to go on...

Sport » Watersport

SOCIÉTÉ NAUTIQUE DE GENÈVE PUBLISHES THE NOTICE OF RACE FOR THE 33RD AMERICA’S CUP

Keith Nicol / 2009-11-25 14:25:32

After months of wrangling in the law courts, the defender of the 33rd America’s Cup, Société Nautique de Genève, has published the Notice of Race that will govern the 33rd A...

• VALENCIA LOSES OUT ON AMERICA'S CUP RACE TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
• VALENCIA - FROM SILK TO SAILING
• NO BUILDING AROUND BATHS OF THE QUEEN
• VALENCIA ANNOUNCED AS CANDIDATE FOR EUROPEAN SPORTS CAPITAL OF 2011
• FIRE

Sport » Boxing

BOXING - NAMES RELEASED OF DAYA NUEVA OPPONENTS

Kevin Reardon / 2009-11-24 10:23:36

Names of opponents are slowly being released for the two upcoming boxing shows in Valencia and Daya Nuevo on 11 December. In Valencia, world number two female welterweight Anna Ingman who trains in To...

Sport » Soccer » Elche CF

ELCHE CLIMB CONTINUES

John McGregor / 2009-11-22 20:23:33

Prior to this match Elche were 10th, and Betis one place and one point behind, with the Illicitanos only five points below leaders Cartagena, so tight is this league. Elche had won their last three ...

Sport » Soccer » Santa Pola CF

‘POLA SNEAK HOME IN SEVEN GOAL THRILLER

Kevin Rendall / 2009-11-22 15:06:47

Seven goals, two penalties, two red cards and an extraordinary officiating blunder were the headlines from a pulsating game of football that, in the end, the home side just shaded. Two ahead at the ...