
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...

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...

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 / 2013-05-19 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 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 » 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...
News
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:23:48
This original show ,which is written and directed ...
News
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:21:13
On the 29th April members met and enjoyed a friend...
News
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:19:37
Packed to the rafters - the sell out show for the ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:18:02
Due to Alicante Golf carrying out maintenance on t...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:13:35
Entrants from Staffordshire, Aberdeen, the Red Ros...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:11:46
For this month’s meeting we visited the esta...
News
Staff Reporter / 2013-05-18 12:10:18
First Instance & Appeal Court sentences now fi...
Sport » Fishing
Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:09:15
After losing the last 3 matches because of the flo...
News
Press Release / 2013-05-18 11:31:51
A founder member of Neighbourhood Watch in Spain (...
Sport » Petanca
Contributor / 2013-05-18 11:30:33
The Summer league starts on May 29th, with 8 teams...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2013-05-18 11:29:42
The world famous Egg Cup Challenge V San Luis.
Th...
Sport » Petanca
Contributor / 2013-05-18 11:28:37
The eleventh year of the European Day Petanca was ...