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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - ENERGY CERTIFICATES

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...

The mark was reached in just 5 years

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ORIHUELA COSTA RBL EXCEED 100,000 EURO IN DONATIONS

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...

The club President celebrates promotion with the players at the team hotel on Saturday evening

Sport » Soccer » Elche CF

ELCHE LOSE THE BATTLE, BUT WIN THE WAR!

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...

Winner of the Mens Singles

Sport » Darts

EURONICS DARTS LEAGUE FINALS NIGHT

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...

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WHEELY DRUNK DRIVER

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-22 18:04:19

File Photo

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

THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING RANGE ROVER

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 18:02:32

Lovely motor, one careful(ish) owner

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 ...

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TORREVIEJA MAYOR ON ELECTORAL OFFENCES CHARGES

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 13:11:26

The Mayor and his team

The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, and six other councilors, including Joaquín Albaladejo, Dolores Albaladejo, José Antonio Sánchez and Francisco Moreno, including two...

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NOVICE DRIVERS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-21 05:56:42

NOVICE DRIVERS SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED

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

WHAT EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTRE?

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:14:30

The Emergency Services Centre

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

THE ONE WAY TICKET TO PARADISE

Barrie Mahoney / 2013-05-20 19:12:00

Burial at Sea

‘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

MORE FUGITIVES ARRESTED IN SPAIN

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 18:45:35

National Police

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...

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IBERIA ANNOUNCE LOST PROPERTY AUCTION

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 18:11:59

Lost property auction

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 ...

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UNLICENSED DRUGGED UP BIKER YOUTH ARRESTED AGAIN

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 17:18:37

Local police

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 ...

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POLICE DISMANTLE BURGLARY GANG

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 16:51:16

Seized items

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 ...

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SOLDIERS KILLED IN ALMERIA EXPLOSION

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-20 16:28:28

A similar BMR vehicle

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 ...

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ISSUE 470 OF THE LEADER IS OUT NOW

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-19 20:30:51

This week´s front page

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

CURTAIN DOWN ON A COSTA BLANCA THEATRICAL INSTITUTION.

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:45:52

The group members will continue to meet on a social basis under the aegis of GASP (Gilbert And Sullivan Preservation Society)

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 ...

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PENSIONER KILLED IN LA MATA FIRE

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-19 13:28:49

PENSIONER KILLED IN LA MATA FIRE

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...

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ALICANTE CONSULATE RE-OPENS IN NEW PREMISES

Press Release / 2013-05-18 16:30:44

A map of the new office accomodation

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

EXPRESS SERVICE

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-18 11:12:45

Speeding kills!

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

OTHER ORIHUELA NEWS

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:19:54

Orihuela´s Scrap

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...

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TORREVIEJA NEWS

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:12:33

Catching the cops

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...

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AROUND THE AREA

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:05:51

Valencia Police

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

TRANSPORT HEADLINES

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 18:02:41

High speed train to Alicante

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

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH NEWS

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:58:45

Fancy a grasshopper chip?

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

TEN THOUSAND TRAFFIC FINES PER DAY

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:09:34

You´re nicked - Kerching

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

EDUCATION CUTS KEEP ON COMING

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 17:02:40

Education cuts

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

FOREIGN DRIVERS WILL NOT EVADE FINES

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:37:08

Caught you

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...

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STOPPING THE CLOCKING OF SECOND HAND CARS

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:33:47

Clocking a car

“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

JUST ANOTHER TOLL STORY

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 16:31:13

Motorway tolls

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

GET WET IN BENIDORM

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 14:22:21

Aqualandia Benidorm

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...

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I NAME THIS AIRPORT, 'NO ONE KNOWS'

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-16 14:01:01

Alicante Airport

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

ALICANTE AIRPORT RETAIL TRANSFORMATION SET FOR TAKE OFF

Mark Nolan / 2013-05-15 11:30:54

Take off at Terminal 1

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

VARDAN HITS THREE AS HORADADA LIFT PREFERENTE TITLE

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

KOEMANN POWERS HIS WAY TO A BRACE

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

IN THE BUNKER WITH MICK THE GRIP.

Contributor / 2013-05-19 10:07:49

The Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania

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

REDS FEATURE AT AWARD PRESENTATIONS

Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-19 09:58:55

Campillo with Alex

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

DOUBLE PODIUM FOR SUPERMOTO BROTHERS.

Contributor / 2013-05-18 16:26:52

Anthony Ford-Dunn #4 and Mat Ford-Dunn #90 at the start of race 2

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

TENTH ANNUAL PRESENTATION

Kevin Reardon / 2013-05-18 16:22:05

Player of the year

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

BOAT FISHING.

Beachcomber John / 2013-05-20 20:22:13

‘Hissing Sid’ went out with Keith Darb...

Entertainment

GASP THEATRE

Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:15:47

Saturday June 1st is the night when “Mr Jens...

Charities

CHRISTIAN HUMANITARIAN AID CHARITY

Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:11:07

On Thursday 18th April a Car Boot Sale was held at...

News

LAKE CHARITY CHALLENGE FOR HAH

Press Release / 2013-05-20 20:08:16

We have had a fantastic start to the year raising ...

Charities

GREAT NEW SHOWS FOR CHARITY

Press Release / 2013-05-20 19:45:23

Hot on the heels of their incredible monthly tour ...

Sport » Golf

LAS RAMBLAS GS

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:41:28

 We started the week off with a 6x6x6 team St...

Sport » Golf

LEVANTE GS

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:35:32

Alan’s knocked out, but he’s still a w...

Sport » Soccer » General

MAZARRON F.C. 2 CAP CIUDAD DE MURCIA 1

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:26:54

Mazarron’s season is ending on a high with a...

Sport » Golf

MONTGO GOLF SOCIETY

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:22:15

 On Friday 17th May, Montgo Golf Society play...

Sport » Golf

PEGO GOLF SOCIETY “TEXAS SCRAMBLE”

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:17:58

 LA GALIANA GOLF COURSE TUESDAY 14TH OF MAY &...

Sport » Golf

CORTIJO GRANDE GOLF REPORT

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:11:04

The first job today is to correct a mistake last w...

Sport » Golf

FORUM GOLF SOCIETY

Contributor / 2013-05-20 19:09:07

Forum Golf Society´s first visit in almost e...

Sport » Golf

LAS RAMBLAS GOLF SOCIETY

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:42:30

We started the week off with a 6x6x6 team Stablefo...

News

VEGA BAJA GARDENING CLUB

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:39:08

Beautiful  Roses in Bloom. Roses were the ma...

Sport » Golf

EUROGOLF, LA MARQUESA

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:25:12

88 players took part in our Captain’s Day ce...

Sport » Soccer » Elche CF

ELCHE LOSE THE BATTLE, BUT WIN THE WAR!

John McGregor / 2013-05-19 18:21:31

Almeria   2    Elche   1 &nbs...

Features » Advertorials

BODY HARMONY -HELPING PEOPLE SINCE 2005 – THE HISTORY

Staff Reporter / 2013-05-19 18:19:22

Body Harmony was started in 2000 in Cardiff, Wales...

Sport » General

PILAR BADMINTON CLUB COMPETITION

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:11:30

Pilar badminton club had the finals of their annua...

Sport » Golf

PADDY'S POINT GOLF SOCIETY AT LA FINCA - CAPTAIN'S DRIVE IN

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:08:48

An excellent turnout of 44 players arrived at La F...

Sport » General

RUNNING WILD A.C. UP-DATE

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:07:35

Members of the Los Dolses running club were in att...

News

THE SAMARITANS ON THE CATWALK

Contributor / 2013-05-19 18:05:07

On May 4th volunteers and friends took to the catw...

Features » Advertorials

ROUTE 66 DINER BENIMAR

Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:31:06

The new Route 66 Diner Benimar reopened their door...

Sport » Rugby

XXVII INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SEVENS 24, 25 & 26 May 2013

Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:29:02

On 24 May the twenty-seventh Annual international ...

Sport » Golf

ST. JAMES’S GATE GOLF SOCIETY VISTABELLA GOLF – 14TH MAY 2013

Contributor / 2013-05-18 12:27:03

Our May meeting at “home” course Vista...


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