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The Leader Newspaper Edition 799
A major step forward for the people of Cabo Roig with the placement of the first two defibrillators to be procured through the recently...
Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport closed in wake of forecast storms
Debris on the roof at Alicante-Elche airport from huge fire pauses security measures
By Andrew Atkinson Leader EXCLUSIVE
Alicante-Elche airport will be closed from Sunday,...
Public payroll unsustainable in Spain
Here’s something to get you thinking. The Spanish State maintains more people on it’s payroll than the number employed in the private sector.
Including the...
First two defibrillators handed over in Cabo Roig
The first two defibrillators raised through funding from the Cabo Roig Appeal were presented on Thursday night to Ger and Flash, the proprietors of...
Chaotic scenes as Alicante-Elche airport reopens after the fire
Hundreds of passengers are now queuing at airline desks in Alicante airport as they attempt to either get onto a rescheduled flight or to...
Las Ramblas Golf Society Results for w/c 13.1.20
Just the one point separated our top two ‘runners and riders’ in Monday’s ‘Change Partners’. First past the post, with 80 points, were Ron...
ALICANTE-ELCHE AIRPORT REOPENS TO PUBLIC AFTER DRAMATIC FIRE
Alicante-Elche airport (IATA: ALC) has now reopened after it had been closed following the outbreak of a fire in the terminal on Wednesday at...
BREAKING NEWS – PASSENGERS EVACUATED AS ALICANTE AIRPORT ON FIRE
News is reaching us of an outbreak of fire at Alicante airport. The terminal has been completely evacuated and police and the emergency services...
Brexit message from the British Ambassador
A message for UK nationals from HMA Hugh Elliott – Happy New Year, and please make sure you are registered!
As you know, the...
Moncayo Market cafe-restaurant razed to ground in blaze
GAS BOTTLES EXPLODE
A POPULAR cafe-restaurant at Moncayo Market, Guardamar, has been destroyed in a fire - that saw three gas bottles explode in...
Spanish Air Traffic Controllers in Court as proceedings commence against strikers
Spanish Air Traffic Controllers are back in Court as proceedings commence on Wednesday, January 15, against 133 ATC that went on strike in 2010.
Spanish...
Flybe, Alicante-Elche airport running as normal despite crisis talks
By Andrew Atkinson
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline - serving nine countries from 85 european airports - including Alicante-Elche airport are running as normal, amidst...
Monte, CD Benijofar and Albatera in promotion chase
By Andrew Atkinson
CD Benijofar returned from the Christmas break - notching up a sixth consecutive home victory against CD Dolores - to maintain a...
Nine man Daya just hang on !
Formentera 1 v. Daya Nueva 1
After a cautious start Daya began to take the game to Formentera and created a couple of decent half...
Leader Virtual Edition 798
With the announcement that Ribera Salud will not have it’s management contract of the region’s health facilities extended it looks as though the Valencian...
Police prevent a mother from paying 10,000 euros in virtual kidnap
In 2019 the National Police dealt with 130 cases of virtual kidnapping in Spain, of which there was an economic outlay in five.
The...
Man accused of fathering daughter’s baby
Elche’s Court of Violence on Women is investigating a man for a crime of abuse against his daughter, and another of sexual abuse with...
Snow joke! – easyJet snowboarding row
By Andrew Atkinson
A family's snowboarding trip to Barcelona was missed after delays at check-in - despite luggage loaded onto the plane - that departed...
Fuel prices start the year on a high due to Middle...
The price of a litre of fuel in Spain has increased in price by at least 2% so far this year due to the...
Seventh arrested for the rape of a child on Christmas Eve...
The National Police have arrested a seventh man who is accused of participating in the alleged group rape of a child under 14 years...
Immigrant arrivals reach 350 over holiday period
The Spanish coastguard reported rescuing approximately 200 migrants on Christmas Day - as attempts continue apace by thousands of desperate people.
These can be added...
New Government for Spain with just 2 votes to spare
Pedro Sánchez has been elected as the new Prime Minister by a margin of just two votes.
The leader of the Socialist Party, PSOE,...
Spanish international Marta in San Javier with family at Christmas
Spanish international Marta Penalver returned to San Javier, Murcia, over the festive period to spend time with family at Christmas.
"It was an unforgettable Christmas...
The 2020 work calendar includes 12 holidays
The Valencian 2020 work calendar will have 8 holidays that are common across the whole of Spain, the same number as 2019, however there...
Second Medical Centre for Orihuela Costa
Orihuela has said that it will build a second medical centre on the coast if their proposal is rejected by the Ministry of Health.
The...
Catral based and former Los Montesinos resident Spiritual medium Derek Acorah...
Catral based and former Los Montesinos resident Derek Acorah has died, aged 69, following a short illness.
Derek's wife, Gwen Acorah, said he had been...
Benidorm’s Beniardá Avenue Level Crossing Given Essential Safety Boost
Until recently, motorists using the Beniardá Avenue level crossing have endured waiting times of 7 minutes. But all that changed in mid-December when the Ferrocarrils...
Alicante-Elche airport tops 15 million passengers
Aena says that it expects the Alicante-Elche terminal to close 2019 having processed in excess of 15 million travellers, 8% more than 2018 with...
City of Leon seeks to form new Community
Spanish town León's historic motion passed for separation from the province of Castilla y León
By Andrew Atkinson
Spanish town León has had an historic...
British tourist jailed for Benidorm rape
Two British tourists have appeared in court in Alicante charged with the rape of girl in a Benidorm holiday apartment in 2018.
One of the...
