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First ever cruise ship arrives in Torrevieja

WELCOME: Town Hall  announces initiatives to welcome cruise passengers DISCOUNTS, promotions and information greeted passengers arriving on the Amadea cruise ship in Torrevieja on Tuesday afternoon.
Ahead of the much anticipated arrival of the first cruise ship to arrive...Read More

Councillor pledges to help parents facing lengthy walk to school

PROTESTS: Parents  angered at not having a bus service because they live within a 3km radius of school “WE are fighting this and we will get the solution.” The determination and pledge of councillor Sofia Alvarez responding to parent's anger at changes to the school bus service on the Orihuela...Read More

Valencia Province celebrates World Bicycle Day

More than 1695  cities participated in the European Mobility Week Initiative More than 10,000 cyclists including Mayor Joan Ribó took to the streets in the province capital, Valencia on Sunday September 20 to celebrate the World Bicycle Day that forms part of the European mobility...Read More

British Embassy and Red Cross join forces in Alicante

AGREEMENT: From  left Elena Ferrando, Director of Social Inclusion of the Generalitat Valenciana, Vice-president of Cruz Roja Javier Gimeno, British Ambassador Simon  Manley and Consul Sarah-Jane Morris AN innovative and somewhat ground breaking agreement has been made between the British Embassy and the Cruz Roja aimed at bringing the two together more closely for the benefit of all.
Signing the partnership...Read More

Old market takes on new life in Huercal Overa

INAUGURATION:   Cookery workshop for budding cooks HUERCAL-OVERA’S old covered market no longer lies empty.
Unused after a €1.5 million makeover by the previous corporation, it has been re-named Comercial Kilometro 0 with a grand opening that...Read More

Spain’s women lead European life expectancy league

Spanish ladies  enjoying the afternoon GOOD news for the women of Europe as life expectancy goes up across the board. In the latest World Health Organisation report Spanish women are in front with an average longevity of 85.5 years while France...Read More

Eric Cantona to provide food and shelter for refugees in memory of Spanish Civil War

INSPIRED by his family’s escape from the Franco regime many years ago, Eric Cantona is about to take in refugees in his native France.
Cantona’s maternal grandparents crossed the Pyrenees...Read More

Judge rules on Happy Birthday rights

Children´s  birthday party THE Warner/Chappell music group, part of the enormous Warner Entertainment empire was told by an American federal judge on Tuesday September 22 that it does not have the rights to collect royalties for...Read More

Freddie Starr buys new home on Costa del Sol

THE comedian is said to have sold his home in Warwickshire for almost £700,000 (€962,000) and liquidated his assets in Britain before leaving the country after facing a £1million bill on a lost...Read More

Canadian fugitive arrested in Marbella

A WOMAN wanted by the Canadian authorities for alleged theft and fraud has been arrested in Marbella.
The National Police force reported that Canada had issued an arrest warrant for the 55-year-old woman,...Read More

Chelsea lose Gibraltarian doctor

Dr Carneiro on  team bench CHELSEA doctor Eva Carneiro has decided to leave the club following public criticism from manager Jose Mourinho.
Gibraltar born Dr Carneiro had her position downgraded, lost her place on the bench and...Read More

Torrox celebrates its very own Oktoberfest

WITH the largest community of German residents in Spain, Torrox wants to celebrate one of the most important festivities from ‘Deutschland:’ Oktoberfest.
Mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina, presented...Read More

No officers on duty in Salobreña

THE independent workers union SIPLG representing Local Police in Granada has condemned the lack of officers on duty in Salobreña, claiming that the town goes without policemen and women for days at a...Read More

Couple sentenced over hotel bill in Puerto Banus

A COUPLE has been given a one year jail sentence for spending seven days at the Guadalpin Banus Hotel and running up a €7,324 bill before leaving without paying.
The pair spent April 2 to 9, 2008,...Read More

Eviction free Salobreña

SALOBREÑA has taken a step towards ending evictions in the town.
The town council has reached an agreement with the association “Stop Desahucios” (Evictions), through which the local government...Read More

Great news for Nerja Museum

NERJA Museum has just closed after their best summer season in history.
The number of visitors up until August 31 has now reached 22,992, which already surpasses the total number for the entire year...Read More

Redhead plans terror attack against Prince Charles

Prince Harry A RIGHT-WING fanatic who felt marginalised because of his ginger hair plotted the assassination of Prince Charles in the hope that his red-haired son Harry would become King.
Mark Colborne, a neo-Nazi,...Read More

Suspended sentences for bus owner and driver

A SCHOOL bus owner and driver have been given two year suspended jail sentences by a Malaga criminal court for negligent manslaughter.
Both admitted in court that they had been aware the bus had faulty...Read More

War of words over Catalonia runs on

Independence  rally ON Monday September 21, the First Minister of Catalonia Artur Mas responded to comments made by Luis Linde Governor of the Bank of Spain earlier that day stating that they were "immoral, irresponsible...Read More

ETA chiefs arrested

A wall in Belfast A JOINT venture between French and Spanish police has seen the arrest of David Pla and Iratxe Sorzabal, two of the main leaders of the Basque terrorist group ETA on September 22.
The arrest was carried...Read More

Man arrested over custard apples theft

MOTRIL Local Police have arrested a 37-year-old man who was allegedly carrying 65 kg of custard-apples in his car which he had stolen from a nearby field.
Officers found the man after being alerted to...Read More

Family urges parents to trust instincts as young Leo fights for his life

JUST one month ago, Leo was a normal two-year-old boy, enjoying summer holidays on the beach near his home in Vera, Almeria, with his British mother Karen and older sister Sofia.
Leo gradually started...Read More

Unqualified physio unmasked in Elche

THE professional College of Physiotherapists of the Valencian Community (ICOFCV) has denounced a person for being what they call a “pseudo-professional” for working without the correct qualifications.
The...Read More

Companies cannot force workers to provide contact details, court rules

THE Spanish High Court has declared that employees are not obliged to give their bosses their personal mobile phone numbers or email addresses and cancelled clauses demanding this on work contracts.
The...Read More

Parents forced to choose either food or bus

PARENTS of pupils at Torremolinos’s Palma de Mallorca Infant and Primary School are up in arms over a regional government decision to cancel two school buses.
The buses, which took about 100 children...Read More

Tourism breaks record once again

RECORD-BREAKING numbers have once more been registered in Spain in terms of tourism volume.
Spain received a total of 9.2 million international tourists in August, 1.6 per cent more than the same month...Read More

Paraplegic man´s hanging postponed in Pakistan

Picture of supreme  court of Pakistan. THE organised hanging of a paraplegic prisoner accused of murder in Pakistan has been delayed.
Abdul Basit is unable to be hanged because he does not meet the requirements of the prison manual as he...Read More

Lessons for frustrated parents in Fuengirola

FUENGIROLA’S public libraries are running workshops to teach frustrated parents of schoolchildren how to put covers on textbooks without ending up in tears.
The Forrar Libros es Facil (covering...Read More

Changes at Talk Radio Europe

On Air Talk Radio Europe (TRE) announced on Tuesday September 22 that Bill Padley, the current Station Manager and Programme Controller, is stepping down from his current roles at the end of September as he...Read More

Warm, wet autumn expected in Spain

THIS autumn, which starts in Spain at 10.21am on Wednesday (September 23), will be warmer and wetter than usual, the Aemet State Weather Agency has forecast.
Temperatures are expected to be between half...Read More

 
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