May 17, 2013
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...
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A roundup of the main news stories from Spain this week, with health, transport and local stories featuring, with education being the biggest issue. If you like, you can even read...
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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...
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May 16, 2013
I was talking to one of the Orihuela councillors today, not an unusual fact I know, but I just wanted to tell you about one of the subjects we were talking about. The subject was “education”. If you know me at all, or if you don´t, have a look back at some of the previous articles I´ve written, but to me EDUCATION is THE most important factor in a child´s life....
May 16, 2013
This week, in preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest from Malmo in Sweden, I have been joined by our very own “man on the ground”, Steve. If you missed our chat today, all about the uppers and downers expected in the first semi-final, you can listen again here, then join us live on Thursday for the next sneak preview, ready for the second...
May 16, 2013
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 Rubalcava during the rains before Easter, and selling the 3,540 kilos of surplus product and tools, accumulated over the past few years and now unusable, for scrap....
May 16, 2013
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 set to host the fair ground and Friday market, amongst other things, has “not been paralysed”, but that the 5,328,885 million euro project had been...
May 16, 2013
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 euro to avoid being arrested. The officer was on duty, in uniform, with a partner when the alleged incident took place in September 2010, in which the accused is...