THE STUDIO 32 Musical Theatre group´s production of the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, hits the stage of San Fulgencio´s Cardenal Belluga theatre in less than a fortnight´s time. The musical farce is set on board a luxury liner sailing from New York to London in the early thirties, with some memorable songs and laughs. Charities to benefit from the show include San Fulgencio Alzheimer´s...
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TWO councils have gone into battle over road signs in a territorial dispute which saw one mayor get out a paint pot and brush to personally remove some directions from a Rafal road. The row between Rafal and Orihuela concerns road markings put down by Orihuela council on Calle Infanta Elena Infanta, which Rafal´s PSOE mayor Manuel Pineda took great pleasure in “blacking out”. Orihuela claim...
OVER 3,500 bikes are set to hit the San Javier area at the end of the month for the annual Hot Rally along the seafront of Santiago de la Ribera. The event, which has been held at Santiago for the last three years, is regarded as one of the largest gatherings of custom motorcycles in Europe, and is expected to attract over six thousand visitors between Friday May 24th and Sunday May 26th. Free rock...
AN IMPRESSIVE sum of 11, 653 euros raised by a variety show last month, has been handed over to the Torrevieja disabled and special needs school, Apanee. Fundraiser, Casey Shaddock and entertainer Stevie Spit hosted the “Big Stars for Little Stars” event at the Orihuela Costa Resort, featuring the services of a variety of local performers. Casey and Stevie were invited on Monday to formally sign...
ROJALES social services recently received a donation of 800 euros from the Rojales Pantomime Group, which was part of the proceeds from this year´s production of Camelot. The money will go provide food, clothing, wheelchairs and essential items to families or individuals in need in the Rojales area. The panto performers will be turning their hands to a fund-raising Murder Mystery play at the...
VALENCIAN government president Ximo Puig has promised that the CV-95 road between Orihuela and Torrevieja will be upgraded to a dual carriageway, during an election campaign visit to Orihuela City. Puig, of the Socialist PSOE party, is looking for four more years in power in the Valencian regional elections on Sunday, April 28th, the same date as the national general election. The president blamed the...
SAN JAVIER mayor José Miguel Luengo has repeated a call to replace the Canal El Estacio bridge linking the Mar Menor to La Manga, with a tunnel. The El Estacio bridge is a bascule-designed structure, exactly the same as London´s iconic Tower Bridge, and besides the frequent delays when both sides are lifted up and down, the mechanism has been prone to regular breakdowns causing added frustration to...
SEVERAL classrooms at the Dama de Guardamar school were destroyed by fire in the early hours of Friday morning. Pupils aged between three and eleven were forced to see out the rest of their pre-Easter lessons in council buildings between Monday and Wednesday. Firefighters from Almoradi, Orihuela, and Torrevieja put out the blaze which started at around 2.00 am, as a number of prefabricated rooms...
THE STUDIO 32 Musical Theatre group´s production of the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, hits the stage of San Fulgencio´s Cardenal Belluga theatre at the end of next month. The musical farce is set on board a luxury liner sailing from New York to London in the early thirties, and one of the many colourful characters is Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, a handsome but stuffy and hapless British nobleman...
SAN JAVIER council has been given 200 thousand euros by the Murcia government to advertise the area as a tourist destination based on its aviation connections. After January´s transfer of the regional airport to Corvera, the empty terminal building will be converted to house the 44 vintage aircraft belonging to the Fundacion Infante de Orleans, currently based in the Madrid area. San Javier council...