As the new summer vegetables mature in our ecological garden we are introducing a news service to aid understanding and integration between the host Spanish community and British residents. From this Friday we will be distributing free bilingual recipes to our customers using our fresh vegetables as the main ingredients. In this way customers can [...]

Local teachers, parents, students and “anyone interested in the future of their children” are expected to attend a mass demonstration outside the Town Hall building in the Plaza de la Corredera tonight (Wednesday) at 7.30pm. At lunchtime today there were protests in all the local schools after which information leaflets were distributed around the town [...]

The financial crisis and the squeeze on our household budgets does not mean you can´t afford the best the freshest vegetables on the market. This week the ecological stall has a host of the freshest vegetables produced without any kind of chemicals at rock bottom prices to suit everyone´s pocket. The taste of the vegetables [...]

Yesterday (Tuesday) was the International Day of the Red Cross and the International Red Crescent movement commemorating the founder, Henri Dunant. Dunant formed the movement in 1859 after he witnessed the Battle of Solferino in Italy when 12,000 people died and 10,000 were wounded. The Red Cross has a presence in 187 countries around the [...]

The new Ciudad de Calasparra FC won 6 – 1 at home to Balsicas on Sunday and confirmed their promotion to the 1st Preferente Autonómica league. The local club needed to win by at least four goals to secure promotion and had organized an Open Day for fans to encourage the local community to support [...]

The Calasparra Ornithological Society will host the national Song Birds Championships on May 20 on the Athletics Track behind the industrial estate. Entrance to the event, organized by the local club in collaboration with the Town Hall, is free. The Saturday before the event more than 400 participants with some 600 song birds are expected [...]

Friday May 11 The Public Library in the street from 11am to 1pm in the Plkaza de la Corredera. Classical concert as part of the Galindo Foundation programme in the Municipal Auditorium at 8pm. Saxophone group from the Superior Conservatory marks the anniversary of the earthquake in Lorca on May 11 last year. Saturday May [...]

NEXOnr readers inform us there was a fire at La Ñora at about 6pm on Sunday evening. It was our readers who called the emergency services. “We heard the crackling of a fire and saw a tremendous amount of smoke and flames coming from the land across from us while walking our dogs. It was [...]

As the crisis continues to grip Calasparra and unemployment spirals many local families and businesses are struggling to survive. Under these circumstances it is becoming increasingly difficult to finance the local news service for non Spanish speaking residents of Calasparra. Few people are exempt, least of all our readers, and most of us find we [...]

Every day from Monday to Friday Celebration of the Eurcharist at 8am and 8pm in St Peter’s Church. Rosary prayers. Saturdays: Mass at 8pm Sundays: Mass at 9am, 11am and 8pm in St Peter’s Church. There will be floral offerings on Saturdays during May: May 12 – Caverina; May 19 – La Alegria followed by [...]

The local football club, El Ciudad de Calasparra, has organised a fans’ day this Sunday in the Caverina. The open day for fans coincides with an important fixture with Balsicas FC which could mean the local team goes up a league, however, they need to win by four goals or more. The game is at [...]

The second fashion show staged by the local Chamber of Commerce will be held in the Cine Rosales instead of the Municipal Auditorium in order to accommodate more people. Last year the police had to be called to calm down angry residents who were shut out of the auditorium after it was declared “full to [...]

Last Tuesday, on International Workers’ Day, the United Left officially opened their first “seat” in Calasparra in the history of the party. This workplace is an important step for the party who won a seat and the casting vote in the last municipal elections. Ricardo García, local coordinator and local councilor at the Town Hall [...]