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No change of government for Orihuela as motion blocked THE motion of censure which would have brought about the departure of the present government in Orihuela and the arrival of a Popular Party Centro Liberal Renovador (CLR) government was not put to the vote at
the special plenary meeting. It was blocked by the co-presidency, comprising the most senior and most junior councillors, who considered that the two CLR councillors, Pedro Mancebo and Juan Ignacio Lopez Bas,
Live war shell found in San Bartoleme home A SHELL from the Spanish Civil War has been found in a private house in the village of San Bartolome. Orihuela’s Local Police were on routine patrol in the area when a neighbour said they had an ‘old bullet’ in their garage and asked what they could do with it. Officers entered the property and found the object, which appeared to be artillery ammunition from around the time of the Civil War. Officers
contacted the Guardia Civil Bomb Disposal Team who verified it was a shell from the 1930s. It was live and capable of causing serious damage. It was wrapped in protective casing and removed from the house. LIVE: Shell from Civil War could have caused a lot of destruction.
whose votes were necessary to provide a majority for the motion, were not authorised to sign because of their expulsion by the Coalition CLR-CLARO on December 26. Like the two councillors, Bob Houliston and Asuncion
Mayoral, expelled from the CLR-CLARO group by Pedro Mancebo in 2011 and 2012 respectively, the two councillors expelled from the Coalition on December 26 no longer belong to the political formation they were elected on, and as such they cannot vote in a motion of censure to bring down the government. The co-presidents of the council meeting, Bob Houliston (C.L.A.R.O.) and Carolina Gracia (Socialist Party) plus the Secretary General justified their decision to block the vote on the motion on strictly legal grounds.
Car fire sparks explosion alert THE quick action of firefighters in Mula, Murcia, prevented a car fire spreading and causing a potential explosion. The Audi 100 was reported as being on fire in the city, but sparked alarm when emergency services arrived to find it parked just metres from Repsol Butano gas bottles.