Old folk enjoy outing to Vilamoura Marina
AROUND 500 old folk from the borough of Castro Marim recently enjoyed an outing to Vilamoura Marina, organised by the council in an effort to combat loneliness and isolation among the
Old Lisbon hospitals to be closed by 2009
THREE OF Lisbon’s oldest hospitals are to be closed and replaced with new, state-of-the-art hospitals. The unconfirmed information was leaked in a document from a Health Ministry source to Portugal’s
Politics v sport
Recent public statements by the President of Iran stating that the holocaust is a myth has prompted French MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit to call for Iran’s exclusion from the 2006 World
Portugal wins after Blair’s Brussels compromise
PORTUGAL HAS emerged a substantial beneficiary from the new EU budget deal agreed by Britain, the current holders of the Commission’s rotating presidency, in an agreement that should boost future
Portugal’s first Million Dollar representative
NOVEMBER 19 saw “Million Dollar Hole-in-One” have its first hole-in-one winner in the Algarve, with Colin Mocock achieving this at Parque da Floresta Golf and Leisure resort. Colin Mocock from
Portuguese among the worst for abusing antibiotics
THE PORTUGUESE are among the highest users of self-prescribed antibiotics within the European Union, according to a recent study. Also, Portugal ranks fourth in the antibiotic use league tables. There
Presidential elections vote turnout could beat all records
AS MANY as six million Portuguese could turn out at the ballot box to vote for the country’s next President in January. According to a survey carried out by Eurosondagem,
Residents uneasy after Buncefield blaze
THE RECENT devastating fire at Buncefield oil depot, near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, UK, raised serious environmental concerns about air quality in the affected area. The blaze, which injured 43
School delights audience
WHEN DAVID Higginbottom arrived at St Julian’s with the idea of creating a full orchestra at the St. Julian’s School, many doubted this would be possible. A couple of years
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The generation game • Steve Davis, now 48, but still ranked 15th in the world THE TRAVIS Perkins UK Championship in York did not at all go the way most