PortimĂŁo robbery
An armed robber has stolen an unspecified sum of money from a bureau de change office in PortimĂŁo. The masked robber, believed to be a black man, entered the shop,
School facilities improved
In a move that the President of LoulĂ© CĂąmara has described as âurgent and necessaryâ, the foundation stone of Almancilâs first ever pre-school nursery was laid recently. âAlmancil is one
Shake your tailfeather!
Ann Bull is an English state registered chiropodist who started her practice here in January 2003. She works in the Cloud 9 Health and Beauty Salon at Alto Club in
Sports extra
Chairman wins top golf award Sander van Gelder, chairman of the Vale do Lobo Group of Companies, has been honoured by the Portuguese Golf Federation as the entrepreneur who contributed
State of the nation
President Jorge Sampaio used his traditional New Yearâs address to make a plea for greater respect for foreign citizens who live and work in Portugal. Sampaio said this was a
Text tidal wave
Each Portuguese mobile phone owner sent an average of four text messages on New Yearâs Eve when, according to the three Portuguese mobile phone operators, more than 146 million text
The earth will move
This month, Vilamoura will host the worldâs biggest JCB conference. From January 16 to February 4, the British company, JCB Training, along with Motivo, the company which sells JCBâs in
Walk-in clinics planned
Domestic violence has now become such a pressing issue for the Portuguese government that the police may be granted permission to tap telephones in a bid to gather evidence against
2003 one of the hottest years
Last year was the third hottest year throughout the world since temperatures were first measured 250 years ago. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the average temperature during 2003 was
A new start for the British School
After a long struggle and many complications, Alice Van den Eine re-opened the doors to the British School last September and with a new address, just outside Lagoa, it is