Retail frenzy over back- to-school items
YOU MUST have noticed … your mailbox is unusually full with junk mail and your TV viewing and radio listening have been hijacked with countless advertisements. Yes, it’s back-to-school time
St. Vincent’s Church of England does it again!
“What a success, you certainly know how to organise things in Luz,” were some of the comments overhead during the barbecue held last week, following the Fun Golf Day organised
Surpassing expectations – by Ruth Sharpe
THE FIRST time Ben Harper came to Lisbon, he performed to a few hundred people at Lisbon University’s Aula Magna. Ten years on, Harper is set to return to Portugal
TAP phone lines jammed following new security measures
OVER THE course of the first two weeks in August, the TAP Air Portugal call centre registered a record 70,000 calls, 50 per cent more than in the same period
The cutting edge
The Victor Picardo Group has expanded at a phenomenal rate in the last year, increasing the number of salons throughout the Algarve to eight. The most recent was opened in
Trains and ships cash in
Travellers are opting to take the train or ferry rather than fly, in the wake of the latest terrorist alert at British airports. A spokesperson for Eurostar (high-speed trains connecting
Turner case update
Carlos Alberto Marques, the doctor who performed the first autopsy on John Turner, the Englishman murdered in his Algarve home in 2005, admitted in Loulé court, on August 29, that
Vehicle inspection centres shamed
VEHICLE INSPECTIONS in Portugal, which are routine periodical inspections, equivalent to the British MOT, are allegedly being carried out without due care and attention, with staff at many inspection centres
World kite surf competition hits Lisbon
Guincho Beach, near Cascais, is hosting this year’s Wave Masters World Cup competition between September 4 and 10, as part of the Kiteboard Pro World Tour. Guincho beach is considered
Algarve beaches stripped of Blue Flag
Vale do Lobo beach in Loulé is not allowed to hoist the Blue Flag it was awarded at the beginning of the bathing season until it reapplies next year, despite