Crime prevention in the lead up to Christmas
By David Thomas Whilst most of us will be preparing for the big day (just 55 days to go) and trying to decide on all the festive arrangements, criminals also
Children give smiles this Christmas
Gill Rhodes, local representative of the British charity Samaritan’s Purse, visited the International School of the Algarve last Friday to collect donations given by students as part of Operation Christmas
Classic edition
Festival at the Portimão racetrack proved another success, featuring 11 races involving a total of 216 drivers and 130 vehicles, ranging from pre-war sports to classic Grand Prix cars spanning
Church concert
An eleven-string alto guitar concert will be performed by talented musician John Fletcher at Ermida de Santa Ana in Tavira, as part of the Music in the Churches initiative. The
Animal-rights activists free lab animals
Animal-rights activists took matters into their own hands in Brazil last week by releasing 178 animals from a cosmetics testing laboratory. The 120-strong group of protestors had surrounded the lab
Bikers on the road again
Algarve Senior Bikers’ latest ride (October 8) was organised by Mike Sanders and started near Boliqueime, heading north through the hills above Salir before returning south to Faro Island for
Christmas Market at Vale do Lobo
The Vale do Lobo Christmas Market will take place within the main auditorium of Vale do Lobo on Saturday December 7. For the fourth year running, the event will raise
Algarve organisations meet
Leaders of some of the Algarve’s non-profit organisations and associations held their first networking meeting last week at O Licorne in Olhos d’Água. In attendance were Samantha Birch (Petra Birch
Church sounds
Church organ sounds will be heard at Faro’s Sé Cathedral and Carmo Church during the sixth Organ Festival in November. Concerts, starting at 9pm, will take place on the following
Algarveans prepare for more comedy
Rehearsals continue at a pace for the next Algarveans’ production ‘How The Other Half Loves’ by Alan Ayckbourn, which tells the comic story of three upwardly mobile couples back in

