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By Natasha Smith and Ruth Sharpe natasha@portugalresident.com A GROUP of residents who went to the aid of a distressed horse were accused by its owner of theft of a rope

Express buses originating from the Algarve are not abiding by the rules set by the General Directive of Land and Water Transports (DGTTF), says a drivers’ union. Since the accident

THE BIRTHRATE in the Algarve continues to rise, according to statistics for 2005 released by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE). Portugal’s national institute for statistics registered 4,950 births in the region last year,

THE overwhelming generosity of readers and the Friends Lunch Club has ensured there were enough backpacks donated to equip all the children on the register of the Castelo de Sonhos

Natural healers Douglas Ballard and Sharon Wise will be back in the Algarve at the beginning of October for two weeks, working from a number of locations across the region.

By CAROLINE CUNHA caroline@portugalresident.com FAMILY FASHION retailer, C&A, is to open its first store in the Algarve next month. Due to open in mid October at the Forum Algarve shopping

A GROUP of animal loving volunteers from Vale da Telha have opened the doors of New 2 You, Aljezur’s first charity shop, to raise money for abandoned, sick and injured

A JAZZ lunch hosted by Susan Hamer raised funds for the St. Vincent’s Church of England Church’s charity work in the Algarve. The music was provided by the New Orleans Jazz

PLANS ARE in place for the construction of an 80-room, three star hotel at Faro airport on available space to the north of the car parks. Although negotiations with the airport

A Portuguesa – Jazz Bar/Restaurant, in Praia da Rocha, recently hosted a palette of extraordinary Latin Jazz. Anabela Vieira, the owner of the establishment was as elated as her many