Bomb scare at Portimão Maxmat
PORTIMÃO MAXMAT, the DIY superstore, received a bomb threat by telephone last week. Within minutes of the alarm being raised, at around 11.40am, customers and staff were safely evacuated outside
Therapeutic horseback riding
BEVERLEY GIBBONS, owner of Pinetrees Riding Stables in Quinta do Lago, and Rosemary Owen, chairman of the Riding for the Disabled Association, have been helping children and adults with physical,
Caldeirão’s forgotten hills
Around 80 people participated in a three-hour walk along the Serra do Caldeirão’s Montes Esquecidos (Forgotten Hills) recently. The 8km-walk was organised by the Associação dos Amigos da Cortelha, a
Tourism rising in Algarve
THE ALGARVE Tourism Board (RTA) has predicted that this summer will experience an increase in tourist activity of around four per cent. This proves that, despite a brief slump, tourism
Depeche Mode in the ‘Open Air’
FEBRUARY SAW Depeche Mode play Lisbon’s Pavilhão Atlântico on the first leg of their tour to promote their album, Playing the Angel. The second leg of the tour consists only
world cup latest
Final rehearsals ENGLAND’S PENULTIMATE warm-up match against Hungary saw a return to form for David Beckham. The captain provided the pinpoint crosses, and deadly free kicks that enabled Steven Gerrard
FOOTBALL NEWS
CRYSTAL PALACE and England striker, Andrew Johnson, has joined Everton for a club record of 12 million euros, but that was dwarfed by Chelsea’s Premiership frontier-busting Andrei Shevchenko’s transfer. The
Zonda hosts inaugural
THE INAUGURAL Zonda International Invitational Pairs Golf Tournament took place on the Island of Madeira recently, where a total of 20 golfers braved the Palheiro course in windy and, at
Free dog sterilisation
A complimentary sterilisation campaign is being offered to dogs in the Aljezur area until August 15. Organised by the Associação Ecologista e Zoófila de Aljezur (AEZA), with great support from
‘Some of the best ideas come from talking to the staff’
Caroline Cunha meets Flavio Bucciarelli, the new general manager of Sheraton Algarve FLAVIO BUCCIARELLI is the new general manager of the Sheraton Algarve. At 38-years-old, he is one of the