RUGBY UNION – Irish class
THE HEINEKEN Cup quarter-finals produced one of the biggest surprises of the competition so far, with Leinster overrunning holders and three-time winners Toulouse 41-35. The Irish outshone the French side
Faro airport is first choice for Germans over 50
FARO AIRPORT has been chosen by Monorama Touristik and Reise Klub, two German tour operators specialising in travel for the over 50s, to receive more than 9,000 seniors over a
State spends 250 millions euros on science
PORTUGUESE PRIME Minister, José Sócrates, warned that Portugal would end up a third world economy if it didn’t change quickly. Talking in Porto last week on the importance of raising
Food to bring back memories
LAST YEAR, Sara Vasco and Julie Middleton opened Food Fayre in Messines, a shop selling all those things you used to be able to get in your old home country,
West coast beach clean-up
A GROUP of friends from the Algarve Surf School Association are environmentally conscious people, who do more than just think about how we are destroying our planet. They got together
Have a yummy time!
NIKKI’S SANDWICH Shop, established in Lagos Marina since last June, provides a unique service to local business people, boat, office and shop staff, residents and visitors, with its free delivery
Kitchens and bedrooms with the quality stamp
ROBERT BROOKS started his kitchen business in the Algarve 15 years ago and, by that time, he already had a wealth of experience back in the UK. Like most business
LIGA DE HONRA – The Ides of March
IN THE Liga de Honra, the hopes of Olhão and Portimão of providing the region with first class football for the first time since Farense were relegated from Portugal’s top
‘Bird flu is a veterinarian issue, but we must be vigilant’
• The Algarve has an ongoing blood donor campaign that is very successful, says the president of ARS Algarve DOCTOR RUI Lourenço is a general practitioner working in Loulé and
Magical paintings by Sue Rubira
AN EXHIBITION of remarkable watercolours of donkeys, gypsies and market sellers by artist Sue Rubira is currently on show at the Armazém Regimental in Lagos. Sue, MA Royal College of