Air-con showroom robbed
Autoheat, an air conditioning equipment supplier based in Lagoa, was the victim of an organised burglary recently, losing its safe and a whole host of brand new air conditioning equipment
Open and shut
The French football team may have lost their dominance of European football but French golfers are dominating European golf with a succession of winners, culminating in Thomas Levet´s superb closing
Alleged arsonist detained
Police in Faro have arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of carrying out three arson attacks in the final fortnight of June that endangered local residents’ homes, in a zone
Police check robbers out
Two muggers in Albufeira forced a young mother to write them a cheque to the value of 500 euros recently, in full view of many passing pedestrians. The thieves later
Caught with stolen jeep
Albufeira’s GNR recently managed to detain an individual who was making a getaway in a stolen jeep. The arrest happened following a tip-off from a kindergarten worker who suspected that
Police find cannabis plantation
Vila do Bispo GNR discovered a cannabis plantation in an isolated zone of Barão de São Miguel recently. In total, authorities seized 184 feet of the plant, detaining a German
Comment – Second chance
The news that took the Algarve and Portuguese football in general completely by surprise last week was that Salgueiros had been demoted to the Second Division B in the face
Prison for driving licence cheats
A syndicate of fraudsters, who offered a package deal of a trip to Portugal from Madeira, including a crash-driving course, recently received heavy prison sentences. During the court case, the
Curry on your support
At a recent fundraiser held on the terrace of the Hotel Garbe, in Armação de Pêra, many supporters of APAA (the Association for the Protection of Animals in the Algarve)
Reflecting styles
Reflections Salon, a new hairdressers opened in Tavira by married couple, Nicolette and Miguel de Carvalho, is one of the few English speaking salons in the Eastern Algarve. A young