Super Alan Shearer
The Resident reporter GEORGE FLETCHER caught up with current Newcastle captain and one of England’s best loved former captains, Alan Shearer, after a day on the greens for an EXCLUSIVE
First fire blazes in Aljezur
In all, 57 firefighters, supported by 15 vehicles, were drafted in to fight the flames when the Algarve’s first forest fire of the year broke out in scrubland in Bordeira,
The music behind the star
Pop star JC Chasez’s latest release Some Girls has taken Portugal by storm, reaching number one in last week’s Kiss FM column. Like every star, JC travels with an entourage
GNR could substitute SEF
Officers from the fiscal brigade of the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) may substitute for striking border control (SEF) staff during the forthcoming Euro 2004 football tournament that begins on June
Traffic police investigated
The Ministry of Justice has announced that 40 police agents from the Divisão de Trânsito (DT) PSP police agents are to be investigated as part of a Polícia Judiciária (PJ)
Grand Champions – McEnroe Out – Courier In
Fellow countryman, Jim Courier, will replace John McEnroe at this year’s Vale do Lobo Grand Champions tennis tournament. The line-up for this year’s competition, played out between August 3 and
Train links Faro to Braga in six hours
Portugal will feel that bit smaller during the Euro 2004, thanks to the train links that will allow travellers to go from Faro to Braga in less than six hours
Hauliers say it’s their choice
The Resident columnist and MEP, Phillip Bushill-Matthews, spoke recently at the annual UK Road Haulage Association spring convention, held at the Hotel Almansor in Carvoeiro. ‘Directives: Red Tape or Green
Jaywalkers Fined
Police officers mounted an anti-jaywalking operation at the Algarve Forum shopping centre in Faro recently and fined various shoppers for crossing at inappropriate areas. A total of 11 people were
Jilted Iraqi murdered Portuguese girl
Police have revealed that Portuguese citizen Elisabete Pereira was murdered in a frenzied attack in England last month. Authorities believe that her sister’s jilted Iraqi lover murdered her. It is