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DRINK DRIVERS and motorists who break the speed limit are being targeted as part of a major police campaign entitled Natal em Segurança, Christmas in safety, which began earlier this

NEW HOME decoration event, Algardecor, staged in Faro for the first time last weekend failed to draw the crowds. The public flocked to the Forum Algarve shopping centre to do

ENROLMENT INTO Portuguese courses at four fluency levels is now open to anyone wishing to learn or improve their linguistic skills at the Centro de Línguas de Lagos. Each group

THE SILVES bombeiros are asking readers of The Resident for help to raise 3,300 euros to purchase a top-of-the-range, second hand ambulance from Switzerland. The ambulance costs 9,300 euros. Angela Schulz-Henke

CHILDREN’S TV favourite, Bob the Builder, arrives in Lisbon this week for a stage version of the popular show. After sell out performances in Porto earlier this month, Bob and

By NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com PLANS HAVE been approved for the construction of an autodrome in Portimão, which could be completed by September 2008 at an investment cost of 195 million

FARO CÂMARA gave Faro municipal bombeiros 40,000 euros worth of protective clothing for their 124th birthday, which they celebrated last Wednesday. The firemen blew out 124 candles, with fire extinguishers

Just under 1,000 people poured on to the streets of Albufeira to take part in the third annual Christmas fun walk. There was a sea of festive Santa hats and

The main winner on Saturday was the weather, with only one fixture being played as all other games were washed out due to heavy rain. The surviving game, between Clube