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A VICTIM of the Thailidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s will be in Tavira next week speaking about his experiences.   Brian Gault is one of about 500 surviviors

THE HEAD of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Lagos, Júlio José Monteiro Barroso, who is also the president of Lagos Câmara, is being investigated for discrepancies in the Rainha

DUE TO the recent storms, heavy rain, mist and fog, traffic conditions have been hazardous in the Algarve and throughout Portugal. In the last couple of weeks, it is has

TRITON TRAVEL, the independent UK travel agents’ group, has chosen the Algarve to host its second annual conference next spring. Around 1,000 travel agents are expected to travel to Portugal

A MAN wanted in connection with 11 armed robberies in the Albufeira area was arrested by police just 100 metres from the scene of his latest crime. The man was

MOZART’S REQUIEM will be performed at Lagoa Municipal Auditorium this Saturday, November 11, at 9.30pm. The concert by the Beiras Philarmonic Orchestra, Regina Coeli Choir and singers Carlos Guilherme (tenor),

THE DISAPPEARANCE of the bell from the top of the Nossa Senhora do Livramento chapel in Tavira has sparked outrage within the community. A parishioner notified the chapel’s priest Carlos

The popular play, Lights Out by Nicky Morgan, is back. After its success at the Centro da Quinta do Paço, between Algoz and Tunes, where the cast received a standing

THE INTERNATIONAL Christian Fellowship (ICF) in the Algarve is celebrating its 15th birthday. It was started by Pastor Norman Harrell in November 1991, who stayed until 2002 when he returned

THE 1920s 10-piece hot dance orchestra, Oo-Boop-I-Do, returned to the Algarve last Friday evening with a concert at the São Brás Museum. Re-assembled by founding member Ian Carfrae, together with