Drilling off the Alentejo coast
Dear Editor, As ENI/GALP are going to be drilling off the Alentejo coast, can they inform us as to what their disposal method will be of the drilling waste? As
Health service
Dear Editor, I am glad Algarve hospitals coped well over the holidays (according to your story ‘Healthcare chaos’ in last week’s edition). Well done to all, for many countries do
Calling Elvis!
A trip to the O2 at North Greenwich in London is a day out in itself. The huge tent-like structure which was originally the Millennium Dome is now a world
Impossible differences
Dear Editor, I cannot help feeling that the “outrage” expressed in the UK over the potential hiring by a new club of convicted rapist footballer Ched Evans could never happen
Bye-bye hopes of a happy new year
A review of the first week suggests we can expect more of the same over the next fifty-one, writes Len Port. No sooner had families and friends around the world
“Alojamento” alerts
Dear Editor I am writing to give an alternative view on the ‘shockwaves’ disseminated via the press over black-marketeers in the “Alojamento Local” sector. As we were all led to
Bring on the pomegranates!
Dear Editor, An article I read somewhere the other day (talking about how pomegranate cultivation could wean Afghanistan off the lucrative but dangerous opium trade) has got me thinking. Couldn’t
Google Wonder Land
A healthy, happy New Year to all our readers! We are into the second day of 2015 and hopefully you will have recovered sufficiently from recent excesses – and already
UK Christmas with a truly international flavour
Dear Editor We spent Christmas with the family and grandchildren in Suffolk (UK) and spent three nights at the Premier Inn, Ipswich. We were overwhelmed by the wonderful service and
A new shake-up in the Madeleine case?
The Operation Grange investigation by the Metropolitan Police into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is said to be “upbeat” and set to continue despite mounting costs, a top resignation and