Mother-in-law hell
A new survey has found that millions of women find themselves in daily battles with their other half’s mother over everything from style and fashion, to how to bring up
Saying no to closure of Carvoeiro parish council
Dear Editor, I was really saddened to read that Carvoeiro Junta had been proposed for a merger with the Lagoa Junta in your article in last week’s edition (Parish councils
Taxing experiences from airport taxi drivers
1 – Dear Editor, I refer to the latter from Paul Matthews in last week’s Algarve Resident. I am fortunate enough to be fluent in Portuguese and very rarely if
Shame on you easyJet!
Dear Editor, Shame on you easyJet, hang your heads in shame for your action or should I say inaction this morning, November 14. The staff at Faro were as usual
Barlavento Hospital, Portimão
Dear Editor, I feel I must put my thoughts about this hospital in writing for all foreign residents to read. I was diagnosed with breast cancer from the mobile mammogram unit
Man sues wife for being ugly … and wins
When husband Jian Feng saw his newborn baby for the first time he was so horrified that it led to the ugliest divorce case in legal history. The girl was
Public transport difficulties
Dear Editor, I visit the Algarve at least five times a year. I am fortunate enough to be able to use public transport to get to Cabanas de Tavira. However,
Wife’s wifi woe
It took computer buff Scott Reed a while to finally click on to why he couldn’t become a dad. He and wife Laura from Clanfield, Hants in England tried in
Jobless offered free spray tans
In previous times of economic hardship, the unemployed were urged to get on their bikes and look for work – but jobseekers in one Welsh town are now being told
British Embassies’ Crisis Management Plan
by Clive Jewell The appalling destruction and loss of life caused recently in the Caribbean, and particularly on the east coast of the United States and Canada by Hurricane Sandy,