Police tell officers bras could be dangerous
Women police officers have been instructed not to wear under-wired bras – because the metal could cause extra harm if they are shot. Essex Police has written to all their
Marvellously dangerous
Dear Editor,
A22 tolls’ fiasco
Dear Editor, I wrote on the subject of tolls before they were introduced and have now had first-hand experience. Earlier in the month my wife and I flew to Porto
Aloe Vera
Dear Editor,
35% of UK adults bring teddy bears to bed
Move over, dogs. Man’s best friend might actually be a bear. About 35% of British adults admitted they sleep with a teddy bear to de-stress before bedtime, according to a
Carnival as usual
By Jenny Grainer features@algarveresident.com Jenny Grainer arrived in the Algarve to live, work and raise a family in 1968. She is a freelance writer and her book ‘Portugal and the
Boy lives as girl in youngest case of GID
A little boy who decided he was a girl trapped in a boy’s body has become one of the youngest-ever children to have his decision backed by the NHS –
Cracking the code
You might not realize it, but your brain is a code-cracking machine. For emaxlpe, it deson’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod aepapr, the olny iprmoatnt tihng
Good spine for a healthy sex life
by Sandra Genest-Boudreau and Christophe O. Alves features@algarveresident.com Sandra Genest-Boudreau is French-Canadian, who graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1990 before coming to the Algarve in 2002. She
Extinct Ibex resurrected
An extinct animal has been brought back to life for the first time after being cloned from frozen tissue. The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially