Opinion

The response to the My Best Friend photo contest, as part of Scruffts 2011, has been fantastic. Due to the large number of entries we have received and space restrictions

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A three-metre anaconda, which fell off a circus truck on a dusty road, terrified residents of a small village in Kazakhstan for a day. A box containing the South American

Police say an apparently remorseful thief who stole a woman’s wallet in a New Hampshire, US, supermarket showed up at her door days later to return $90 and a GPS,

By Lynne Booker Just a 20 minute drive north east from Tavira through the sweeping uplands of the Serra de Caldeirão brings you to the quirkily named village of Faz

A Swedish man was arrested after he tried to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen and documented his efforts on the internet. Richard Handl, 31, from Angelholm in southern

By Dr. José Baptista features@algarveresident.com Prof. Dr. José Baptista MD. PhD is a Cardiologist and Subspecialist in Interventional Cardiology, a Director of the (U.I.C.) at Hospital Particular do Algarve and

New research from Oxfordshire-based property investment company, the Worldwide Property Group, has shown that the interest in buying property overseas has now tipped the balance versus that of buying property

By Helga and Larry Hampton features@algarveresident.com Helga and Larry Hampton, a German-American couple, have had a villa in the Algarve since 1972 and since 1990 have spent the majority of

By John Weedall We’ve always had a colourful potted terrace garden but after returning from an 18 month stint back in England in March, we’ve managed to create a much