Opinion

By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A JAPANESE company has come up with a new car accessory for people who are stuck in traffic jams and need to go to the toilet.

A former mayor of a Lancashire village has been jailed for two years after being found guilty of four charges of burglary. It emerged that the 59-year old bachelor had

Portly members of staff who work on the oil platforms off the coast of Norway have been told to lose weight or lose their job. Those with a waistline exceeding

By MIKE JOHNSON features@algarveresident.com Mike Johnson is a freelance journalist who worked in the Algarve for more than 20 years. He now lives in Plymouth in the UK and comments

By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com A TOUR company in Rio de Janeiro could see its licence stripped away for providing tourists with an alternative tour of life in the city’s slums,

By: ELOISE WALTON features@algarveresident.com A FOX News employee who says she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being bitten by bedbugs at work has filed a lawsuit against the owner

By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com PEOPLE IN Mexico who walk out on their wedding day will have to pay their jilted partner compensation, if a local congressman’s proposal is passed. Jose

By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A MAN in the US, who booby-trapped a cycle path in order to take revenge on bikers, was arrested last week. Warren John Wilson dug holes

By: NAZLY DEHGANIAZAR features@algarveresident.com AMSTERDAM POLICE say 15 camels, two zebras, llamas and potbellied swine ran off on Monday from a travelling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole