Human bed warming service
Hotel operator Holiday Inn was due to offer clients a free five minute bed warming service at its London Kensington hotel this week. If requested, a willing member of hotel
Open letter to the Civil Governor of Faro
Almost every week now there are reports of crime, letters from those who suffer. What is your response? At first it seemed to be, ‘nothing is wrong, the statistics show
Penal Code needs changing
Dear Editor, Portugal should change its Penal Code as there is no other alternative! I have just read your articles on crime in the Algarve. I had an attempted break
Shoe stopping!
A cake maker in Britain has launched a range of edible chocolate shoes, which are flying off shop shelves in the UK, after she discovered a vintage chocolate shoe mould
Cuisine conundrum
A survey carried out by market research companies OnePoll and YoungPoll has revealed that some teenagers believe that oats grow on trees and bacon comes from sheep. Many youngsters who
January 15 2010 Poll Results
Last week we asked: Do you believe it should be the responsibility of airlines to provide accommodation for stranded passengers? Two thirds of the voters felt that airlines should help
Moving into the New World
By RICHARD GIBBS features@algarveresident.com Head of Private Clients for Moneycorp, one of the UK’s leading foreign exchange and international money transfer providers. I touched on the subject of sustainable design
Living in Portugal with the weaker pound
By DAVID KERNS features@algarveresident.com Head of Private Clients for Moneycorp, one of the UK’s leading foreign exchange and international money transfer providers. The key consideration for people living in Portugal
Algarve crime wave
Dear Editor, I think you should investigate into it all more. Why don’t the police care? Who is giving us any protection? Why are they focusing on Loulé area? Maybe
Holy naan
A curry house diner in the UK was amazed after spotting what appears to be the face of Jesus on his naan bread. David Howlett, 34, was about to eat