Majorca sighting
Dear Editor, The fact that Madeleine or the girl wasn’t found in Majorca is highly suspicious in itself. If this girl was not Madeleine then why haven’t police found out
Crackdown on illegal immigrants
Dear Editor, I read with interest your article on people living/working illegally in Portugal. I have a home in the Algarve and the taxi drivers are regularly telling me about
Little islander behaviour
Dear Editor, I note with interest the comments of the new Ambassador (The Resident edition October 26) and the statement about the British and the euro. So, Britain will not
Holiday horror
Dear Editor, After spending my usual two week villa holiday on the Algarve, which I have done for the past 15 years, sometimes twice a year, I felt I must
Holiday short term lets
Dear Editor, As a regular visitor to the Algarve I am astounded to read of the mass of regulation that the authorities are trying to impose on the holiday letting
Guilty of neglect
Dear Editor, The McCanns were more to blame for this problem than anyone else. I do feel for them but they should never have left their children – they could
Flooding in Albufeira
Dear Editor, I am writing to you concerning the recent flooding in Albufeira old town. My friend Liza Gallinari ran a hair and beauty salon from the California Shopping centre
Guilty thief
STAFF AT a kiosk in Germany were shocked to find an envelope stuffed with money and a note of apology just a few days after they had been robbed. Police
Gut busting grub!
A RESTAURANT in London is offering its clients a gut-busting 6,000 calorie menu which has been created in honour of the adventurer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who tried and failed to
The wedding guest
A PREGNANT bride started giving birth during her marriage ceremony in Northumberland in the UK. Emma Lowdon, 36, felt her contractions begin as she tied the knot with her partner

