Hitler honour
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE ARRESTED a man in Canada for wandering the streets of Nanaimo, British Columbia, wearing nothing but a swastika on his chest. He told locals that
U Turn on HRT
By: Jenny Grainer jenny@portugalresident.com The front page headline of The Daily Mail on Monday, April 9, of U-TURN ON THE RISKS OF HRT, caught my immediate attention and demanded I
The evolution of our world
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com EVER SINCE I was a small child, the hours between sunrise and breakfast have been the most precious of the day and, although more often than
Up in smoke
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com FIREFIGHTERS WERE called to a house that was ablaze after there was an explosion from inside. The occupant of the house was found in the garden
Branson brush off
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AFTER THREATENING his two wives, as a joke, that he would marry a third woman if they did not stop fighting, a Saudi man lost part
Suspicious minds
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A STUDY in the UK revealed that almost half of divorcing couples use private investigators to find out whether their spouse has cheated. A staggering 49
Spring in the ‘Allgarve’
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com THE TROUBLE with spring is that everything looks on the tatty side: clothes, house and kitchen cupboards, as well as what passes for a lawn (where
Body bags
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in Canada was arrested when he was spotted suspiciously dragging garbage bags from an apartment to a car in an adjoining alley. Police arrived
Cow cleanser
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com TEACHERS IN Maharashtra, India, poured cow urine on low-caste students, last week, in order to cleanse them and extinguish the evil inside them. Upper caste, Sharad
Algarve Animal Associations
LAGOS ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY Monte Ruivo, Odiáxere, Lagos Tel 282 687 334 or email laps@sapo.pt Contact: Bridget Hicks In 1980, they were the first animal sanctuary to be established in