Hairy crime
AUSTRALIAN baggage handler for national airline, Qantas, was imprisoned for more than two-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of 50 counts of an unusual theft. Rodney Lyle Peterson regularly
Concealed weapon
DURING A security clampdown at an El Salvador jail, prison guards were surprised to find a hand grenade hidden up an inmate’s rectum. The V40 grenade was part of an
Cuddly buddies
TWO SUMATRAN tiger cubs have made friends with a set of orang-utan twins in an animal hospital at Taman Safari Zoo in Indonesia. After they were abandoned at birth, the
Swiss invasion
MORE THAN 170 Swiss army soldiers invaded defenceless neighbours Liechtenstein last Wednesday. They marched for two kilometres before they realised they had crossed the border and headed back. The Liechtenstein
Bugs and Bernard Matthews
By: Margaret Brown margaret.brown@portugalresident.com THE SPEED with which the Bernard Matthews turkey enterprise was given an all clear after mass culling and disinfection has no equal where notifiable livestock diseases
Complete Mediterranean Wildlife
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Complete Mediterranean Wildlife Published by Harper Collins To help you identify the plethora of flora and fauna on your walks, take a copy of this
Rother Walking Guide – Algarve
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Walking in Portugal By Ulrich Enzer Divided into the sections: Barlavento Coastlines; Sotavento Coast; West Coast, hinterland of Lagos and the Monchique hills; Hinterland of
Cicerone Guide to Walking in the Algarve
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Cicerone Guide to Walking in the Algarve By Julie Statham Julie is well-known to many local residents and regularly organises guided walks in the Algarve
Walking in Portugal
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop griffin.bookshop@portugalresident.com Walking in Portugal Published by Pili Pala Press This is a wonderful book for walkers, as long as you don’t want a guided walk in
What a corker!
By: Skip Bandele skip.bandele@portugalresident.com PORTUGAL – when you think about Europe’s south-westerly most country, holidays spring to mind – after all, Praia da Rocha in the Algarve was one of