The children of today
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com ONCE UPON a time, children would spend hours playing outdoors in the mud, having fun in the fresh air, with nothing less than an old tyre
Beware the roller shoes
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THEY MIGHT seem like a lot of fun but the new trend for trainers containing hidden wheels in the soles can be dangerous. A spokesperson for
Degree in tennis
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to improve the UK’s tennis standards, a Lancashire based University is launching a degree course in tennis. The sports technology degree in tennis
Easing school registration
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com THE MINISTRY of Education wants to simplify the rules of registration into primary basic and secondary schools in Portugal. The secretary of State for Education, Valter
Fewer teen drinkers
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com A study of 12,000 teenagers aged between 14 and 17 in the northwest of England points to a decrease in the number alcohol drinkers compared to
How to raise teenagers
By: SUZY TURNER suzy@portugalresident.com A new book on how to raise teenagers is now on sale. The Haynes’ Teenager Manual is being published by the company best known for motoring
The December 2006 Night Sky
Clear winter nights Welcome to the December night sky and to the cold clear nights of winter. On December 21, the Sun is at its lowest point in the heavens
A month of meteor showers
By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the November night sky. This is the month when the winter constellations start to appear in the evening night sky and the long dark nights
Autumn is on its way
By CLIVE JACKSON WELCOME TO the October night sky. This is the month when we really notice the nights lengthening and the constellations of summer are replaced by those of
Pluto’s relegation
Clyde Tombaugh was only 24-years-old when he discovered Pluto, while working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930. He had spent six gruelling months examining images of the sky,