Algarve

THE RESIDENT is now available for sale in more outlets than ever before in the Algarve and Alentejo regions. Readers can now pick up their favourite weekly newspaper at the

TWO BEACHES on the west coast did not apply for blue flags after water quality tests carried out last year were poor. Praia do Vau, Portimão, and Porto de Mós,

By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@the-resident.com FOLLOWING AN undercover investigation into the failings of many childcare facilities, including those of a Mark Warner resort in Egypt, a company spokesman told The Resident

A DANGEROUS grub that is out in force at this time of year across the Algarve is the processionary caterpillar, which can be harmful to both humans and animals. The

A WORKSHOP based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will take place at Lagos Cultural Centre on Thursday (March 20), from 8.30pm. Leonor Keil and John Mowat have devised a programme

TWO AUTOPSIES on the body of Mari Luz Cortés, found on Thursday in Ria del Tinto, Huelva, have proved inconclusive in determining if the five-year-old girl died as a result

CONSTRUCTION OF a new prison which will be able to take 500 prisoners, more than double the current capacity of the Algarve’s prisons, is due to start in São Bartolomeu

TAVIRA ISLAND will be hosting its eighth Sports Island event between March 19 and 22, where people from around the world meet to take part in earth, wind and water

PORTIMÃO HOSPITAL’S new emergency room (ER) should be ready before the end of March. The new facility is located next to the existing ER Unit and will have space for

ALGARVE-BASED conservation group Almargem has completed and published online the first section of detailed information on the Via Algarviana, Algarve Way, between Alcoutim and Balurcos. Information included about the route,