Algarve

BILL HENDERSON, recently appointed to the post of British Consul for the Algarve, received a warm welcome at a cocktail reception held in the Sheraton Algarve last month. The event

THE GOOD Time Jazz Band is a professional, six-piece Dixieland jazz band, notable for their entertainment value, versatility and reputation as a fun band. This year, the band has gained

WHILE OUT walking his dog in the open countryside near his home in Barreiras Brancas, Loulé, nearly two-and-a-half-years ago, 83-year-old Britisher Dr. Vickers was assaulted by a hunter at gunpoint.

MRS. MARDIE Cunningham received a bottle of champagne for being the 50th person to attend an art exhibition by Hazel (Sally) Dawson and Harry Hopley at the Hotel Garbe in

PORTIMÃO’S IGREJA Matriz is the setting for a special musical celebration this Eastertime, with the Orquestra do Norte performing Mozart’s Requiem Mass tonight (Good Friday, April 14) at 9.30pm. The

SEVEN MEN and one woman, aged between 18 and 50, were recently arrested by police in Olhão, suspected of drug dealing. Armed with eight warrants, police undertook a raid on

IF YOU joined the more than 100 people for the seventh Annual Fundraising Dinner-Dance for Lagoa Voluntary Bombeiros, at the Fatacil grounds in Lagoa, on April 1, you were certainly

CARVOEIRO: Motorcyclist kills pedestrian on zebra crossing A MOTORCYCLIST, travelling at high speed through the village of Carvoeiro last Saturday night, failed to stop at a zebra crossing on Estrada

THREE MEN, aged between 20 and 40, have been arrested following seven raids on private houses located in Olhão and Faro, suspected of drug dealing in bars and nightclubs across

FOLLOWING A surprise inspection carried out by the GNR and the Inspecção-Geral das Actividades Culturais, the general inspectorate for cultural activities, at Quarteira market, 3,156 pirate DVDs, CDs and games