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VALE DO Lobo art gallery is opening a new exhibition of the work of young Portuguese painter, Margarida Palma, today (December 16), at 7pm. Margarida’s collection focuses on the idea

THE ROYAL British Legion’s (RBL) Annual General Meeting was recently held at the Hotel Garbe in Armação de Pêra. With a number of committee members resigning for various reasons, it

LOULÉ CÂMARA has signed a contract with a specialist company to deal with abandoned cars in the borough. Valorcar is licensed by the government to provide an environmentally friendly solution

CENTRO DA Quinta do Paço presents The Rhythm of Life, a comic revue that focuses on the quirkiness of the modern age. Directed by David Butler-Cole, with music from the

THE STAGE School is pleased to announce their Christmas Showtime Extravaganza is taking place this Saturday, December 17, at Michael’s Musical Klub in Montechoro, at 5pm. Twenty-one students, aged between

MORE THAN a thousand people attended the official ceremony to mark the switching on of the Christmas lights at the Refúgio Aboim Ascensão children’s home in Faro last week. The

LOULÉ GNR, following a series of raids at private addresses in Loulé, seized gold jewellery valued at around 3,000 euros, electrical equipment, 1,000 euros in cash presumed to be from

WHAT A better way to get all the family into the seasonal spirit than to come along to Barringtons Golf and Health Spa in Vale do Lobo, on Wednesday, December

A GIANT Portuguese Christmas cake, the Bolo Rei, was offered to 5,000 passers-by in Quarteira’s Rua Vasco da Gama last Saturday. Measuring 200 metres in length and weighing a total

POLICE ARRESTED three Britons aboard a fishing boat 77 miles off Cape St. Vincent (Sagres), attempting to smuggle ashore a large quantity of hashish at the end of last week.