Restaurants make women fat
While women are known for watching their figures and scrupulously counting their calorie intake, they tend to be forgetting another important aspect in their diet: don’t live near a restaurant.
The Road to Hell – Part I
By David Lewis features@algarveresident.com David Lewis lives in Praia da Luz with his wife Shirley, and two children, Ollie and Fraser. Having spent more than 25 years in the City
Gadgets and gizmos
By David Lewis features@algarveresident.com David Lewis lives in Praia da Luz with his wife Shirley, and two children, Ollie and Fraser. Having spent more than 25 years in the City
Lifestyle and health
By Dr Rui Tomé features@algarveresident.com Dr Rui Tomé is the Medical Director of Hospital Particular do Algarve (Alvor), Chief Consultant in Internal Medicine at both the Hospital Particular do Algarve
Get your money and run
A truck carrying some two million euros in coins overturned in southern Italy, unloading its contents onto the highway and leading motorists to hit the brakes and dig in. Police
Turning the air green
Chris Blackburn, Director www.penguinaircon.com Penguin is a company based in Almancil specialising in air conditioning, solar, pool and underfloor heating. With scorching summers and damp winters, the need to cool,
Absolution
By PAUL MCKAY features@algarveresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
Anti-vuvuzela system
Hearing-aid manufacturer Phonak said it had customised a state-of-the-art protection system to filter out the “endless drone” of the vuvuzela. The system, which dampened sound electronically, was typically used by
Nigeria football team banned
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan banned the country’s football team from international competition for two years following their dismal showing at the World Cup. Nigeria finished bottom of their group in
UK Budget analysis
by John Westwood features@algarveresident.com John Westwood is the Managing Director of Blacktower Financial Management Group. George Osborne described his first Budget as “the unavoidable Budget” in which spending cuts outweighed