Cursed court
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A JUDGE in Canada has been disciplined for cursing during a courtroom argument with a prosecutor earlier this year. An investigation by the Canadian Judicial Council
Furniture within and without
By Roger and Judith Lewis features@algarveresident.com THE DISTINCTION between living in a house and living outside of your house is rapidly becoming more blurred. In northern European climates, there has
Health hazard
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A BAKER has been fined 1,000 Canadian dollars after he ignored an order to stay at home until his salmonella poisoning cleared up.Health inspectors said he
Peeping Tom
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com POLICE IN Germany have arrested a 60-year-old landlord and charged him with invasion of privacy after a tenant discovered bugging devices while she was cleaning her
Rattler record
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A MAN in the US has broken his own world record for sitting in a bathtub with rattle snakes. Jackie Bibby, also known as the Texas
Sweet malice
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com AN EXPERT chocolatier has resigned from UK chocolate manufacturer, Thorntons, after he sabotaged a rival company’s chocolate. It is believed that he squashed truffles at Hotel
The beauty of chickens and writing letters
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
Traffic jam
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A JAPANESE company has come up with a new car accessory for people who are stuck in traffic jams and need to go to the toilet.
Watch what you eat!
By: NATASHA SMITH features@algarveresident.com A NEW big brother-like research project is currently underway at a Dutch university, where diners at a specially constructed restaurant will be tracked using cameras. Rene
Killing time in the Sun v Sun-less tanning
By SHARON HILDITCH, Managing Director, Crystal Clear International Limited – features@algarveresident.com It was Hollywood that first brought and sold the virtues of having a golden tan, reversing the emphasis on