Bend it like a footballer
By GRAHAM STEWART sport@algarveresident.com A few weeks ago, a famous premiership footballer was on the driving range and he was hitting the biggest slices I had ever seen. A slice
Permaculture – where problems are seen as the solutions!
What do problems such as low rainfall, poor soil quality and increasing fertiliser costs have in common? They are all opportunities for a healthy thriving garden. How? Well, it all
Get to Know the Risk You Want to Take
by Raoul Ruiz Martinez With opportunities around every corner, whether it’s rental income, bank interest, bond yields, dividends or some form of guaranteed return … what is it you are
New dad at 96
An OAP has become the world’s oldest dad for the second time – at the age of 96. Pensioner Ramjeet Raghav and his wife Shakuntala, who is half his age,
Golfing Tips & tricks
BY Graham Stewart At last week’s Portugal Masters, I couldn’t help notice how impressed the spectators were with the results of relatively simple bunker shots. That tells me a couple
Ethos – Kia
by Guilherme Marques Kia’s slogan is the power to surprise. And indeed I would be very surprised if the new Cee’d Sportswagon wouldn’t surprise everyone who drove it with its
Villagers take to web to recruit new vicar
Churchgoers in Essex, England who have been without a vicar for 16 months have taken to YouTube to look for a replacement. The parish’s two busy churches, St Andrew’s in
Tax treaties have a direct impact on you as a UK expatriate
by David Franks Many people have heard of double tax treaties, and some may know that the UK has an extremely sophisticated and large network of double tax treaties. But
China to open atomic bomb site for tourism
Officials in China are planning to turn the base where the country’s first atomic bomb was developed into a tourist attraction. According to the Xinhau news agency, around 6m yuan
Tunisian magazine to be prosecuted
A popular Tunisian children’s magazine is to be prosecuted for telling its young readers how to make a petrol bomb, officials said last week. The latest edition of Qaws Quzah,