Road hogs
FERAL PIGS in Berlin have led to local authorities considering hiring professional hunters to track and kill the swine that are destroying gardens and disrupting traffic in the city. Pigs
The Immaculate Mother of God
By: MARGARET BROWN Margaret Brown is one of The Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. As well as Point of View,
Like nun other
AN ONLINE beauty contest for nuns is being organised by an Italian priest to try and fight the stereotype that nuns are old and dour. Miss Sister 2008 will start
Economy under par
OFFICIALS IN South Korea have been told to give up golf by President Lee Myung-bak. “Golf is not bad but as prices are unstable and the economic situation is not
Lucky escape
A GERMAN couple survived a plane crash after their light aircraft hit a 380,000 volt power line and then hung upside down from a wheel for nearly three hours, on
Summer bans
ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS have dubbed this year’s holiday season the summer of bans, following the issuing of a series of by-laws to enhance public decorum. These new regulations, which include being
Ugly ducklings
AN AUSTRALIAN mayor has been criticised after he made a plea for lonely unattractive women to move to a remote mining town to help reverse a shortage of eligible women.
Porn parade
A PARADE of topless porn stars on motor bikes has been allowed by a New Zealand court to proceed on the main street of the country’s biggest city, according to
What we need is to pray
By: MARGARET BROWN Margaret Brown is one of The Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. As well as Point of View,
New Ford Ka
FORD WILL be launching its latest model of the Ka at the Paris motor show 2008 in October, 12 years after its initial success. The updated model has been modernised