Features

A couple in Thailand have been awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest kiss on Valentine’s Day after locking lips for an exhausting two days. The kissing marathon kicked

by Sandra Genest-Boudreau and Christophe O. Alves features@algarveresident.com Sandra Genest-Boudreau is French-Canadian, who graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1990 before coming to the Algarve in 2002. She

by Margaret Brown features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. We hoped that there

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A £350 piglet bought in Leicester, England, believed to be a micro pig, has surprised its owner by growing into a full-sized 17-stone animal. When Janey Byrne bought Meeka, she

A crematorium in Lancashire is to broadcast funerals live on the internet for mourners who are unable to attend. Bosses also intend to install a big screen and state-of-the-art music

Girls as young as 13 have been fitted with contraceptive implants at schools in Southampton, England without their parents’ knowledge, following a Government push on use of the devices to

By Dr. Paulo Vieira de Sousa features@algarveresident.com Dr. Paulo Vieira de Sousa is a general surgeon and clinical director at the Hospital Particular do Algarve in Faro, specialising in local