Strawberries and cream
Wimbledon fortnight has begun and while rain on the first day failed to stop play on the now-covered Centre Court, it stayed dry long enough for Portugal to lose its
Boy wonder
Rory McIlroy became the youngest winner of the US Open since 1923 during the early hours of last Monday morning. The 22-year-old Northern Irishman left the top class field trailing
Spanish speedster
Parkalgar Honda racer Sam Lowes was denied victory by only a split second at Sunday’s World Supersport Championship sixth round in Aragon, Spain. Prior to the final, the young Englishman
Stars in the East
Rui Costa was joined by other well-known Portuguese football players such as Paulo Ferreira, Zeca, Portela and Andre Lima as well as tournament technical director Jorge Andrade this week as
Local eyesore finally removed
For more than 20 years, residents in Quinta das Salinas near Almancil have been campaigning to have an unfinished building located on plots one and two of the development removed
British tourist dies after falling from apartment
Police are investigating the death of a British woman who fell from the fifth floor of her holiday apartment at Urbanização Mar e Serra in Alvor in the early hours
Long serving headmaster with an eye for success
By FREDDIE NICHOLAS news@theresidentgroup.com Freddie Nicholas, on work experience with the Algarve Resident from the International School of the Algarve, had the opportunity to interview the school’s headmaster John Butterworth.
Portugal Match Cup 2011
The Portimão Portugal Match Cup got under way this week based at the city’s marina. The prestigious series of sailing regattas, scheduled to end on Sunday, features Barreiro Olympian Álvaro
Decision time
Portimao FC will attempt to install a new President for the fifth time in as many months on June 30. It is hoped that former leader Fernando Rocha can be
Disposing of old medicines safely
Algarve’s solid waste management company ALGAR and Valormed, the association responsible for the management of unused medicines, have signed a cooperation protocol aimed at minimising the impact of medicines not

