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Watersports fun with family in Portugal or boozy French spa escape for two which gets your vote? [Video]

The family one 

Wyndham Grand Algarve, Portugal 

Writer Victoria Hrastic, husband Marko and kids Freya, 14, Nate, eight, and Dylan, three, discover natural beauty in Quinta do Lago.

Wyndham Grand Algarve is the ideal luxury stay in Portugal
We had a splash at the aquapark

THE PAD Nestled between the golf courses of Quinta do Lago resort, the Wyndham Grand Algarve is pretty with palm trees.

Spacious suites come with open-plan kitchen, dining and living areas, ensuite bedrooms and private terraces with views of the lush gardens.

Kids will want to head for the large pool, where the Oasis Pool Bar serves up chicken tacos, £14.50.

After lunch, slip away for a 25-minute Elemis de-stress massage, £56, in the Grand Spa before they notice they’re a parent down.

EXPLORE The beautifully wild Ria Formosa Natural Park is a 20-minute walk downhill.

Cross Europe’slongest wooden bridge at low tide and spy fiddler crabs, storks and Iberian magpies, before heading over the dunes to a …

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New Orleans French Quarter shooting victim identified [Video]

The Orleans Parish coroner has identified a man who was shot and killed over the weekend in the French Quarter. The victim was identified as Juan Matthews, 26. Matthews was shot and killed in the 500 block of Bienville Street. The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting appeared in magistrate court Monday. Reginald J. Batiste was arrested Sunday night and is being charged with second-degree murder. A bond was proposed for $600,00, but the judge set his bond at one million dollars. Police say the shooting happened in the 500 block of Bienville Street just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Police say officers responded to the scene and found a man dead from gunshot wounds. Batiste was seen running from the scene and was taken into custody for questioning, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Batiste was identified as the suspect and arrested. He was booked on a charge of second-degree murder into the Orleans Parish Justice Center, according to police. Anyone with additional information that can assist in this investigation is asked to call the NOPD Homicide Section detectives at 504-658-5300.