Leaded toys
INTERNATIONAL TOY store Toys ‘R’ Us is recalling around 160,000 vinyl bibs made in China with a high lead content from Portuguese outlets. The company said the Hamco bibs, which
Lighting up summer
THE SKIES above Praia da Rocha in Portimão are due to light up tomorrow (Saturday) night when the International Pyrotechnics Festival of the Algarve explodes into action. Some of the
Loulé dressed up in white
Loulé Câmara has organised a special evening event on September 1 called Noite Branca (white night) with live music and street stalls until the early hours of the morning. At
Madeleine may be dead, Portuguese police say
POLICE IN Portugal have acknowledged for the first time that Madeleine McCann may be dead. The detective leading the investigation said on Saturday that new evidence had given “intensity” to
McCann’s apartment neighbour interviewed
POLICE INTERVIEWED a woman on Monday who lives in the apartment above the one from where Madeleine disappeared at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, according to reports in
Medieval days in Castro Marim
MEDIEVAL DAYS are back in Castro Marim and the number of visitors for this year’s event is expected to exceed the 50,000 record of 2006. The historical fair, which has
Missing elderly
A TOTAL of 180 people over the age of 65 went missing last year in Portugal. A Judicial Police spokesperson said this number is expected to rise in the next
Murder
A MAN was arrested on Friday (August 17) suspected of murdering an elderly man he rented a room to in Lisbon. According to the Judicial Police, an altercation allegedly took
Newborn body found at Algarve beach
THE BODY of a newborn baby girl was discovered at the water’s edge of Olhos d’Água beach in Albufeira on Tuesday morning. Lifeguards were approached by several people, who told
Noise dispute
Albufeira Câmara refutes allegations that it is sending police officers to fine bar owners for excessive noise while their establishments are crowded with tourists. A Resident reader accused the local