Miraculous escape
A 22-month-old baby girl escaped serious injury when she fell from a third floor window onto a washing line in Caldas da Rainha on Tuesday. The line served to soften
Sean Hawker wins first PGA tour title
Algarve golfer Sean Hawker has won his first PGA Portugal Tour title at the Optilink PGA Open, which took place on Tuesday (April 8) at Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf
Sebastien Ogier nails fourth Portuguese WRC title
Sebastien Ogier has done it again. The French Volkswagen driver has claimed his fourth Rally de Portugal title in five years after winning in 2013, 2011 and 2010. The Frenchman
Bus Horror
A 40-year-old cyclist was seriously injured in Lisbon this week when he was run over by a bus. The accident happened in Rua Gomes Freire on Monday afternoon and the
‘Re-Food’ project seeks volunteers
Volunteers are needed to get the ‘Re-Food’ project up and running in the Algarve. Founded by an American expat living in Lisbon, the project is designed to stop hunger in
Tears of joy as stroke victim flies home to family
Doreen Blackburn, the great-grandmother stranded in Portugal after two devastating strokes, is finally back in the UK to the love of her family, thanks to a heart-warming appeal that went
Update: Rent-a-car “victory” as airport charges stymied
Days after airports authority ANA took out a full-page advert in a national paper justifying its controversial new charges for ‘non-associated’ rent-a-car operators, the Central Administrative Court of the South
Portuguese eco-crib premieres in Milan
It has been designed by two Portuguese architects and fashioned by a cabinetmaker-turned-cork-artisan from the Algarve. The super-comfortable “Sleep Tight” eco-crib is making its début at the Milan Design Week
Fined for saving bird-of-prey … 23 years ago!
A bedridden couple of pensioners have been fined €20,000 for taking care of a bird that fell into their back yard 23 years ago. The bird, a red kite (milvus
Singer charged with “trying to run over” PSP officer
Portuguese singer Romana is being charged with trying to run over a PSP officer after he asked her to remove her parked car from a zebra crossing. The incident took