Honours even
Portimonense failed to close the gap on their rivals at the top of the table as last Sunday’s home match against Sporting Braga B ended in a 1-1 draw. The
Vilamoura tornado rips through houses
Two houses were left ‘uninhabitable’ following the tornado that hit Vilamoura last night. A family of three, living in one of the houses had to spend the night elsewhere, while
Hijinks in the sky with Cristiano Ronaldo and Pelé
Not many footballers have the ability to upstage the incomparable Pelé, but it appears Cristiano Ronaldo can, as both players star in a clever new TV advertisement for Emirates Airline.
Portuguese caught up in ‘illegal marriage’ scam
An ‘unreported number’ of Portuguese women have been rounded up by police in Britain, suspected of having taken part in illegal marriages with Pakistani men in and around Manchester. In
Fisherman found
The body of the second Portuguese fisherman involved in the shipwreck in Asturias last month was found last week, 100kms from the site of the tragedy that claimed eight lives.
School computers ‘blocked’ as Muslim cyber terrorists have a field day
Education chiefs have pulled the plugs on school computers as cyber terrorists target websites. The sites of at least 15 schools and school groups have been attacked since the beginning
Jail for hotel robbers whose heist left 82-year-old dead
Two men who raided a hotel in Faro last year, beating an 82-year-old receptionist to the point where he had a fatal heart attack are now serving jail terms of
Cross-border agreement finally signals dredging work in Guadiana
It was meant to go ahead as many as 20 years ago but successive governments have managed to drag their feet. Now, at long last, Portuguese and Spanish authorities have
Death fall
PJ police are investigating the fatal cliff-fall of a 66-year-old Portuguese man in Praia da Rocha last week. The man fell to his death from the Três Castelos look-out point
‘Golden’ fraudster’s wife wants to stay in Portugal
As hundreds of Chinese are reported to be clamouring for the chance of golden visas to enter Portugal, the wife of Xiaodong Wang – the ‘golden visa’ fraudster under threat