Portuguese lorry driver arrested and released after running over two elderly men
A 35-year-old Portuguese lorry driver has been arrested and released pending further inquiries after he was reported to have run over two elderly men in Spain without stopping. According to
Silves Castle featured in BBC series
Silves Castle is about to feature in a BBC series designed to lure house buyers to Portugal. “Escape to the Continent” is already famous for having visited France, Italy, Austria,
Catholic Church “worried” by proliferation of tarot and the occult
In the last two years, the number of shops in Portugal offering tarot and other “mystic” services and readings has doubled – and the Catholic Church is worried. For almost
Judges awards 80,000 euros for Aquashow accident
Judges have finally ruled on the horrific accident at Aquashow, Quarteira, that left a child scarred for life. The four-year-old had his face slashed by an eagle that swooped down
Children watch in horror as mother killed over dinner
Two children watched in horror as their mother was stabbed to death “because of the dinner” she had prepared. This is how the latest horrific case of domestic violence was
Cement mixer carrying two tons of hashish caught in Tavira
Drug smugglers’ ingenious plan to have two tons of hashish “hidden in plain sight” in a cement mixer came unstuck over the weekend after they crossed over the Guadiana bridge
Panic as legionella kills 4 and infects 180
All concerns of Ebola evaporated over the weekend as Vila Franca de Xira was plunged into the worst legionella outbreak in Portugal’s living memory. In the space of 24 hours
Doctors shun Algarve hospitals
Health || Of the 210 new jobs opened up last summer amid much media publicity, only 28 have so far been filled. It’s a systemic problem and one that no-one
Madeleine: DNA finally clears dead suspect
The theory that Madeleine McCann was abducted by a local man, now dead, has finally collapsed. Mainstream media began buzzing about “junkie and ex-jailbird Euclides Monteiro” over a year ago
New hospital “shock”: 17,715 deaths from infections in five years
Health || Aside from the “worrying” number of deaths from infections picked up in the nation’s hospitals, health chiefs in Portugal admit that infections resulting from surgeries are “on the