The international removals company, GMS Ltd, has gone into liquidation, leaving many customers without their personal belongings.
The Facebook page for Global Moving Systems Ltd shows a string of clients trying to locate their items but not able to reach the company by email or telephone.
The former Director of the Aliens and Borders Service (SEF) has asked for the financial help of the SEF union as he claims to have insufficient funds with which to pay a lawyer to defend himself.
Manuel Palos is charged with two counts of accepting bribes for illegal acts in the Golden Visa corruption scandal and has been under house arrest since November 18, awaiting a trial date.
New broom DCI Nicola Wall arrived at the Judicial Police building in Faro this morning as further witnesses are scheduled to be heard in the Madeline McCann inquiry.
Wall is taking over Operation Grange from Andy Redwood (pictured) and she will be leading the team responsible for the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007.
A 10-year old Swiss boy has died in a tragic accident after being buried in sand while playing at a west coast beauty spot.
The boy and his younger brother were playing in the dunes at Carvalhal Beach, between Odmeira and Aljezur, when a tunnel that they had dug collapsed, trapping the boy under the sand.
Today it was the turn of Jose Maria Ricciardi to face parliament in the inquiry into the BES collapse.
Ricciardi, who famously turned from much loved cousin of Ricardo Salgado, into his arch enemy, did not hesitate today to trash Salgado’s reputation and blame him for an autocratic style of leadership which hastened the demise of the Espírito Santo Group.
Airline fares could drop by as much as 5% in 2015, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) has said.
Cheaper fuel and growth in the number of passengers has brought in greater profits to the airlines.
Christmas shoppers in the UK are nearly the most generous in the world, topped only by people in Ireland.
Spending in Ireland was an average of £750 per person over the course of November and December last year while the average British shopper spent £680 on goods for Christmas last year, according to a report from PwC.
It is the best performance by Portugal’s exporters so far this year as, according to data from the National Statistics Institute, imports have slowed and exports have risen significantly compared to October 2013.
October’s exports of goods increased 9.4%, the largest annual increase of 2014, with factories invoicing €4.638 billion. The imports of goods into the country increased just 1.2% enabling the overall balance of trade for the year to decrease by €190 million.
