GM maize could be planted in England as early as 2015.
After a long spell of applying the brakes, the EU decided that each member country should be given the power to decide on planting two strains of genetically modified maize which is resistant to the industrial weedkiller Roundup.
British prisons have been told to brace themselves for the arrival of more criminals.
The UK’s Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, said “that’s what the public want”.
Despite having a new communications director in a bid to cease the often ill-timed utterances of Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary, he is at it again.
His Holiness today announced that Ryanair will not resume the route between Lisbon and Faro which was suspended at the end of April.
Two iconic statues stolen from Estói Palace in 2006 have been returned to the Algarve having been tracked down and recovered in Spain by police.
The life-size female figures were stolen during a period when the Baroque palace was closed to the public, and well before the venue became a fully-fledged Pousada.
Industrial production in Portugal shot up by 6.7% in April, showing a good recovery for the 4% drop it experienced in March.
This was the highest jump in any eurozone country.
The Algarve’s flagship has been the venue on which to impress our Spanish neighbours in a session of ‘showcooking’ with the regional tourist board hosting the first of a series of on-board events.
More than 100 people joined Algarve tourism representatives on board the replica caravel in Seville for a showcooking session organised by the Algarve tourism board. The show drew journalists, Seville’s great and good, and leaders of Spanish travel businesses.
The ever increasing charges for gas and electricity have kicked a record number of UK families into fuel poverty.
Official statistics just released show that the number of households with dependent children who were classified as fuel poor are projected to have risen to an estimated 2.33 million, or 10% of all households.
The top court in the EU is considering a test case which could define obesity as a disability.
The matter arose when Denmark asked the Court of Justice to clarify European law by considering a case involving a male childminder who claims he had been sacked because of his weight.
