João Chalupa, a record breaking hockey player, has become the first person to travel from one end of Portugal to the other, on inline skates.

This week so far, the GNR have arrested three women and seven men between 23 and 50 years old, for drug trafficking in the Algarve region.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the danger of rural fires will gradually worsen from now until Saturday, following the rise in maximum temperatures.

Residents in Vale da Lama, Silves, have again demanded an end to the emission of fumes emitted by the Amorim Group's cork factory, expressing outrage at the delay in resolving the problem.

Fuel prices have been constantly changing for several months now. At the beginning of a this week, which of course was also the beginning of a new month, prices registered a very slight decrease, about 0.7 cents per litre for diesel and 0.5 cents per litre for petrol.

A teenager, aged under 16, was hospitalised at Faro Hospital at the end of last week after being the victim of attacks by another student, inside theEscola Secundária Dr.ª Laura Ayres, in Quarteira.

October begins, bringing a new schedule of where the PSP the mobile speed cameras will be installed, with the most devices being placed in Vila Real de Santo António, Tavira, Olhão, Faro and Portimão.

According to IPMA, the hot weather in the Algarve is expected to persist at least until Tuesday, with temperatures potentially soaring to 35 degrees, or just over.