Tavira police have arrested a 37 year old man for drug trafficking, in Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo, Tavira, after he was acting suspiciously when stopped during a road inspection operation.

The Dr. Francisco Fernandes Lopes School Group (AEFFL) is the winner of the "Bairro Feliz - Happy Neighbourhood" competition by Pingo Doce (in Olhão - Patinha), with a prize that means children in special education/learning support centers will get to take their first plane trip.

Zara Lachlan, a 21 year old from Cambridge, has embarked on an ambitious attempt to become the first woman to row solo from mainland Europe (Lagos, Algarve) to mainland South America.

The PSP arrested two men on Friday last night, for driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal possession of a firearm, qualified damage and resistance and coercion against an employee, in Olhão.

Last week, the Aqua Ria Boutique Hotel in Faro was the target of a robbery, caught on the hotel's video surveillance system, but the thieves have still not been caught.

The Municipality of Lagoa and the National Republican Guard (GNR) have officially signed a protocol that will allow the installation of a video surveillance system, on Praia do Carvoeiro.

The body of the fisherman who disappeared allegedly after falling into the sea while recreational fishing in Aljezur on Saturday, was found early this morning by a local on Bordeira beach.

The Algarve railway line was closed earlier this morning, after a railway accident at around 07:45am in Marim (Olhão), causing one fatality.