The Algarve’s EN125 was the scene of two further accidents this morning, one at the western entrance to Olhão and the other near Praia da Luz.

Five people were injured, two of them seriously.

Another major Police operation into tax fraud and money laundering has been confirmed after officers raided company premises and private addresses in the north of Portugal and arrested five business people.

The damage this time is €2.7 million fraudulently obtained from the Portugal 2020 Community Support grant giving programme and an additional €1.9 million received in VAT credits given by the State to companies involved in the scam.

All 315 Conservative MPs will be voting in a secret ballot between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday evening to decide whether they want Theresa May to continue as their party leader and Prime Minister.

May faces a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative party with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 committee, releasing a statement that the magic number of 48 signatures, “has been exceeded.”

Six months after Michael Kearns and his girlfriend, Louise Benson, fell 30 metres to their deaths from the cliff at Praia dos Pescadores in Ericeira, Michael’s parents remain devastated by the shocking event and confused by the lack of answers to some basic questions.

Politely put, the “lack of transparency from the authorities” is evident, after the final Police report, which the grieving parents had to have translated into English themselves, shows that only one witness was interviewed and that DNA from a sizable clump of hair in Michael’s dead hand was analysed but yielded no information.

Police today raided the headquarters of the General Inspectorate of Finance, the Ministry of Defence and the Red Cross, looking for evidence of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

The National Anti-Corruption Unit of the Judicial Police sent in over 50 inspectors, accompanied by Public Prosecutors.

The Algarve’s 17 firefighting corporations have decided to ignore an order from their national league and will continue to report their call-outs to the National Civil Protection Authority.

The national Portuguese Firemen's League, led by Jaime Marta Soares, announced on Saturday that the country's firefighters no longer will be reporting what they are up to, to their Disaster Relief Operations Commanders at the Civil Protection Authority, in protest at rule changes made by the Government.

The Via do Infante User Commission says there has been a "gross error" and it’s one that needs correcting, even after seven years of being ignored by government.

Donning yellow jackets, twenty protestors distributed leaflets to motorists against a backdrop of posters with sentiments including, "Thank you Costa! Your hands are stained with blood! "

If this socialist dream-world is working so smoothly, why is everyone going on strike?

Between now and the end of 2018, the government has received 47 strike notifications across a range of sectors, most concerningly, in the health service.