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Westminster - homeless Portuguese man had been deported twice

4801The homeless man who died yards from the entrance to Parliament, as temperatures plunged in central London, had worked as a  model, was Portuguese and has been deported twice from Britain to Portugal. 
 
The 35-year-old man has not yet been named. He was a regular at an emergency shelter run by the charity in central London.

Lone Star's massive write-offs at Novo Banco trigger more taxpayer loans

novobancoshinylogoNovo Banco’s losses could reach €1 billion in 2017 with the Resolution Fund on alert to inject more capital which it is unlikely to have.
 
The bank, 75% owned and controlled by American vulture fund, Lone Star, embarked on an aggressive policy of 'recognising losses' on toxic assets which, under the terms of the sale agreement, are the responsibility of the Resolution Fund supported by injections of cash from Portugal’s high street banks and topped up by loans from Portugal's taxpayers.

Operation SHOCK - defibrillators needed - only four Algarve Bombeiros commands to go

OperationSHOCKAmbulanceAn appeal has been sent in by afpop, the organiser of Operation SHOCK, which already has supplied defibrillators to many of the Algarve's Bombeiros commands.
 
With four weeks to go, donations are needed to supply Loulé, Monchique, Vila Real do Santo António and Vila do Bispo's Bombeiros with this lifesaving equipment - will readers help by making a donation?

Portimão council - animal grazing regulations to keep roads safe

horseA new regulation published by Portimão council states that anyone leaving animals grazing on unfenced open ground can be fined between €100 and €2,500.
 
The same penalty applies to those who leave animals to graze in a public space or on private property, without the written permission of the owner or who leave cattle grazing within 50 metres of a public road.

Lagoa wetland - Left Bloc move threatens supermarket plan

LagoasBrancasSmallThe power of persistence  is paying off as the Save Alagoas Brancas environmental group is to have its voice heard in parliament.
 
Left Bloc MPs now are to demand that the government stops Continente building a supermarket on the wetland bird sanctuary in Lagoa and that the site is reclassified and properly protected.

Albufeira Doctor gets five years for 1999-2001 fraud

pillsDr Albano Mendonça, from Albufeira, was convicted yesterday at the Court of Portimão and sentenced to five years in prison for forgery and fiddling the State in a drugs scam.
 
A pharmacist from Silves also was sentenced - two years in prison for complicity in the doctor’s scheme. Another chemist was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Shellfish theft - Spanish fishermen caught by Tavira Maritime Police

MaritimePoliceBoat Maritime Police officers from Tavira have caught two Spanish fishing boats whose crews illegally had been catching shellfish.
 
Around 160 kilos of shellfish were found onboard and were seized yesterday, February 15, in the sea off Tavira Island beach.

GNR officers nab 2,799 speeding drivers in one week

gnrIn just one week, the GNR caught 2,799 drivers who were breaking the speed limit on Portugal’s roads.
 
In a campaign between February 9th and 15th, the GNR carried out a series of operations throughout the country, aimed at preventing and combating terrorism, violent crime and road surveillance, and recorded 9,334 infractions - 2,799 of them were for speeding.