The media again is awash with Madeline McCann stories as Australia’s Channel 7 releases a half-hour documentary on Sunday night promising to reveal new evidence and the ten year anniversary of Madeline's disappearance approaches

One Channel 7 viewer was unimpressed and commented, “Watched the Australian production claiming to have found "vital new evidence" about the McCann case. Horrendous reporting by a clearly biased idiot female, only God knows what her name is. But what could one expect from Rupert's empire?”

Faro council has promised to launch a guide for owners of historic properties wishing to engage in restoration but are unsure of materials, building and the technical requirements that need to be followed.

The new ‘good practice manual’ will help owners plan their projects in the knowledge that the guidelines have been approved by the council – this should save owners from later problems if their commissioned work is not according to good practice.

José Paulo Pinto de Sousa so far has managed to escape the Portuguese Justice system. He was destined to be the 29th defendant in the wide-ranging Operation Marquês inquiry into corruption and money laundering involving the former prime minister and many of Portugal’s hitherto untouchable elite.

The letter rogatory sent to Angola, where José Sócrates's cousin lives and has worked for many years, has not been answered by the Angolan authorities as, rather conveniently, they can’t seem to find out where Pinto de Sousa is living these days, so have been unable to notify him that the Portuguese authorities would like a word.

Two of the three children who reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fátima one hundred years ago are to be declared saints when the Pope visits on May 13th.

Pope Francis announced the canonisation of Jacinta and Francisco Marto which will take place during his visit to a Catholic shrine.

Ratings agency DBRS has kept Portugal's credit category in the 'junk' category, saying that there have been improvements but these need to be long term and sustainable indicators before the Canadian agency will change its opinion.

The company's analyst, Nichola James, told Lusa today that the agency recognises Portugal's progress but is sticking with the current rating of BBB until the Government is seen to have committed itself to European budgetary rules and has resolved persisting vulnerabilities in the banking sector - notably Novo Banco and Caixa Geral.

The Spanish credit card specialist Wizink, which last November acquired the Barclaycard business from Barclays in Portugal, is to scrap the Barclaycard brand and is sending a new Wizink credit card to each of its 500,000 customers in Portugal.

These new, curiously named credit cards will start to reach customers from next week, with current Barclaycards remaining active until October 10th, 2017, according to the Spanish bank which is owned by Banco Popular and US fund, Varde Partners.

A grain of intelligence has inserted itself into the government's plans for the short-term lettings market as booking sites such as Airbnb and Booking.com soon will be obliged only to list properties that are 'Alojamento Local' licensed.

This simple move will wipe out a major part of the illegal lettings economy, to which the government has pretended to object but in fact has encouraged by allowing illegal lettings to operate with only token State interference.

An article today in postal.pt questions what has gone wrong at Faro airport and who is responsible for the delays in completing the refurbishment that leaves tourists weaving their way through the mess as the peak season looms.

The ambitious and long overdue airport refit aims to cater for a maximum of 12 million passengers a year with the 2017 target of 8 million already well on the way to being met.