A reader wrote to algarvedailynews.com to express her opposition to the proposed 'Salgados - Ria Formosa Eco-Resort' project now owned by MillenniumBPC and being punted internationally by sales agency CBRE.

She writes to Dear Ed., "Thanks for being so pro-active regarding this issue of the Lagoa de Salgados and Praia Grande. it's given a lot of people the courage to join in and protest in various ways rather than allow those with money and power to do as they wish with impunity.

Some British Airways flights took off from Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Sunday after the company was brought to its knees by a computer systems failure on Saturday morning that has problems for the company in the UK and overseas.

A BA spokesman said the company now aims to operate most scheduled services due to leave from Heathrow and claims that Gatwick is pretty much back to normal.

Monchique council has opened its cheque book for the second year running to hand out a €2,500 award for the most promising business idea.

The ‘Monchique Creative and Entrepreneurial’ idea competition will be judged by representatives of the council, the University of Algarve and the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs.

The new Leroy Merlin store announced on May 23rd (Click here) is one of two megastores that will form part of the IKEA Mar Shopping commercial complex near Loulé. The occupant of the second large store has not been announced.

Engineering and construction group DST has been building the Mar Shopping area next to the IKEA store and is constructing the two new megastores on the same site, one of which will be the Leroy Merlin store.

British Airways has been forced to cancel all its flights from Heathrow and Gatwick following a computer failure of epic proportion.

Every scheduled departure on Saturday until at least 6pm has been cancelled and the airline pleads with customers to stay away from the airports as they will just add to the chaos.

The 76-year-old singer Sir Cliff Richard decided to sue both the BBC and the South Yorkshire Police following reports that named him as a suspected sex offender.

Sir Cliff Richard has settled his dispute with the police, according to his lawyers and attention now will be focussed on seeing the BBC in court.

Coca-Cola is to feature Albufeira on its products in an international campaign throughout the summer season.

The Algarve resort is but one of 30 international cities to have their names printed on bottles and cans of the sugar-filled soft drink.

Ryanair’s chief executive, Michael O'Leary, was in combative form again while predicting that Brexit will have "a chaotic effect on British aviation," warning British tourists about the possibility of the shutting down of all flights between the UK and EU destinations ‘for several months.’

According O'Leary at a press conference in Dublin, said British companies fly to the European Union thanks to the Open Skies agreement, which will be in doubt if the UK opts for a ‘hard Brexit.’