A Thomson Airways' Boeing 757 that took off from Las Palmas on a flight to Luton had to make an emergency landing at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport in Oporto as the aeroplane's windscreen had shattered but not imploded.
220 passengers were on board the end-of-holiday flight as it descended from 30,000 feet to 10,000 feet and headed to Oporto where airport operator ANA cleared a runway and put emergency services on full alert.
Aethel Partners, the company that on February 24th sent in a knock-out bid for Novo Banco that could have seen €4 billion returned to long-suffering taxpayers, was led up the garden path by the Bank of Portugal, according to the company which now has launched a legal process to halt the Novo Banco sale.
At the time, the Bank of Portugal was negotiating ‘exclusively’ with US vulture fund, Lone Star, but Aethel Partners sent a letter of intent and a proposal to acquire Novo Banco for significantly more than the Lone Star bid of just €750 million up front for 75% of the company.
A slow-moving line of honking vehicles made its way along the EN125 on Monday afternoon, blocking traffic while highlight the demands of the Via do Infante users’ group, CUVI, that the Algarve motorway tolls should be lifted.
The protest began at 3.30 pm at Quatro Estradas in Loulé and finished two and a half hours later in Lagoa, some 40 kilometres distance.
The 
British electorate has an opportunity to vote in a general election called today by Theresa May for June 8th.
The British premiere called the snap election in a move to give her support in driving through the Brexit process as the UK leaves the European Union.
As the annual bitching starts from the Algarve’s campsite operators, justifiably incensed at the lack of effort from the authorities in controlling motorcaravan owners enjoying the region from their illegally parked vehicles, Lagoa council has decided to turn a large section of Estômbar's Sitio das Fontes into an official motorcaravan camp site.
So called ‘wild camping’ long has been a problem in the Algarve, but one that has increased year on year so that now an estimated 180,000 motorcaravans are in the region, far more than local campsite provision could handle.
As the Ria Formosa islanders await the arrival of bulldozers to remove properties formally sized by the State in March, the entity responsible for the long-running battle has released some good investment news that will improve facilities and the island environment.
Of the 31 properties on Culatra island due to be flattened, four have been saved by court injunctions, no lived in homes will be destroyed and a new Ria Formosa plan is being worked on that should ensure the islanders have their rights protected in the future.
No witnesses have come forward to help Maritime Police unravel the reasons for the assault and stabbing of a 42-year-old man from Côte d'Ivoire on a wooden walkway at Praia da Rocha beach in Portimão.
The victim was stabbed several times by a group of people and was left with serious injuries.
The Swiss justice system has proved deaf to the reasons offered by Álvaro Sobrinho as to the source of his fortune.
Sobrinho, the former head of Banco Espírito Santo in Angola, has been under investigation by the Portuguese Public Prosecution Service since 2011 but so far has remained ahead in the various court procedures seeking to prove him a crook of the highest order.
