A 30 year old E-bike rider was injured following a road accident on Saturday, August 30th, on Estrada de Alvor, Portimão.

Mareta Beach in Vila do Bispo was closed for bathing earlier this week, after water testing showed a risk to public health.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy has announced that the government will invest five million euros to rehabilitate and restore 168 kilometres of rivers and streams, in addition to 550 kilometers already under intervention, or in progress.

The Judicial Police (PJ), with the collaboration of the GNR and ICNF, have now arrested a 35 year old man, for the alleged lighting of four forest fires earlier this month.

The GNR in Portimão have charged a 50 year old man with counterfeiting and seized more than a hundred fake items, from the man's stall at the riverside area in ​​Alvor.

Yesterday, nurses in public health units in the Algarve launched a campaign to denounce their working conditions, beginning yesterday at Faro Hospital and ending on Friday at Portimão Hospital.

The Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) have seized hundreds of products, including lollipops and beer containing cannabis extracts, during an operation carried out in the Algarve.

Most Portuguese newspapers continue to feature wildfires on their front pages, as this is the worst year for wildfires in Portugal’s history.