A 52 year old workman has died in an electrocution accident, in Estoi, when the crane he was manoeuvering touched a high voltage cable.

A serious accident, which took place on 12 August 2022, left an 18 year old young man hospitalised for 17 days at Faro Hospital. His mother is desperate to find witnesses who saw what really happened.

Dramatic developments previously expected this week involving the Portuguese diplomat João Vale de Almeida have probably been put on hold for the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth ll.

Condolences books will be available daily at the British Embassy in Lisbon and at the Vice Consulate in Portimão.

In the United Kingdom, the press state the monarch's role in defining what the UK is today. Some newspapers even call her “the mother of the Nation” and thank her for her 70 years and 214 days of service to the country.

As of today, Faro Airport will be renamed Gago Coutinho Airport, in honour of the admiral born in São Brás de Alportel, Algarve, who made the first air crossing of the South Atlantic, on a trip between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro in January 1922.

Tomorrow, the 8th of September, at 10:00 am, a public ceremony will mark the start of 5 million euros worth of expansion work on the Loulé Health Unit, with the laying of the first foundation stone.

Lagoa council have purchased the land beside the Fatacil area, formerly owned by Mitsubishi, guaranteeing the expansion of the Fair and Exhibition Park of Lagoa.