A foreign couple robbed a gas station last night in Lagos, stealing a car to getaway and fleeing with the cars owner inside.

The president of Turismo do Algarve, João Fernandes, said today that a set of measures is being prepared to reduce water consumption in tourist developments in the region, but that do not apply to human consumption.

A group of 20 young Englishmen broke beds, ripped off locks on doors, urinated on curtains and pranced around naked in front of other guests and residents at the Apartamentos Regina complex, in Albufeira.

The Union of Pre-Hospital Emergency Technicians (STEPH) revealed today that earlier this week a 70-year-old man, after suffering several seizures, had to wait more than an hour for an ambulance, to be transported to Faro Hospital.

Yesterday evening, an EasyJet flight from Faro to Glasgow made an emergency landing shortly after taking off, on suspicion of a fire in one of the engines.

Events over the past two weeks have surely scuppered any Trump-like delusions that climate change is not happening or not threatening all forms of life on planet Earth.

After 3 months of investigation, yesterday the GNR arrested a 20 year old man for thefts and violent robberies of elderly people in the Olhão area.

Portugal is totally opposed to an EU proposal for member states to cut gas usage until March, because it would "hamper electricity production through gas-fired plants when the country faces an extreme drought", Energy Secretary João Galamba said yesterday.