Yesterday, Portimão Firefighters were called to assist two people who were injured in motorcycle collisions, within an hour.

Lisbon firefighters will begin a a month-long strike from 1st to 31st October, for better conditions, demanding a review of the Staff Statute for Professional Firefighters in Local Administration, namely a review of the pay scale.

Cutting-edge magnetic resonance The brande new equipment based in the city of Loulé "will be a very important facility for improving health services throughout the region", said the Municipality of Loulé at the inauguration on Friday, September 27th.

A 44 year old man, with an outstanding arrest warrant for child molestation in the Azores, has at last been arrested, by police in Castro Marim in the Algarve.

A source from the General Inspectorate of Health Activities (IGAS) has announced that the authorities have detected signs of disciplinary responsibility in some of the cases reported for alleged malpractice in the Surgery department at Faro hospital.

A 12 year old boy stabbed six of his classmates at a school just outside Lisbon last week after he had reportedly been viewing Nazi websites.

A 45 year old man has been arrested, suspected of kidnapping and domestic violence, after he barricaded himself in the house where he lives with his mother, keeping her trapped inside.

From this Monday, September 23rd, until October 4th, there will be restricted traffic flow across the bridge over the Arade River in Silves, due to conservation work.