A rare cliff showing unique geological strata created more than 250 million years ago may be at risk after council works near Praia do Telheiro beach in Vila do Bospo.

A path leading to the cliff top has been bulldozed to make it easier for vehicles to get to the beach area. Internationally known Portuguese geologist Galopim de Carvalho is horrified that this work will affect this geological gem as stones and rocks have been pushed to one side and clumps of greenery destroyed to widen the access. 

Two leaders of ETA, a separatist militant group in the Basque region, have been arrested in a village in France.

The arrests of David Pla, 40, and Iratxe Sorzábal, 43, "completes the decapitation of Eta", minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters.

More tourists than ever decided to go to Spain this year.

A new record was set in the first eight months of 2015, according to Frontur, an industry ministry agency.

The Algarve’s socialist candidates in full ‘vote for me’ mode finally have latched on to the fact that the tolls on the Algarve’s Via do Infante could be just the sort of election issue that, if they get it right, will attract those voters who want an end to the charges.

The local socialist party hopefulls today promised an ‘immediate 50% reduction in tolls on the Via do Infante.’

The number of speeding vehicles caught by the traffic police has risen 10% in a year, leading to an increase in speed control actions as from this week.

According to figures from GNR released today, from the beginning of the year and until Sunday, vehicles on Portugal’s roads were stopped 6.5 million times - 135,213 of them for speeding.

The credit rating agency Moody's has outlined its opinion on Novo Banco after the botched sale - it does not make cheery reading for Bank of Portugal's givernot Carlos Costa.

In today's commentary the Moody's analyst Pepa Mori writes that "the postponement of the sale of the New Bank has a negative influence on the credit rating for the institution because the suspension of the sale operation introduces the risk of delaying key decisions such as the implementation of restructuring measures that would improve the already very weak credit profile of the bank ."

Anyone independently minded in Catalonia has been warned that the area will be automatically kicked out of the eurozone if voters choose independence for the region.

Catalonia goes to the polls on Sunday, much against the wishes of Madrid. The election is not about independence per se, but has been framed as such.

A German mother and her daughter have been discovered living at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus for the last 15 months.

They were deported from Israel after their visas expired. It is believed they have relatives in Israel to which they would like to return but their status is not clear.