Thousands of customers of lowcostholidays.com who lost money when the online travel firm ‘Low Cost Travel Group’ collapsed are due to receive compensation of around 2 pence for every pound they have spent.
An estimated 77,000 Britons have been affected of a total 140,000 customers worldwide.
A concerning posting on Facebook about the situation at Vale do Garrão, Vale do Lobo has raised serious safety issues as a gas tank water sprinkler system now has been cut off, putting the whole area at an increased fire risk.
Infralobo, with the collusion of its majority owner Loule council, continues to persecute its customers in a dispute over an arbitary 'bedroom tax' that is waiting for a court decision yet the company continues to treat its customers in a cursory, arrogant and now dangerous manner.
The usually thoughtful party for People, Animals and Nature (PAN) has submitted a bill to parliament that asks for horse-drawn carts to be banned from Portugal’s roads, thus risking the ire of the Roma community and human rights organisations.
Claiming that these carts are “not compatible with an evolved society,” the move is seen by Roma communities as discriminatory.
A Portuguese man has died of a knife wound at West Ham Lane Recreation Ground in east London.
Bradley Quaresma, 20, was slashed across the neck during a skirmish at 15:15, a time when the park was full of families and children.
Britain’s economy was reported to have contracted at the fastest rate since the 2009 peak of the financial crisis.
The Markit survey, the first to measure business activity since the Brexit vote, found that the services sector in particular but also manufacturing declined.
After June proved to be the 14th consecutive month of record heat for land and sea, analysts suggest that 2016 is well on the way to becoming the hottest year on record.
For the first six months of 2016, average global temperatures were 1.3C higher than the pre-industrial times of the late 19th century, according to Nasa.
A hand grenade was spotted on Thursday afternoon, July 21st, lying in Residencial Avenida, Faro near a bus depot.
The Public Security Police Explosives Deactivation team was called and the area cordoned off by police with the fire service standing by.
Portugal’s tax authority has launched a surveillance operation to ensure that restaurants are complying with the new VAT rates, are issuing receipts and generally playing their part to stamp out the parallel economy of undeclared meals and tax evasion.
A reported 500 tax inspectors have been released on an unsuspecting sector at the busiest time of year until ‘the end of the summer.’
