The original €1.2 million investment in stringing together and managing the pan-Algarvean route much loved by walkers in off-season temperatures is in danger of being wasted by the councils through whose domain the trail runs.

Council leaders were ‘very interested’ at the recent presentation and last-ditch appeal for funding by the route’s managers Almargem whose staff have done so much to turn the idea of a walkers’ route from the Guadiana to the west coast into a highy successful reality.

British consumers are spurning the British gooseberry, opting instead for other soft fruits.

It is one of the oldest British fruits, but it could soon share the fate of the British loganberry which disappeared from sale at least ten years ago.

The old bridge in Lagos, closed for 40 months for ‘urgent’ repairs may soon reopen.

The council now promises a date ‘in early August’ as the extensive repairs near completion.

Google Glass has not died a death after all. Instead, a second model has been quietly developed for businesses.

The original smart glasses which are connected to the internet were intended for general consumers, but were withdrawn six months ago as they failed to attract enough interest.

With the plight of Cecil the lion still headline news comes the story of another trigger-happy American whose shot at a well-defended animal backfired.

A man in Texas, who has not been named, had to be airlifted to hospital after some of the shots he fired at an armadillo bounced back.

This weekend traditionally sees the return of thousands of Portuguese emigrants heading home to share their summer holidays with family and friends.

In a tragic accident in north west Spain near the village of Cerezal de Aliste, Zamora just 50 kilometres from the Portuguese border, three Portuguese children have died and their father lies critically injured in a local hospital as a summer holiday trip ended in carnage.

In the flexible saga of hand luggage on aircraft, British Airways has reduced the size allowed because it said that large passenger baggage was regularly causing flight delays.

From 18 August, one personal bag will be restricted to 40 x 30 x 15cm.

The French-owned electrical group has posted a half-year loss of €42.6 million, similar to last year, with worldwide turnover down 0.7% to €1,628 million.

For Spain and Portugal, unhelpfully the figures are lumped together for the two countries, sales dropped 3.1% to €284 million compared to the first six months of last year on a like-for-like basis, i.e. excluding figures from new stores.