Sterling has jumped after opinion polls last week suggested the UK would avoid a hung parliament after next week’s election. The pound reached a seven-month high against the US dollar (opposite) and its highest level against the Euro since May 2017 (below).
The move came after polls suggested ............
Thanks to Peter for a link to a story that the “Friends of Madeira” have organised two trips to the island to mark the 80th anniversary of the arrival of Gibraltar evacuees in Madeira.
On August 13, 1940, a total of 1248 Gibraltarians travelled on board the passenger liner, Neuralia, ............
JM report on figures released by the Regional Command of the Public Security Police of Madeira yesterday, showing that between November 29 and December 5, a total of 70 traffic accidents were recorded in Madeira.
This week’s road accident balance registered a slight increase in the ............
RTP Madeira report that the airport remained closed throughout yesterday due to the predicted high winds and no aircraft took off or landed, with a scheduled total of 26 departures and an equal number of arrivals cancelled. Five planes attempted to land unsuccessfully and diverted to the Canary ............
JM reports that the Calheta lights have already been turned on and the crib officially opened. Despite the rain, the population of Calheta gathered to fulfil the tradition.
The sharing of party delicacies (liquors and broas) characterized ............
“It is unlikely that any aircraft will land at Madeira airport today”. That was the statement given to the Diario by an airport source stating that they have informed all companies of the wind conditions, which despite some slowdown between 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm today, will continue ............
Keeping the bad news to a minimum, the Diario reports that up to 36 flights have been officially cancelled at Madeira Airport.
The figures updated until 10:00 am today on the airport operator ANA’s official website refer to operations carried out by TAP, easyJet, TuiFly and Condor Flugdienst, ............
FN report that it was not a surprise, given the constraints at Madeira Airport yesterday and the adverse weather forecasts for today, that operator TUI and the “Mein Schiff Herz” Commander cancelled the turnaround operation at Funchal Port and brought forward the cruise ship’s departure ............