WATCH: This is the moment a plane was forced to abort a landing at the last second, at the notoriously difficult Funchal Airport.

Any excuse will do for a visit to one of the great southern European capital cities, writes Michael Lamb.

Kate McCann says she is "more driven than ever" to continue the search for her missing daughter Madeleine, ahead of the eighth anniversary.

Make a plan before you leave ship and reap the rewards of your research, Pam Neville says. She shares some shore excursions from a recent Mediterranean cruise.

Low-key agricultural conversions are opening up the cool, green north of Portugal to visitors, writes Fiona Dunlop.

French tax hikes over the last three years and fiscal breaks provided by Portugal are driving rich French to seek homes in the Atlantic-hugging country.

Madeleine McCann's younger brother questioned his mother about her role in the young girl's disappearance, after he learned of damning claims by a Portuguese detective.

British police searching for Madeleine McCann's remains are examining a hole in the ground about 300 metres from the resort she disappeared from.

A new search for Madeleine McCann is underway in Portugal, using dogs, satellite images, a drone and police fingertip searches.

Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have sealed off an area of scrubland where they are expected to begin digging shortly.

British detectives will cover the huge cost of renewed searches for Madeleine McCann even though they've been banned from taking part in digs for the missing child.

Is this the moment Andrew Cotton, a plumber from Devon, broke the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed?

Kevin Pilley joins the gossips and listens to some tall tales.

British police said the timeline and version of events surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has "significantly changed," allowing them to build their most detailed reconstruction of the case yet.

British detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal will on Monday publish new e-fits of men they want to contact, in a major public appeal.

Sophie Lam discovers Fazenda Nova, Portugal.

Keen to get in the mood for the Chelsea Flower Show centenary, Mark Rowe travelled to the mid-Atlantic for one of the Royal Horticultural Society's first garden holidays.

Young men like Bernardo Lima are close to giving up on Portugal.

Hearty peasant fare in a quaint Portuguese tasca thrills Geoff Cumming

NZ company Pacific Edge Biotech is on track to roll out its product to the US, Australia, Spain and Portugal.

Geoff Cumming visits the centre that shows off Lisbon's turbulent history.

Mick Webb finds plenty to engage him on a stroll around the northern Portuguese city of Guimaraes.

This tiny Portuguese island was once home to Christopher Columbus, writes Sarah Baxter.