This morning, Madeira Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) rescued a puppy, whose legs had been broken and was left dumped in a box in Rua do Matadouro. On finding the poor little mite, the BVM immediately transported the injured puppy to a veterinary clinic for treatment.
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A young 21-year-old British woman was attacked during the early hours of this morning at a hostel located on Rua do Lazareto, Funchal.
In a brief statement, it has been confirmed that the search for the missing 54-year-old man, who disappeared after leaving his home to fish for limpets, has been called off.
Today's weather has caused havoc on the island's roads.
Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome (National Food Bank Against Hunger) is promoting a national food collection campaign between Thursday the 27th of May until the 6th of June, at participating supermarkets and through its online donation platform.
If like me, you've heard emergency service sirens all day, then rest assured that it is all part of an emergency and defensive driving course which will run until the 28th of May.
Despite everyone's best efforts, the search for the missing man, which has been hampered by strong winds and rough seas, have proved fruitless. So today, the search will be based on land. Although air operations have been suspended, rescue teams are using areas of high ground as observation points.
The search for the missing man resumed this morning at 8 am.
Searches continue for a 52-year-old man who was reported missing yesterday evening at 22:30. The man, failed to return home after saying he was going to the beach near Atalaia, Caniço to search for limpets.
To mark European Maritime Day today, the Regional Directorate for the Sea, in partnership with SANAS, Ardi / Mare Madeira and the Clube Naval do Funchal, have organised several beach cleaning initiatives in Funchal, Santa Cruz (Reis Magos) and Ribeira Brava.
Home improvement Company, Assistência na Hora, has donated 200 kg of dog food to the Madeira Sanctuary Association to enable them to feed all the dogs in their care. Writing on their Facebook page they said it is both a pleasure and honour to contribute, and help the charity in their animal welfare mission.
On Saturday the 1st of May, a sailboat was found adrift near Ilhéu Chão, Desertas islands, and towed back to Funchal as part of a joint rescue operation between the Maritime Police and SANAS.
Tomorrow, the French NGO - School Ship, 'Kraken' which has 30 volunteers onboard, leaves Madeira and sets sail for Porto Santo where its crew will carry out various environmental awareness activities, such as, marine litter collection with other environmental groups and local schools as part of a Regional Youth Directorate initiative until the 22nd of April.
This weekend SANAS Madeira confirmed that they had received a “distress” call from a mother who, was unable to contact her son and feared the worst, as he had gone underwater fishing, somewhere off the north coast.