The Judicial Police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of persuading at least 12 girls he met on social networks to send sexual images, then threatening to spread them. What APAV advises parents to do, and the free lines that take reports.
Statistics Portugal counts 195 deaths of children under one from January to September, against 181 a year earlier, while total deaths fell by 1,023. September alone had 15 infant deaths, eight fewer than in 2025, and 8,928 deaths in all, up 1.8 percent.
New guidelines for public school canteens on the mainland, published on 16 October, remove rissóis, croquettes and salt cod fritters from menus, allow a sweet dessert once a month and bar high-mercury fish. What changes for pupils and what parents should know.
Five of the six young adults left in specialist care units had a serious mental illness, the Ombudsman's inspectors found. A unit for young offenders recommended years ago has still not opened.
The Aliança Millions Missing wants clinical guidelines, a minimum quota of SNS appointments and adjustments at school. Doctors say Portugal has no referral network and no count of cases.
Since March 2020, Italy has fined drivers who carry an under-four without an alarm that stops the child being forgotten in the car. Portugal has no such rule. Here is what the Highway Code and Penal Code do say, and what to do if you see a child alone in a car.
About 8,000 children and teenagers need specialist palliative care. Doctors say the teams exist but lack time, and dedicated services are not yet a reality in the interior, the Alentejo and the Algarve.
