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About 40 emergency personnel and 15 vehicles from the Vagos, Ílhavo, and Oliveira do Bairro fire departments were mobilised.
The Vagos Municipal Council reports that the Vagos Nautical Station is attending the 5th annual gathering of Portuguese nautical stations.
Afternoon classes have also been suspended.
Classes were cancelled in several schools in the Vagos municipality this Thursday (24) due to a fly infestation that forced the suspension of meal services due to a lack of hygiene and food safety conditions, the school group reported. In a notice on its official website, the Vagos School Group management in the Aveiro district explained that the suspension of meal services led to the cancellation of afternoon classes at seven educational establishments. Students at Vagos Secondary School, Dr. João Rocha-Pai Primary School, and primary schools in Lombomeão, Soza, and Salgueiro, as well as kindergartens in Soza and Salgueiro, are affected. Both the school group and the Vagos City Council deferred further explanations. Vagos Volunteer Fire Department commander Paulo Neto stated that his team was not called for disinfestation, noting that the health delegate and school management suspended afternoon activities and will re-evaluate conditions on Friday. Neto attributed the large fly epidemic to higher temperatures and the low-lying, humid terrain of the area.
Classes were cancelled today in several schools in the Vagos municipality due to a fly infestation that forced the suspension of meal services because of a lack of hygiene and food safety conditions, the School Grouping reported.
Students at Vagos Secondary School, Dr. João Rocha-Pai Basic School, Lombomeão Basic School, Soza Basic School, Salgueiro Basic School, Soza Kindergarten, and Salgueiro Kindergarten are currently without classes.
Students from the secondary school and six other establishments were left without afternoon classes. Firefighters were not called; a new assessment is scheduled for Friday.
Afternoon classes have also been suspended.
The driver intended to falsify driving times. He was also operating without several required permits and licenses.
Athletes from the Trepanelas club are competing for Portugal in the European Championship.
In October 2025, a 14-year-old also killed his mother in Vagos, in the Aveiro district.
The capital of metal returns to the Aveiro district. From Satyricon to Godsmack and Heaven Shall Burn, the festival offers several names from the genre. It also features the Portuguese band R.A.M.P, replacing Ill Niño.
The investigation had been ongoing for several months
Cases of recidivism among sexual offenders continue to be a problem. In Vagos, a suspect has attacked for the third time.
The suspect, who already has a long criminal record, threw the cyclist to the ground and dragged her into a wooded area. The PJ identified him and the attacker is already in prison.
The defendant has reportedly already served an effective prison sentence for previous crimes of rape and sexual coercion. The Aveiro Public Prosecutor's Office is in charge of the interrogation.
The suspect already had a criminal record with previous effective prison sentences for crimes of rape and sexual coercion.
The victim went into cardiorespiratory arrest following the collision with a car. Death was confirmed at the scene by firefighters, who received the alert at 16:00.
The lineup for Vagos Metal Fest 2026, scheduled for August, has undergone changes: three bands have been replaced, and one of the new additions is the legendary group Katatonia.
Rui Cruz, mayor of Vagos in central Portugal, says the town's population has started growing again and that the children of immigrants are 'repopulating' schools that previously had empty classrooms.
The youth was sentenced to three years of detention in a closed facility. The judge stated that the minor exhibits psychopathic traits and showed no remorse.
The court decided that the son who killed his mother in Vagos will spend the next three years in an educational centre. Before firing for the second time, the minor heard his mother ask him to “stay calm.”
The Aveiro Family and Juvenile Court today applied the educational custodial measure of detention in a closed educational centre for a period of three years to the youth accused of killing his mother in Vagos.
The court took into account the young man's testimony, in which he confessed. He appeared “emotionless and detached,” “showing no remorse” or providing any reason for the crime.
The Aveiro Family and Juvenile Court today applied the educational custodial measure of detention in a closed educational centre for a period of three years to the youth accused of killing his mother in Vagos.
A 14-year-old youth was sentenced to three years of closed-regime detention for killing his mother in Vagos. The court found it proven that he fired two shots to her head and highlighted his lack of emotion.
O jovem foi condenado a internamento em regime fechado durante três anos, com revisão a cada seis meses, de acordo com a decisão do Tribunal de Família e Menores de Aveiro.
The teenager who killed his mother, then-councillor of Vagos City Council Susana Gravato, was sentenced this Friday, April 17, to three years of closed detention. The case dates back to October 21, 2025, when the woman was struck by a gunshot inside her home in Gafanha da Vagueira, in that municipality of the Aveiro district. The victim was found by her husband, who alerted the fire department. Less than 24 hours after the crime, the Judiciary Police announced they had identified the councillor's son as the sole suspect in his mother's death. Updating: 14-year-old son suspected of killing Vagos City Council councillor remains in closed detention.
The 14-year-old boy was tried behind closed doors for a crime of qualified homicide, but the reading of the verdict is open to the public.
14-year-old boy is being tried behind closed doors for a crime of qualified homicide, but the reading of the decision will be open to the public.
