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Maik:

--- Quote ---New polymer £20 featuring painter Turner enters circulation

You'll soon no longer find Adam Smith in your wallet or purse. The economist has been replaced as the face of the £20 note by artist JMW Turner.

The Bank of England said the new polymer £20 - which enters circulation on Thursday - is its most secure ever banknote.

It includes two see-through windows and a two colour foil to help beat forgers.

The Bank reckons half of all ATMs across the UK to be dispensing the new notes in just two weeks' time.

The new £20 is the third plastic banknote to be issued in the UK after the fiver featuring Winston Churchill - launched in 2016 - and the tenner featuring Jane Austen, which was first issued in 2017.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51559349

Alan:
If you look through one of the plastic windows and can't see a Turner, call a constable

Maik:

--- Quote ---Dozens of Cats Poisoned in Central Greece

More than twenty stray cats were found dead in the town of Trikala, central Greece on Sunday morning, apparently poisoned by a local person, an animal welfare group announced in a Facebook post.

A video posted on a Facebook page called “Stray Dogs of Trikala” shows at least ten dead cats, but voluteers say that at least 20 had actually been killed.
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https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/02/20/dozens-of-cats-poisoned-in-central-greece/

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