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Care home hired pole dancers to put on show for elderly residentsCare homes have tried everything from art lessons to visiting children in an attempt to keep their residents occupied. Now one home has gone a step further and introduced pole dancing as part of their entertainment programme.Six women took part in the show carried out to 1950s and '60s music which received an “overwhelmingly positive” reception from residents.A metal pole was erected in the communal lounge where the women performed a series of acrobatic moves to songs by Abba and Frank Sinatra. Local councillors however cast doubts over the performance, labelling it as “inappropriate” for nursing homes.
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Begging for bread: A Greek family under austerity
Greek Tax Squads Set for Audits at Tourist EnterprisesHotels, yachts, gas stations and all tourism-related businesses will go under scrutiny as special tax squads launch on-the-spot audits across Greece, ahead of the tourism season, Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) announced this week as part of its Operational Plan for 2018.AADE said it would initially carry out tax inspections at specified businesses with emphasis on those related to tourism and on those with repeated violations. The AADE said that over 500 probes will be carried out on accommodation facilities in order to ensure the new stayover tax is being declared.
Tax offices in major cities to be trimmed downThe Independent Authority of Public Revenues is planning to reduce the number of tax offices operating in Attica, Thessaloniki and Patra with a series of mergers.The total number of tax offices around the country will be trimmed down from 115 to 97, while the 289 surplus employees arising from the scheme will be absorbed into the agency’s auditing service.
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Torrential rains in central Greece kill one The torrential rains in central Greece killed a 59-year-old woman on Saturday, the local Fire Service said.The victim was drown in the rushing waters of an over flown stream in a mountainous area in Evoia, 180 km north of Athens.Her 27-year-old daughter was saved by grabbing a branch of a tree.Local authorities in many parts of Greece have been on alert amid the heavy rainfall, which has overflown rivers and flooded farmland in central Greece.Meteorologists have warned a deterioration of the cold front the next few days.
Vicar of Dibley's Emma Chambers dies aged 53 The much loved actress Emma Chambers - who starred as the Vicar of Dibley’s dippy verger - has died at the age of 53.She was best known for playing Alice Tinker in the BBC's gentle sit-com, written by Richard Curtis, about a female vicar and her eccentric parishioners.Her agent John Grant said Ms Chambers, who also starred in the 1999 film Notting Hill with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, died from natural causes on Wednesday evening and would be "greatly missed".
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