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Weather warning issued for TuesdayThe National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued an emergency bulletin warning of heavy rain and storms in various parts of the country that will last until tonight.The west and north of the country will be mainly affected, starting from noon. The rain and storms will be accompanied by lightning and localized hail.The bad weather will hit Corfu, Paxos and Epirus first before moving from early afternoon to the rest of the Ionian islands...
Tax men shut beach bar for 4 days after ‘panic button’ foundA well-known beach bar has been ordered to close for four days after it was found to be operating software designed to trick tax inspectors.Officials from the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) found that the business, located in Kavouri, Vouliagmeni, in southwest Athens, was using a so-called “panic button.”The software enables businesses, with the press of a button on a mobile phone, to issue in one go all the receipts that they should have produced to customers during the day.
Dendias seeking cooperation with UKDefence Minister Nikos Dendias held talks in London on Monday with his British counterpart Grant Shapps regarding cooperation between Greece and the UK in the field of defense innovation.
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British woman (61) receives suspended sentence for air rage incidentA Thessaloniki court has sentenced a British woman, whose aggressive drunken behavior caused the plane she was flying on make an emergency landing in the city on Sunday, to 17 months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years.The three-member criminal court found her guilty of obstructing aviation traffic, disturbing the order on the aircraft and violating the captain’s orders.
Captain Tom's family explain why they built unauthorised spa pool at Bedfordshire homeThe family of Captain Sir Tom Moore have argued that an unauthorised spa pool block built at their home could be used for rehabilitation sessions for the elderly, as they try to save the building from demolition.
Captain Tom charity ‘to close down’ after series of scandalsNews comes after The Independent exclusively revealed The Charity Commission launched an investigation into the foundation The Captain Tom Foundation is set to be closed down, a barrister has revealed during a hearing over a spa pool complex at Hannah Ingram-Moore’s home.Speaking at the appeal Barrister Scott Stemp, for the appellants, revealed that in the future the foundation was ‘unlikely to exist’.Later in the meeting Mr Stemp said: “It’s not news to anybody that the (Captain Tom) foundation, it seems, is to be closed down following an investigation by the Charity Commission.”In February 2022, The Independent exclusively revealed the Captain Tom Foundation, which was established in the wake of his pandemic fundraising efforts, had paid tens of thousands of pounds to companies run by his daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband, and that the Charity Commission had launched an investigation.Earlier this month she admitted keeping £800,000 from three books the late army veteran had written, despite the prologue of one of them suggesting the money would go to charity.
British boffins say aircraft could fly on trash, cutting pollution debt by 80%Domestic jets can use 'municipal solid waste' to fly the friendly skies
Tories ‘spreading misinformation about Labour’s immigration plans’Sunak and Hands making false claims about Starmer’s proposed returns deal with EU, says charityFull Fact, which monitors the factual accuracy of statements made in public debate, has repeatedly raised concerns about comments made by Rishi Sunak and the Conservative party chair, Greg Hands, claiming that Labour has pledged to open UK borders to 100,000 people a year.
Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit moveThe government plans to change the legal definition of wine following Brexit, to reflect demand for low-alcohol versions of the drink.Under rules the UK inherited from the EU, wine typically has to contain at least 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) to be marketed as such.It means low and alcohol-free versions have to be sold as a "wine-based drink", or a similar product name.That rule will now be scrapped in England next year.Now, the government has confirmed it intends to lower the minimum ABV to 0% for all types of wine, following a consultation on the plans.
Moment hungry bear breaks into home and casually opens freezer to steal lasagnaA bear raided a home's kitchen in Barkhamsted, a town in Connecticut, skillfully opened the freezer and helped itself to a box of frozen lasagna. The incident was captured on Ring cameras
Bella the cat breaks 'loudest purr' world recordA 14-year-old cat has broken the Guinness World Record for the loudest purr - from the comfort of her favourite cushion.Bella, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, achieved a purr measuring 54.6 decibels, equivalent to the volume of a boiling kettle.Her feat was captured by an official adjudicator and an acoustic engineer who blocked out all external noise.
Undercover filming by animal campaigners reveals Norfolk chicken workers kicking and hitting birdsThe RSPCA has launched an investigation after undercover footage filmed by animal rights activists revealed poultry workers joking as they kick and throw chickens around a farm shed.The abuse was filmed by the Animal Justice Project and shows workers from an RSPCA-approved firm holding chickens four to a hand and grabbing them by one leg.The organisation said it was appalled by the footage, while the Norfolk-based contractors AD Harvey - which on its website claims to have "an unwavering dedication to the highest quality standards in animal welfare" - said two staff members no longer worked for the firm.The footage was filmed over several months and shows staff in so-called "catching gangs" mistreating and abusing some of the chickens they have been employed to round up.ITV News Anglia has been unable to independently verify the footage, which activists say was filmed at a farm in Leicestershire.
Hot stuff: Pepper X is named world’s spiciest by Guinness World RecordsA new pepper is coming in hot as the spiciest in the world, Guinness World Records has announced.For a decade, the Carolina Reaper chilli pepper was ruled to be the hottest chilli pepper in the world. But now “Pepper X” has taken its crown.Mike Jack who broke the world record for the fastest time to eat 50 of the world’s hottest chilli peppers.Canadian breaks speed record for eating 50 Carolina reapersRead moreThe spiciness of a pepper is measured on what is known as the Scoville scale, which was established by the pharmacist Wilbur Scoville in 1912. The scale measures the concentration of capsaicin, the primary component of a pepper that makes it spicy.Both Pepper X and the Carolina Reaper were created by the renowned pepper breeder appropriately named Ed Currie.
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