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Rescue efforts resume for 12 missing in Greece ferry fireRescuers picked up the search for 12 missing people at the break of dawn on Saturday with the Italian-flagged ferry still burning on the Ionian Sea off Corfu.Overnight, patrol ships combed the area off the holiday island hoping to locate survivors, the Greek coastguard told AFP.The fire and the heat on the ferry prevented rescuers from boarding on Saturday morning, but a helicopter, a frigate, a fire-fighting vessel and six tug boats were operating in the area more than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Corfu.
Lidl Under Fire for Charging Elderly Woman Stealing Food to Survive in GreeceSupermarket chain Lidl came under fire in Greece after a 70-year-old woman tried to steal some food worth 30 to 40 euros on Saturday — because she was hungry. The German chain that has been operating in Greece for decades has achieved hefty profits in the country, but could not achieve to grasp the meaning of the Greek value of philotimo – in this instance they showed none!Although charges were originally filed against the elderly woman, the company later agreed to drop the charges on Thursday.
Sausage rolls instead of toilet rolls - worst online grocery substitutes revealedTwo in five shoppers received a substitute item in their last online supermarket order, a poll has found, as customers revealed their worst replacement deliveries including receiving duck paste instead of duct tape.Aldi, which has a click and collect shopping service, was narrowly the most likely of the nine online supermarkets to put substitutions in customer orders, with 49% of its customers reporting that they had received a replacement item in their most recent shop.
Ministers set to drop UK ban on foie gras and fur importsThe UK government is likely to drop plans to ban imports of fur and foie gras, amid cabinet opposition.The measures were due to be included in the Animals Abroad Bill, to be introduced soon.But several cabinet ministers have raised different concerns about the proposals.
Toxic fume danger as experts called in to extinguish lithium battery fire on Atlantic cargo shipLithium-ion battery fires burn at extremely high temperatures and produce noxious gases Specialists will be needed to put out a raging fire on an abandoned cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean due to complications from burning lithium-ion batteries inside the thousands of luxury cars aboard the vessel.A number of electric luxury cars caught fire aboard the ship, which was then abandoned as the blaze spread throughout the vessel. According to Reuters, it is unclear if the batteries started the fire, or if the fire started elsewhere and spread to the batteries.“The ship is burning from one end to the other ... everything is on fire about five metres above the water line,” the ship's captain, Joao Mendes Cabecas, told the outlet.Experts are now going to be called out to help stop the blaze, as burning lithium-ion batteries can be difficult to stop. Lithium-ion battery fires often require dry chemicals or total flooding of the battery with water to stop.According to a study done in 2013 by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development, the batteries burn extremely hot and produce noxious gases. The ship, the Felicity Ace, was on its way from Germany to a port in Rhode Island when it began broadcasting distress signals on Wednesday. The crew of 22 evacuated the ship, but the more 1,000 Porches, nearly 200 Bentleys and an unknown number of Audis were left aboard.
Six Tory donors given top cultural posts since Boris Johnson became PMConservative party is shown to have been given more than £3m by appointees to roles at museums and galleriesBoris Johnson has appointed six Tory donors to help run the country’s leading cultural institutions since entering Downing Street after an appeal to party backers to help “rebalance the representation” on public bodies.The donors, who have between them contributed more than £3m to party coffers, were appointed by the prime minister to the boards of the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate and the British Museum.The high court ruled last week that the government acted unlawfully and breached equality rules in appointing Baroness Dido Harding as interim chair of the National Institute for Health Protection in August 2020 during the pandemic.A government spokesperson said: “The government encourages applications to public appointments from talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds across the UK. All public appointments are made objectively based on merit.“The governance code is clear that ‘political activity should not affect any judgment of merit nor be a bar to appointment’ and must be declared.”
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