10/11/17

[Maik]

City of Athens approves plan to construct crematorium in Elaionas

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223133/article/ekathimerini/news/city-of-athens-approves-plan-to-construct-crematorium-in-elaionas

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Bookings from UK seen rising by over 10 pct

Britons accounted for 11.3 percent of all tourism arrivals last year.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/223086/article/ekathimerini/business/bookings-from-uk-seen-rising-by-over-10-pct

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Broadband and landline users to get automatic compensation

Householders who receive poor service from their telecoms provider are to get automatic compensation, the regulator Ofcom has announced.

From 2019 they will get £8 a day if a fault is not fixed, paid as a refund through their bill.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41940505

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Surge in seahorse sightings shows importance of River Thames for wildlife

Marine biologists from international conservation charity ZSL working on the River Thames are excited to report more evidence of seahorses living in London’s iconic waterway. The sighting of a sixth individual animal in the past two months alone, compared with previous averages of just one or two annual sightings, underlines the importance of the Thames and its estuary as a haven for wildlife.   

These seahorse sightings are just the latest indicator of how biodiverse and important the Thames is for a number of species: from tiny invertebrates like shrimp and insect larvae; to over 125 species of fish, including the Critically Endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla); and apex predators like the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina), grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), tope (Galeorhinus galeus) and smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus).

https://www.zsl.org/conservation/news/surge-in-seahorse-sightings-shows-importance-of-river-thames-for-wildlife