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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 20:19:30 »
Unconfirmed but quite possibly true: a 35 y-o local Greek male on Levkas yesterday had a fortunate escape after he was bitten by a Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, a.k.a. Mediterranean black widow / European black widow spider. It's likely the man had been working outside his property and the spider entered a shoe or glove for shelter during a work break. Although potentially painful the bite is only rarely fatal to humans.
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 14:20:05 »
Death in Paradise reveals new star as it ditches ‘middle-aged white guys’
Don Gilet will be the new lead detective in Death in Paradise as the BBC show gives the fish-out-of-water theme a new twist.
Gilet, who previously appeared in one episode in the fourth series of the show, will play DI Mervin Wilson, a Londoner who arrives on the island of Saint Marie and “isn’t overly pleased with his new surroundings”. An article captured on archive.ph from the Daily TelegraphBye 'eck, a black British actor playing a serving black British police officer on a (fictional) British Overseas Territory in the Eastern Caribbean. Whatever next!?! 
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 13:22:06 »
False evidence by Post Office’s expert contradicted his own report
A senior Fujitsu engineer made a false statement to court about the flawed Post Office IT system, contradicting a report he had written days earlier.
The BBC has obtained Gareth Jenkins' 2010 statement, which helped wrongly jail pregnant postmistress Seema Misra.
It said there were "no cases" where branch accounts could be altered without postmasters' knowledge.
But he had just produced a Post Office report which proposed remotely altering data in branches to fix a bug.
Mr Jenkins, Fujitsu's former chief IT architect, is currently being investigated by the Metropolitan Police for potential perjury, the BBC understands. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68857142
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 12:54:03 »
Mixed weather expected for Easter weekend
Scattered showers, with occasional bursts of sunshine are expected across Greece until Sunday (Orthodox Easter), according to the forecast data released by the National Observatory of Athens on Friday.
More scattered showers are expected on Saturday, initially in the Ionian Sea. https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1237977/mixed-weather-expected-for-easter-weekend/
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 12:37:50 »
Police on Crete seize thousands of illegal firecrackers
Police on the island of Crete arrested a man on Thursday accused of possessing and trading thousands of firecrackers and flares, which are illegally used during Easter celebrations in Greece.
Specifically, the Rethymno Police Department conducted an investigation at the business of the suspect in the area of Mylopotamos, and confiscated a total of 52,800 firecrackers.
The Hellenic Police has urged the public and parents in particular to be vigilant: “The manufacture, sale, purchase, possession and use of firecrackers and firecrackers by anyone is prohibited. Inform children of the risks of serious injury, dismemberment and even death,” said a police statement. https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1237928/police-on-crete-seize-thousands-of-illegal-firecrackers/
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 12:25:54 »
Advice from the PDSA on pets and fireworks
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 09:01:45 »
Boris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting ID https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68947834
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 08:47:50 »
Kermeies lantern launch tomorrow at 22:30 in Kerameies plateia likely to be deemed illegal as the local fire department has received no application for permission.
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 08:37:40 »
 Tomorrow in Kerameies after the Resurrection Liturgy at the Holy Church of Agios Nikolaos floating lanterns will be lit at 22:30 in Kerameies plateia. Fire crews on standby?
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« Last Post by Maik on Friday, 03 May, 2024 @ 08:22:49 »
Holy Flame due to arrive on Kef from Jerusalem between 20:35-21:25 this evening on OA flight 3001 via Athens and Larissa.
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