20/10/19

[Maik]

Feeding ducks bread: Should you do it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50087990

Hm, wonder if the turtles would like defrosted frozen peas? Maybe HiFi will give it a try... or maybe he won't!

[Maik]

UK government pays millions to firms that use tax havens
Report from thinktank Demos finds that 24 out of 35 ‘strategic suppliers’ operate in offshore jurisdictions

lmost three-quarters of companies who have been given major government contracts have operations based in tax havens, according to a new report.

Value Added, published on Sunday by the thinktank Demos, reveals that 25 of the government’s 34 strategic suppliers – organisations that receive £100m or more in revenue from the government – operate in offshore centres.

According to estimates, they account for about a fifth of total central government procurement spend. Of these, 19 had operations in jurisdictions included on the EU’s “blacklist” or “greylist” of countries that are considered to be non-compliant with EU international standards for “good tax behaviour”, according to the report.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/20/tax-havens-uk-government-pays-millions-strategic-suppliers

[Maik]

Titika Nikiforaki, Greece’s Oldest Actress Dies at 105

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/10/20/titika-nikiforaki-greeces-oldest-actress-dies-at-105/

[Maik]

Fishermen Save Woman Who Was Lost For 12 Hours in the Sea off Crete

https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/10/20/fishermen-save-woman-who-was-lost-for-12-hours-in-the-sea-off-crete-video/

[Maik]

Ben Needham sightings mapped: From gang in Germany to gypsies in Greece

Back in July, Ben’s mum Kerry posted an emotional appeal on Facebook in a bid for answers.

She wrote: “It’s now 28 years since Ben disappeared from our lives and we still have no closure. We are still in hope that one day someone will come forward and give us the information we so desperately need."

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/ben-needham-sightings-mapped-gang-20650087