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Rhodes: Priest (49) arrested for ‘insulting sexual dignity’ of tourist (30)Police on Rhodes have arrested a 49-year-old parish priest on suspicion of insulting the sexual dignity of a 30-ear-old Estonian tourist, who said the cleric had “anointed” his genitals with holy oil.
Cruise ship five times size of Titanic will set sail next yearIcon of the Seas is made up of 20 decks, has seven swimming pools, a water park and an ice rinkBut the vessel will likely only hold the top spot for a year, as the Miami-based firm continues to strive to one-up itself.It already has two further ships in its “Icon” range in the works. They are expected to set sail in 2025 and 2026....its total capacity is 7,600, plus 2,350 crew members.
Deadly tickborne virus that’s spreading in Europe ‘likely to reach UK’Climate change is causing infectious ticks to move north in Europe, expert warns A virus with a fatality rate of up to 40 per cent believed to be spreading in Europe is almost certain to reach the UK, an expert has warned.Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is disease caused by a tickborne virus, categorised as one of the nine “priority diseases” deemed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to “pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential”.The virus causes sudden symptoms of fever, dizziness, pain in the head, neck, back and eyes, and sensivity to light, and has a fatality rate of approximately 30 per cent, with between one to four in 10 cases proving deadly across various outbreaks, according to the WHO.
Nadine Dorries set to earn extra £22,000 from taxpayer by clinging to job over summerEx-minister announced she would quit on 9 June – but will enjoy MP’s salary through entire summer recess if she fails to formally resign this weekNadine Dorries is set to an earn an extra £22,000 from the taxpayer by clinging on to her job in parliament over the summer – despite have promised to stand down more than a month ago.The former culture secretary said she would quit her mid-Bedfordshire seat in fury over her failure to gain a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, alleging that “posh boy” Rishi Sunak had blocked it.The Johnson ally announced on 9 June that she was leaving with “immediate effect”. But she has yet to formally resign
Jack the Ripper's identity 'revealed' by newly discovered medical recordsSarah Bax Horton, a relative of an officer in the original investigation, claims to have pinpointed the man behind the 19th-century killings
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