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Buckingham Palace attack: Man armed with knife injures two police officers outside London landmark
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/buckingham-palace-attack-incident-london-man-sword-stabbing-police-reports-latest-news-updates-a7913641.html
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Investors eyeing maritime surveillance system
Foreign and Greek companies are reportedly showing a keen interest in the project to develop a 60-million-euro maritime surveillance system.
The project – named the National Integrated Maritime Surveillance System (ESOST) – will include drones flying over Greek seas, the installation of low-light and thermal radiation cameras, as well as satellite monitoring services.
The system will be deployed in the areas of defense, customs, border control, maritime safety and law enforcement, and will also help monitor fisheries, protect the marine environment and facilitate rapid responses to pollution.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/221147/article/ekathimerini/business/investors-eyeing-maritime-surveillance-system
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Unconfirmed but heard there's another big-ish fire on north of Zakynthos.
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Unconfirmed but heard there's another big-ish fire on north of Zakynthos.
Confirmed - smoke clearly visible from Kef............
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Blimey, three fires and a village evacuated, according to greekreporter.com (http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/08/26/three-wildfires-break-out-in-zakynthos-village-evacuated/)
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‘The windscreen phenomenon’ - why your car is no longer covered in dead insects
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/26/windscreen-phenomenon-car-no-longer-covered-dead-insects/
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Quick quiz from the Mail: Could YOU pass GCSE maths? (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4821082/Could-pass-GCSE-maths.html)
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British snorkelling instructor, 19, dies in Zakynthos, Greece
A 19-year-old British water sports instructor has died while snorkelling and underwater swimming in Greece.
Harry Byatt, who worked in Zakynthos, an island in the south-west of Greece, failed to resurface after diving into the sea, his employer said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40906149
'They could have lethal consequences': Warnings issued over new mermaid craze
There has been an increased trend of the use of mermaid tails while swimming in the UK.
A NEW CRAZE has hit the UK – and it could put lives at risk.
Lifesaving organisation in Ireland and the UK have issued warnings over a new mermaid fad due to drowning fears following the death of a teenager in Greece earlier this month.
The trend that has popped up in the UK of wearing a monofin – a mermaid tail – to swim in pools and seas has sparked concern with the Irish Water Safety (IWS).
While the craze hasn’t hit our shores yet, CEO of IWS John Leech has said the use of a monofin can have “lethal consequences”.
“They’re a gimmick, they’re a very unsafe gimmick which will cost more lives.
“It’s so dangerous because it’s like having your two feet bound together. It’s like if somebody got a rope and tied your feet together,” Leech said.
http://www.thejournal.ie/mermaid-tails-swimming-dangers-3562617-Aug2017/
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Quick quiz from the Mail: Could YOU pass GCSE maths? (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4821082/Could-pass-GCSE-maths.html)
Actually, I could answer all the questions but the asking if you could pass GSCE Maths is like asking "could you pass GCSE Mandarin". The real question should be "could you pass GCSE (insert subject) after two years study".