20/08/17

[Maik]

Greece is celebrating International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend today (Sunday), thus the Gerogompos lighthouse near Havriata, Paliki, will be open to the public from 10:00-19:00


Robola wine festival in Frangata tonight from 20:30

[Maik]

Future BBC iPlayer could tell who is in the room and notice when the children have gone to bed

The BBC is developing a new version of the iPlayer that harnesses artificial intelligence, with the potential for your television to 'spy' on the household and tell who is in a room.

As part of the corporation's quest to "personalise" its services, it has joined forces with Microsoft to build an experimental version of iPlayer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/19/future-bbc-iplayer-could-track-familys-movements/

Hmmm, BBC spyPlayer?

[Maik]

Arson suspect questioned

Police on Saturday were questioning a Turkish national arrested the night before next to the Egnatia Highway in northern Greece allegedly trying to start a brush fire.

According to sources, the suspect had parked his car close to the Aghios Nikolaos Tunnel and was spotted acting suspiciously by an oncoming motorist, who alerted police. Authorities came to the scene immediately and arrested him while he was trying to start a fire, according to sources.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/221001/article/ekathimerini/news/arson-suspect-questioned

[Maik]

Diesel drivers face being hit with huge bills as first figures show used car prices are flatlining

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/20/diesel-drivers-face-hit-huge-bills-first-figures-show-used-car/

[Maik]

British drivers face tougher vehicle hire checks after terror attacks

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-08-20/british-drivers-face-tougher-vehicle-hire-checks-after-terror-attacks/

[Maik]

'Supermarket X' could have infected thousands with pig virus

Thousands of people may have been put at risk of contracting Hepatitis E from pork products sold at a leading supermarket.

The virus, which can cause liver cirrhosis and neurological damage, could have infected up to 200,000 people in the UK each year from 2014 to 2014, according to a Public Health England (PHE) report.

By tracing the habits of those infected, the study concluded that only “Supermarket X” was significantly associated with Hepatitis E (HEV), in particular own brand sausages. Only pork products from Europe, mainly Holland and Germany, and not the UK carry the strain.

Both PHE and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have declined to name the supermarket in question.

A spokesman from PHE said: "We clearly state in the paper that the association with the supermarket does not infer any blame."

However, sources told the Sunday Times that the supermarket involved was Tesco.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/20/supermarket-x-could-have-infected-thousands-pig-virus/