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Greek power second most expensive in EU
The Greek wholesale electricity market is Europe’s second most expensive, according to a report by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Energy on the last quarter of 2017.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/228254/article/ekathimerini/business/greek-power-second-most-expensive-in-eu
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Cambridge Analytica: Facebook data-harvest firm to shut
A journalist, whose investigation for the Observer newspaper first exposed the data privacy scandal, has suggested that the public remains sceptical.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43983958
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Up to 270 women may have died after breast cancer screening IT error
Health secretary says computer errors led to 450,000 missed screenings in England since 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/02/jeremy-hunt-to-launch-inquiry-into-450000-missed-breast-cancer-screenings
The computer glitch that led to 450,000 cancelled breast screenings
Health secretary says women in England will have died as a result, but some experts say it is wrong to call it a disaster
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/02/the-computer-glitch-that-led-to-the-breast-screening-disaster
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House Republicans nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize
Eighteen lawmakers write to Nobel committee to say president should receive 2019 prize ‘in recognition of his work to end the Korean war’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/02/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize
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Plants use underground communication to learn when neighbours are stressed
Chemical signals exchanged via soil can help prepare corn seedlings for attack by animals or rivals entering their territory
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/plants-underground-communication-chemical-messages-neighbours-stress-corn-a8332716.html
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Madeleine McCann hunt to continue as police get more funds on 11th anniversary of disappearance
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/02/madeleine-mccann-hunt-continue-police-get-funds-11th-anniversary/
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Rudy Giuliani says Trump repaid his lawyer for Stormy Daniels hush money
In Fox News interview, Giuliani says lawyer Michael Cohen was personally reimbursed for $130,000 used to silence porn actor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/02/rudy-giuliani-trump-paid-michael-cohen-stormy-daniels-hush-money
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All-female Subbuteo set to be launched to mark rapid growth of women's football
Game will be released in time for the Women's FA Cup final on 5 May
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/all-female-subbuteo-womens-football-wembley-fa-cup-arsenal-chelsea-a8333556.html
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Cambridge Analytica bosses quietly set up new companies
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/05/03/cambridge-analytica-bosses-quietly-set-new-companies/
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Lesbos to greet Greek PM's visit with protests, shutters and strikes
Compassion has turned to anger on island on frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis
When a Greek prime minister visits a far-flung corner of the country he is traditionally welcomed with open arms. But any hope that Alexis Tsipras will be given the same reception when he arrives on Lesbos – the Aegean island long on the frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis – has been firmly dispelled.
Instead of the red carpet, locals have rolled out protest banners, announced a mass protest, shuttered shops and staged a general strike. Far from its usually jovial self, the port capital of Mytilene resembled a ghost town, reinforced and ringed by riot police, ahead of the visit late on Thursday.
“The people of Lesbos are exhausted,” the island’s mayor, Spyros Galinos, said. “Kindness has turned to anger … and where there is anger there is room for all sorts of extremism.”
Three years after almost a million migrants and refugees landed on Lesbos’s shores in dinghies from Turkey, the compassion with which they were greeted has all but run its course.
Less than two weeks ago, in the most vicious assault yet, irate locals led by far-right anti-immigrant activists, attacked Afghans in Mytilene’s central square as they camped out in protest against their enforced confinement on the island. Some screamed “burn them alive” as they set upon the migrants, who included women and children, with burning bins and flares.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/lesbos-to-greet-greek-pm-alexis-tsipras-visit-with-protests-shutters-and-strikes-migrant-crisis
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Facebook, Google & You: What They Know - Tonight
Facebook, Google & You: What They Know is on ITV at 7:30pm on Thursday 3rd May
http://www.itv.com/news/2018-05-03/facebook-google-you-what-they-know-tonight/
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Learner drivers on motorways from 4 June 2018
Learner drivers can take motorway driving lessons with an approved driving instructor from 4 June 2018.
From Monday 4 June 2018, learner drivers will be able to take driving lessons on motorways in England, Scotland and Wales.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/learner-drivers-will-be-allowed-on-motorways-from-2018
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Big bush fire on the hill just above Regina Dell Acqua and Crystal Palace, Skala.