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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Monday, 15 December, 2014 @ 01:53:12
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Food allergy laws enforced in restaurants and takeaways
Restaurants and takeaways across Europe will be required by law to tell customers if their food contains ingredients known to trigger allergies.
Staff must provide information on 14 everyday allergens including nuts, milk, celery, gluten, soya and wheat.
The new measures, which come into force on Saturday, cover meals served in bakeries, cafes, care homes and packaged produce sold by supermarkets.
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30395142
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Alcatraz 1962 escapees had small chance of success
Three inmates who famously escaped from the US island prison Alcatraz had a small chance of making it to land alive - but the odds were stacked against them, a new study suggests.
This prison break - dramatized by Clint Eastwood in the film Escape from Alcatraz - is one of the most daring and intricate escapes ever attempted.
Three bank robbers - Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris - spent months digging an escape tunnel out of their concrete cells using sharpened spoons.
On the night of 11 June 1962, they left dummy heads, fashioned out of soap, toilet paper and hair, in their beds, and crawled out of the "escape-proof" prison.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30349106
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Family of Ben Needham to sue Home Office for funding of police operation
Disappearance of child on Greek island in 1991 remains unsolved but family want British police to pursue suspects
Ben Needham’s family is preparing to take the home secretary to court in an attempt to secure funding for British police to pursue suspects who might be linked to the toddler’s disappearance 23 years ago.
South Yorkshire police requested Home Office funding 10 months ago to enable them to travel to Greece to follow up leads in the investigation, which is one of the longest running missing person’s cases in British history.
But the force has heard nothing positive in response to its request.
Lawyers for the Needham family are preparing to go to the high court to force the home secretary to make a decision on the application for financial support.
The Home Office has spent more than £7m on the investigation being run by the Metropolitan police into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, officials said on Friday.
The money being sought by South Yorkshire police is understood to be a sum in thousands not millions.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/15/ben-needham-family-to-sue-home-office
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On-board vegetables prompt emergency landing
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2014621
Nothing to do with a party of politicians on a p*ss-up to Prague.
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The US State Department has approved the sale of 10 Boeing CH-47D Chinook transport helicopters and ancillary equipment to Greece.
The deal, which was announced by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 11 December, is valued at USD150 million and includes spare engines, as well as defensive aids and communications and navigation equipment.
http://www.janes.com/article/46966/us-approves-chinook-sale-to-greece
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Early Saturday morning Argostoli police arrested the owner of a café-bar and five customers, Greeks aged 32-68, for illegal betting on games of Texas hold 'em poker. 135€ and a deck of cards were seized.
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Girl, aged 11, gives birth on Crete
The girl, a member of the island’s Roma community, was taken to the hospital on Sunday night. Doctors performed a caesarean section to deliver the child, which weighed 3.2 kilos, and was said to be healthy.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_15/12/2014_545438
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‘Benjy’ the gay bull saved by Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon has found love in his new home
The Irish bull was destined for the butchers after he failed to show any interest in the cows at his previous home on County Mayo farm, where he was instead found to have preferred the company of the other bulls.
Within minutes of arriving at his new home on Sunday, Benjy befriended Alex, a one-year-old bullock described as a “handsome little lad†by a spokesperson for the sanctuary.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/benjy-the-gay-bull-saved-by-simpsons-cocreator-sam-simon-has-found-love-in-his-new-home-9925659.html
:x-smile:
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On-board vegetables prompt emergency landing
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2014621 (http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2014621)
Nothing to do with a party of politicians on a p*ss-up to Prague.
Were there any Swedes on board? If the chips were down, perhaps the potential fire could have been put out if someone had taken a leek.
:rofl:
Tony
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Groan!!!!
That's a turnip for the books.
Lettuce leaf it there.
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Emergency landing - bean there, done that. (Actually I have!)
Tony
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Early Saturday morning Argostoli police arrested the owner of a café-bar and five customers, Greeks aged 32-68, for illegal betting on games of Texas hold 'em poker. 135€ and a deck of cards were seized.
They were upset that they had no invite :lol: