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iPlayer to be covered by licence fee by this summer, suggests John WhittingdaleCulture Secretary announces plan to rush through laws to plug £150 million budget shortfall, as viewers ditch licence fee in favour of watching online Ministers are to rush through laws to stop viewers avoiding paying for the BBC by only watching catch-up programming, the Culture Secretary has said.John Whittingdale said that new legislation to close the so-called “iPlayer loophole” could be brought in before the parliamentary summer recess, after the BBC warned that it was facing a £150 million budget shortfall, as viewers ditch the licence fee in favour of watching online.Under current laws, anyone watching live television – on their television or computer – must pay the £145.50 licence fee. But those who only watch catch-up shows on iPlayer do not have to pay.
Up to six alcoholic drinks a week does not pose heart attack or stroke riskHarvard study contradicts chief medical officer's claim drinking "any level of alcohol regularly carries a health risk"
QuoteUp to six alcoholic drinks a week does not pose heart attack or stroke riskHarvard study contradicts chief medical officer's claim drinking "any level of alcohol regularly carries a health risk" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/12181568/Up-to-six-alcoholic-drinks-a-week-does-not-pose-heart-attack-or-stroke-risk.html
Decrease of Smokers in Greece According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority
Undeclared labor accounts for some 25 percent of all employment in Greece, according to sector experts, and is likely to grow further.Meanwhile, only one in five fines is actually paid. Figures from the Labor Ministry’s Artemis database showed on Wednesday that in the first 11 months of 2015 the Labor Inspection Squad imposed fines of 97.8 million euros, but only 19.5 million of that has been paid.
The flipside to the drop in tourism bookings for the islands of the Eastern Aegean, struck by the endless waves of migrants, is the rise in bookings for destinations in continental Greece and the Ionian Sea, according to officials in those areas.The deputy head of the Ionian Islands’ Regional Authority, responsible for tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, says the annual rise in bookings for the cluster that includes Corfu, Cephalonia and Zakynthos is at a double-digit level. He also cites the promotion of the destination on international media among the reasons for that growth.
Greek hotel owners seem to be unable to pay back the loans they’ve taken out, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) deputy governor Theodore Mitrakos.
Google is aiming this year to educate over 30,000 Greek tourism professionals on the sales potential of the Internet through its ambitious Grow Greek Tourism Online initiative, it was announced on Wednesday during a press conference in Athens.
Elderly will be hit by 'bungalow sell-off plan', foundation warnsOlder and disabled people could be disproportionately affected by plans to force councils in England to sell high-value social housing, campaigners say.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the policy was likely to lead to a widespread sell-off of bungalows, which are often popular among the elderly.It said 15,300 council-owned bungalows in England could be sold off by 2021.
Faking social media accounts could lead to criminal chargesCrown Prosecution Service releases new guidelines on tackling offenders who create phoney Facebook and Twitter accounts to get revenge on others
Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warnings and deaths confirmed after 7.9 tremor hits south-east Asia
QuoteThe flipside to the drop in tourism bookings for the islands of the Eastern Aegean, struck by the endless waves of migrants, is the rise in bookings for destinations in continental Greece and the Ionian Sea, according to officials in those areas.The deputy head of the Ionian Islands’ Regional Authority, responsible for tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, says the annual rise in bookings for the cluster that includes Corfu, Cephalonia and Zakynthos is at a double-digit level. He also cites the promotion of the destination on international media among the reasons for that growth.http://www.ekathimerini.com/206573/article/ekathimerini/business/tourists-avoid-migrant-hotspots
German summer bookings for Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia drop 40 pct but Greece holding up
Quote from: Maik on Thursday, 03 March, 2016 @ 11:51:44QuoteThe flipside to the drop in tourism bookings for the islands of the Eastern Aegean, struck by the endless waves of migrants, is the rise in bookings for destinations in continental Greece and the Ionian Sea, according to officials in those areas.The deputy head of the Ionian Islands’ Regional Authority, responsible for tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, says the annual rise in bookings for the cluster that includes Corfu, Cephalonia and Zakynthos is at a double-digit level. He also cites the promotion of the destination on international media among the reasons for that growth.http://www.ekathimerini.com/206573/article/ekathimerini/business/tourists-avoid-migrant-hotspotsHave heard from two different local sources this week that Kefalonia is to receive up to 3000 refugees to be put up in hotels within 10 km of Argostoli. No time scale. Anyone seen anything on the news etc?Schoolchildren advised of above by headteachers today. Hotel names match initial information.
QuoteThe flipside to the drop in tourism bookings for the islands of the Eastern Aegean, struck by the endless waves of migrants, is the rise in bookings for destinations in continental Greece and the Ionian Sea, according to officials in those areas.The deputy head of the Ionian Islands’ Regional Authority, responsible for tourism, Spyros Galiatsatos, says the annual rise in bookings for the cluster that includes Corfu, Cephalonia and Zakynthos is at a double-digit level. He also cites the promotion of the destination on international media among the reasons for that growth.http://www.ekathimerini.com/206573/article/ekathimerini/business/tourists-avoid-migrant-hotspotsHave heard from two different local sources this week that Kefalonia is to receive up to 3000 refugees to be put up in hotels within 10 km of Argostoli. No time scale. Anyone seen anything on the news etc?
Schoolchildren advised of above by headteachers today. Hotel names match initial information.
QuoteDecrease of Smokers in Greece According to the Hellenic Statistical Authorityhttp://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/03/02/decrease-of-smokers-in-greece-according-to-the-hellenic-statistical-authority/er... wot about statisticians, Ari?
Heard the rumour a few days back but seen/heard no confirmation during that time. Not impossible given that "it's all Greece's fault" that thousands appear to be trapped in Greece due to other countries wanting to shut them out. Lesvos, Kos, etc sound to be pretty chocker and refugee centres in Athens getting that way, if not already full. As Hi-Fi says, spreading them out would relieve the pressure on other parts but it could be speculation, if not some sort of scare-mongering.
Lots of immigrants fly flags, where I live I regularly see flags of all nations South African, Jamaican, Irish, Australian, Kenyan, Indian etc and being North London a great many Turkish and Greek ones.