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Mandela's lawyer, anti-apartheid activist George Bizos diesAnti-apartheid campaigner and Nelson Mandela's personal lawyer George Bizos has died at 92, his family said Wednesday.He died peacefully at his home of natural causes, the family said.Bizos, who came to South Africa as a 13-year-old fleeing the Nazi occupation of Greece, played a key role in the legal fight to end apartheid, the racist system used to oppress South Africa's Black majority for decades.
Greece Will End Coal Use by 2028 in 5 Billion Euro Offset SchemeStill reliant in coal in the 21st Century for power, Greece will spend 5 billion euros ($5.92 billion) to stop using it by 2028 and cut carbon emissions to meet European Union climate targets by 2050.
Ginger albino seal may need new home as it faces rejection from colonyOther pups have not been paying much attention to ‘Ugly Duckling’An extremely rare albino seal facing a lonely life may need to be rehomed by biologists who fear it will be rejected by its colony.Blue eyes and ginger fur set the young pup apart from the rest of the rookery in Siberia's Sea of Okhotsk and researchers say these rare features could be enough for it to be shunned by other seals.The chances of an albino seal like the “Ugly Duckling” – as it has been named by researchers – being born are one in 100,000, experts say. Albino seals have very poor eyesight and their chances of growing up and breeding are low to nil, according to conservation researchers on the island of Tyuleny.
Laura Hamilton puts A Place In The Sun house hunters in ‘naughty corner’ in backstage clipLaura... is currently in Kefalonia filming scenes for the new series, which is due to air in a few months time.
How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into warDeepening dispute between Nato allies has dragged in neighbours and is in danger of spiralling out of control
Jet2 axes holidays to Crete and Zante for the rest of this summer in response to latest quarantine rulesLatest move means it will not be offering any more breaks to the Greek Islands destinations until spring 2021
Coronavirus: Who are the Covid marshals and what powers will they have?Covid-secure marshals will be introduced in towns and city centres in England to help ensure social distancing rules are followed, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says.Marshals have already been used in Leeds and Cornwall during the coronavirus pandemic.However, the plans have been criticised. Conservative MP Steve Baker said it would "turn every public space in Britain into the equivalent of going through airport security".So what is a Covid-secure marshal and what powers will they have?
Coronavirus cases in England doubling every eight days, study showsResearch finds evidence of accelerating spread at end of August and start of September