0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Guitar he-roo: Sixteen showboating animals that will make your dayFrom cigar-smoking foxes to swans taking selfies, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards capture the lighter side of nature
‘The sport is in crisis’: Competitors at World Conker Championship forced to harden seedsBaking conkers has previously been understood as cheating, but chestnuts have been ‘soft and mushy’ this yearOrgnaisers [sic] of the Conkers World Championship will have to harden their seeds this year as heatwaves and wet weather leaves chestnuts “soft and mushy.”This decision has been made by the championship’s organisers, who said it may be the only way to keep the games competitive.Baking conkers has previously been understood as cheating, but severe weather events across the UK have left chestnuts too ‘squidgy’.The 2023 World Conker Championships is set to be held at Southwick, Northamptonshire on Sunday, with over 200 people participating.
Liquid gold: Why the price of olive oil is skyrocketing and what it means for GreeceHeatwaves around the Mediterranean – from Spain to Greece – have damaged olive harvests, with recent reports indicating that Europe has almost run out of local olive oil supplies. For its part, Greece- a key exporter of high quality extra virgin olive oil to the rest of the world – is expected to produce a third less than last year, and consumers are already experiencing significant price hikes on a product that is seen as essential in every Greek home.
England’s homes are lowest quality yet among the most expensive in developed world Homes in England are the lowest quality yet among the most expensive in the developed world, a study has found. The UK’s housing market is “reaching a state of crisis” as the country falls even further behind other developed nations in terms of condition, affordability, and age of its housing stock, according to a damning report by the Home Builders Federation (HBF), the representative body of the home building industry in England and Wales.It found England’s homes are of poorer quality than those in eastern European nations such as Lithuania, with fewer new homes than Bulgaria. England is “the most difficult place to find a home in the developed world”, it said, while UK residents spend “exceptionally high proportions” of their post-tax income on housing.
Renters chasing each home jumps from 20 to 25 in five monthsThe average queue of tenants requesting to view a rental property in Britain has lengthened from 20 to 25 in five months, figures from Rightmove show.
Farmer knocked off motorbike and put in headlock by angry kangaroo
Warmest September in history as 'gobsmacking' data shocks scientistsThe world's September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service.Last month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in 2020.
The Dos and Don'ts of Selling Property in Greece
Author
Topic: 05/10/23 (Read 1559 times)
