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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Friday, 19 March, 2021 @ 01:36:52
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One more case of coronavirus confirmed on Kef by EODY yesterday.
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Argostoli police have arrested two men and a woman for trafficking heroin on Kefalonia. Since August 2020 police estimate the gang's income to have been in the region of 75,000 €.
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Wipe wallpaper with white bread? It works, says English Heritage
List of historical cleaning methods includes using milk on flagstones but advises against rubbing potatoes on paintings
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/19/wipe-wallpaper-bread-english-heritage-historical-cleaning-methods
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UK nature projects to be celebrated on Global Rewilding Day
Lake-wading water buffalo in Suffolk, forests of waist-high “wee trees” on Scottish mountain peaks, and even the idea of lynx roaming Northumberland. These are just a fraction of the nature projects being given a push by the rewilding movement in the UK, and which will be marked by the first Global Rewilding Day on the spring equinox on Saturday.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/mar/19/uk-nature-projects-to-be-celebrated-on-global-rewilding-day
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Hinkley Point C nuclear power station ‘could suck up 182 million fish a year’ from Severn Estuary, report warns
Cooling system will extract 120,000 litres of seawater a second once the plant is operational
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hinkley-point-c-power-station-fish-suck-b1818580.html
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Wipe wallpaper with white bread? It works, says English Heritage
List of historical cleaning methods includes using milk on flagstones but advises against rubbing potatoes on paintings
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/19/wipe-wallpaper-bread-english-heritage-historical-cleaning-methods
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Unless you're using a Jersey Royal on a painting of one of the monarchy ;)
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Gigabit broadband: First areas to benefit announced
The government has announced the first stages of its plans to get ultra-fast broadband to the majority of homes in the UK.
Originally it had promised to roll out gigabit-speed broadband to every home in Britain by 2025 but that was reduced to 85% coverage in November.
The first to benefit will be homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Tees Valley.
The next areas are expected to be Norfolk, Shropshire, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56414966
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Stop New Culling Licences
Stand up for badgers
https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/77618/action/1
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Wipe wallpaper with white bread? It works, says English Heritage
List of historical cleaning methods includes using milk on flagstones but advises against rubbing potatoes on paintings
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/19/wipe-wallpaper-bread-english-heritage-historical-cleaning-methods
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Remember my Grandma using a crust to clean wallpaper when I was small.
Unless you're using a Jersey Royal on a painting of one of the monarchy ;)