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Ithaki coast guard yesterday arrested a motorcyclist in Vathy for riding with no licence and no insurance.Not optional in Greece, then?
Grenfell Tower council made £129m from property dealsThe council responsible for Grenfell Tower made multimillion-pound property deals while cutting costs to the tower's restoration, it has emerged.Seventy-two people died when a fire destroyed the tower block, in west London, on 14 June 2017.An investigation has found the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) made £129m selling property in the years leading up to the fire.It spent £10m on Grenfell's repair and fitted cheaper cladding than planned.According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), documents show the zinc cladding originally proposed was replaced with an aluminium type, which was less fire resistant, saving RBKC nearly £300,000.It is thought the highly combustible material in the cladding was the primary cause of the fire's spread.
Brexit: Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over £350m claimBoris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the UK gave the EU £350m a week.The Tory leadership candidate has been accused of misconduct in public office after making the claim during the 2016 EU referendum campaign.It is a private prosecution launched by campaigner Marcus Ball, who crowdfunded £200,000 for the case.Mr Johnson's representatives have called the case a "stunt" that is being "brought for political purposes".The preliminary hearing will take place at Westminster Magistrates' Court and the case will then be sent to the Crown Court for trial.The maximum sentence for the offence is life imprisonment.
