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Time for an upper age limit on sea swimming in Greece?
Cuban trans woman murdered in Athens - Her landlady found her The motive behind the murder of a Cuban transsexual, who was found brutally stabbed in her apartment in an Athens neighbourhood on Monday afternoon, is being investigated by police.The body of the 46-year-old transgender woman was found in a pool of blood in a ground-floor apartment in the area of Agios Panteleimon on Phylis and Magnisias Street. A sharp object was the murder weapon.
Almost 50% of hospitals forced to close wards due to floods, power cuts and maintenance issuesOur investigation has found entire accident and emergency departments, maternity wards and paediatric units at NHS hospitals have been temporarily shut in the last three years due to maintenance problems.Some hospitals have had to permanently close entire wards because they are no longer structurally safe.
Boris and Carrie welcome third child, Frank Alfred Odysseus JohnsonMrs Johnson quipped 'can you guess which name my husband chose?'
Open your homes to asylum-seekers to help cut hotel bills, report urges BritonsUkrainian refugees-style sponsorship scheme for people from other nations should be adopted, according to study backed by Brandon LewisBritons should open their homes to asylum-seekers to help reduce the £2.2 billion annual cost of housing them in hotels, a report backed by a former Cabinet minister says.The Government should adopt a Ukrainian refugees-style sponsorship scheme for asylum-seekers from other nations, according to the report, backed by former justice secretary Brandon Lewis.
Cyprus becomes ‘island of dead cats’ after outbreak of feline coronavirus kills 300,000Experts warn that ‘many cats’ could die if the virus circulating in Cyprus makes its way to Britain
Why a bottle of wine is about to get more expensiveRising taxes and delays in procuring screw caps from Ukraine set to add to the price tagWine drinkers are braced for price rises as the biggest increase in alcohol duty for almost 50 years kicks in.Duty on bottles is increasing by 20pc from August 1, with supply chain issues relating the war in Ukraine and recycling costs also pushing up price tags.The new tax system will see wine taxed by strength for the first time, with 80pc of wines currently containing enough alcohol to be taxed at new, higher levels.The cost of an average bottle is forecast to rise 14pc, according to Simon Stannard of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), adding the duty increase on wine will be the greatest since 1975.