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Package holidays in Greece, Spain and Turkey soar in priceCompared to before the pandemic the average price across the top five destinations is up more than 30%, well above the rate of general inflation since 2019.
Mystery of a Stockton school's missing milk solved after CCTV catches fox stealing itAfter looking through CCTV footage she spotted a fox, the school children are now calling 'Gregory', carrying 10 cartons of milk across the car park at 3:40am, going under the fence and across the school field.
Greece's Tsipras resigns as Syriza party leader after election defeat
Man arrested in Zakynthos for dragging dog behind carA 75-year-old man was arrested on the island of Zakynthos on Wednesday night for dragging a dog behind his vehicle.A criminal case was filed against the 75-year-old for animal abuse and he is expected to appear before a prosecutor later in the day. The dog was then handed over to a local animal welfare organization where it was examined by a veterinarian. According to the Animal Life Care Group, the dog is old, “has slight burns on its paws and cannot stand for a long time.” it also said further tests will be done.Commenting on the incident, new Minister of Citizen Protection Notis Mitarakis said “such anti-social behavior is not acceptable,” adding that the man had been fined 30,000 euros.
Second child bitten by snakeA 4-year-old girl was being treated in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Thessaloniki after being bitten by a snake on Wednesday. It came just a day after a similar incident occurred involving a 13-year-old boy in Ioannina, northwestern Greece.
RHODES: 23-year-old man arrested for the rape of an Irish woman Police in Rhodes managed to locate within a few hours the rapist of a 20-year-old Irish woman. He is accused of drugging her by putting a pill in her drink, taking her to a beach and sexually assaulting her. The 23-year-old Greek is also accused of theft.
Sweetener used in Diet Coke possibly causes cancer, WHO set to declareGlobal health body risks clashing with regulators by announcing a common artificial sweetener is possibly carcinogenicThe World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to declare a common sweetener, used in products such as Diet Coke, could possibly cause cancer.Aspartame will be listed as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” from next month based on the findings of the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).The decision was reached by a group of external experts who assess whether products present a potential hazard based on all the published evidence.However, the IARC’s decisions have faced criticism for sparking needless alarm in the past. It has previously put working overnight and consuming red meat into its “probably cancer-causing” class, and using mobile phones as “possibly cancer-causing”, similar to aspartame.
QuoteSecond child bitten by snakeA 4-year-old girl was being treated in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Thessaloniki after being bitten by a snake on Wednesday. It came just a day after a similar incident occurred involving a 13-year-old boy in Ioannina, northwestern Greece. https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1214321/second-child-bitten-by-snake/
'Whole house shook' as 3.3 magnitude earthquake hits StokeLargest of 21 quakes to hit the UK in the last two months
Toxic goo laser kills Australia’s feral catsAustralian authorities are hunting feral cats with lasers to squirt them with a deadly toxic goo in a radical plan to reduce the population.Feral cats account for the deaths of millions of native animals in the bush, from rare marsupials such as numbats and bandicoots to reptiles and birds. They have pushed an estimated 27 species to extinction and are a threat to 100 surviving native species, especially small marsupials and ground-dwelling birds.The deadly new device uses lasers to identify the profile of a feral cat, so as not to accidentally target a native animal. The box-shaped machine, called a Felixer Grooming Trap, then squirts the cat with a toxic gel.
Ofsted carries out snap inspection of school at centre of ‘cat identity’ row [The intervention comes after Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, ordered officials to visit the school and assess if pupils’ safety had been put at risk./size]
Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg accused of interfering with Partygate probeFormer ministers Nadine Dorries and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg have been accused of waging a co-ordinated campaign to interfere with a Commons investigation into Boris Johnson.The ex-PM quit as an MP after a committee found he misled Parliament over Covid breaches at No 10. Former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel and serving Foreign Office Minister Lord Zac Goldsmith were also among the seven MPs and three peers identified as attacking the committee.The others were Tory MPs Mark Jenkinson, Sir Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Dame Andrea Jenkyns, and peers Lord Cruddas and Lord Greenhalgh. The report, by the cross-party Privileges Committee, said "unprecedented and co-ordinated pressure" was placed on committee members, which although it did not affect the outcome of the inquiry, raised significant security concerns.It pointed to "disturbing" comments on social media and TV, which it said amounted to a "co-ordinated campaign to interfere with the work of the committee".
Map: How rare are UK earthquakes? Country ‘riddled’ with fault linesEarthquake that struck UK on Wednesday night is “not out of the ordinary”, experts have revealed, as hundreds of tremors hit country every yearThe British Geological Survey (BGS) told The Independent as many as 300 earthquakes impact the UK each year, with around a tenth of those being large enough to be felt by people near the epicentre, while the others are detected by sensitive instruments.
Rishi Sunak draws short straw meeting tallest MPThe PM is the most diminutive male leader since Winston Churchill who was the same height
Farage claims he’s being ‘pushed out of UK’ because people are ‘trying to close his bank accounts’Nigel Farage has claimed that the "establishment" is trying to "force him out of the UK" by closing his bank accounts.In a video, the GB News presenter says that he has been with the same banking group since 1980 but has recently received a phone call explaining his accounts are being closed.The former UKIP leader goes on to describe how he went to seven other banks to find another personal and business account and has been refused at each one.Mr Farage said that the closure of his bank accounts "may well fundamentally affect... whether I can stay living here in this country.""This is serious political persecution", he wrote on Twitter.
The Donkeys and Mules that Built Greece’s Paradise in SantoriniThere is a frenzy of articles about animal abuse, and in particular, donkeys and mules on Santorini almost every summer, but we need a historical perspective, argues Michael Ermogenis an advisor to the Santorini Chamber of Commerce.
Energy bills: Why you should check your meter reading ahead of July price dropEnergy bills are going to drop from July as the government's Energy Price Guarantee expires and Ofgem's new cap comes into effect.The drop to its energy price cap from the current £3,280 per year to £2,074 for the average household in England, Wales and Scotland and will come in on July 1.It is hoped that the typical annual bill will fall by around £426, but campaigners are urging people to take meter readings by Friday to take full advantage of the drop.By taking your meter reading on Friday June 30, it will prevent energy providers from determining bill prices that aren't accurate to your usage.Even though prices are dropping, an up-to-date and accurate reading will ensure that you don't pay more than you should.
Trains suspended on £19bn Elizabeth line due to swan on the trackServices on a major section of London’s £19 billion Elizabeth line have been suspended because of a swan.
On the Elizabeth Line heading from Reading to Liverpool Street an there’s a baby swan on the track causing delays. Driver says it’s due to cygnet failure.
Tourist from England suspected to have carved name on Colosseum wallMale suspect reportedly from Bristol could face a prison term of up to five years for the widely condemned actItalian police have identified a man from England as the suspected culprit behind an inscription carved into a wall of the Colosseum, after a four-day search.Using his keys, a young man wearing a blue flowery shirt was filmed by an onlooker apparently scratching his and his girlfriend’s name into an internal wall of the 2,000-year-old monument last Friday. If convicted, the suspect could face a hefty fine and prison term under Italy’s strict cultural heritage protection laws.
Tourist who carved name into Colosseum is British fitness trainer A tourist who caused outrage in Italy by carving names into the walls of the Colosseum is a fitness trainer from Bristol, it has emerged....he has now been identified as Ivan Dimitrov, 27, a fitness instructor and delivery driver originally from Bulgaria who lives in Bristol with his girlfriend Hayley Bracey, 33.
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