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Woman detained over Spata fireuthorities detained a 72-year-old woman suspected of accidentally starting a fire in forestland in the area of Kato Vakalopoulo in Spata, eastern Attica.The fire service believe sparks from a generator the woman was using caused the blaze.
Why young people have suffered the most from Greece’s economic collapseSince its economic crash nearly a decade ago, Greece has had the highest youth unemployment in the EU.With Greek elections this weekend, politicians are now trying to win them over but their efforts might come too late.BBC Scotland’s Europe correspondent Jean Mackenzie spent a weekend in Athens with those who were fresh out of school when the crisis hit.
Police and Crime Commissioner criticised for giving thousands to cat protection charityA Police and Crime Commissioner has been criticised for giving thousands of pounds to a cat protection charity, as local councillors question how the money will keep residents safe.Katy Bourne, the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), donated £11,137 to the charity Cats Protection from her office to support victims of domestic abuse in the local community.The funds will be directed to a scheme called Paws Protect, which removes pets from abusive households, making it easier for the victim to escape without feeling guilty for leaving a cat or dog behind.
Hospital staff ‘off their faces’ after grandfather unwittingly gives them cannabis-laced cakeA grandfather unwittingly gave hospital staff a cake laced with cannabis as a thank you for their care.The pensioner took the cake into Warrington Hospital in Cheshire as a gift after it was leftover from his grandson’s 18th birthday.But what the well-meaning man did not realise was that the homemade treat, known as a “space cake”, was full of the class B drug.
Man mows down seagulls after luring them into road with chipsRSPCA launches appeal to trace driver of gold-coloured Volkswagen Caddy in TauntonA driver in Somerset used a bag of chips to lure seagulls into the middle of the road before accelerating a car into the flock of birds, mowing them down and leaving at least five dead.The RSPCA has launched an appeal to trace the individual, who witnesses said was driving a gold-coloured Volkswagen Caddy with a disabled driver sign on it in Taunton.The birds were left “dying in the road” with broken wings and “horrendous injuries”, the wildlife charity said.
Trump says US troops 'took over airports' in war almost 100 years before planes were inventedUS president appears to struggle with autocue during Fourth of July speech
Family reunited with pet dog Fern after six-year searchA family who spent six years searching for their missing dog have finally been reunited with their pet.Jodie Ferrier kept up a campaign to find her Sprocker Spaniel Fern from April 2013, when she is believed to have been stolen from outside her home in Surrey, until Wednesday when she received a call from a vet to say they had found her.
Welsh mountain rescue volunteers call off search for missing Bridgend pensioner in ZanteA Welsh mountain rescue team who joined in the search for a missing Bridgend pensioner on the Greek island of Zante have "reluctantly" stood down their search.73-year-old John Tossell went for a walk while on holiday in Zakynthos - also known as Zante - on 17 June and has not been seen since.
American scientist missing on CreteAuthorities and volunteers on Crete on Thursday were conducting a search for an American molecular biologist who has been missing since Tuesday, the Creta Post website has reported.Dr. Suzanne Eaton, aged 60, was attending a conference at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymbari in Hania, when she disappeared. She was last seen around lunchtime on Tuesday.
Syriza betrayed its principles – and the Greek people. Its days are numberedAlexis Tsipras’s party promised to fight EU-imposed austerity, but instead embraced it. Sunday’s polls will punish them
Peacocks terrorise village, but council says locals will have to catch them themselves Two peacocks causing chaos in an Hampshire village will only be stopped if residents themselves can catch them, a council has said.Residents of Picket Twenty, in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, say the birds are destroying their gardens and breaking into their homes.The peacocks, which are currently in the peak of their mating season, have even left homeowners unable to sleep as a result of their loud mating calls.The local authority, after receiving numerous complaints, has advised residents to ‘catch or corral’ the peacocks so someone can come and collect them.Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) is sending letters to local residents, which state the birds ‘are not owned’ and have come ‘from an unknown colony’.
Far-right terrorist laughed as he was engulfed by fireball while trying to torch synagogueTristan Morgan locked up in hospital indefinitely after trying to burn down 18th century building
Cockatoo filmed tearing down anti-bird spikes at shopping centre'The trail of destruction is magnificent,' impressed Facebook user saysA cockatoo has been filmed tearing anti-nesting spikes from a shopping centre, freeing up the ledge for other birds in the Australian city of Katoomba.
Greece wildfires: 4 more villages evacuated on Evia Two new brush fires broke out overnight on the Greek island of Evia, forcing the evacuation of four villages, authorities said Friday.The new wildfires came several hours after a major blaze led to the mobilization of more than 100 firefighters and the evacuation of another village. Firefighters managed to limit the spread of the initial fire, which was burning woodland and agricultural areas, but difficult terrain and high temperatures hampered their efforts to extinguish it.The fire department said that a 64-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of starting the first fire by using a naked flame to burn dried weeds near his house.
Tragedy in Skala Thursday evening when a 21 year old man committed suicide by hanging.
Old Town native seeks help after accident leaves her hospitalized in foreign countryOLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - A family from Old Town is asking for help in getting their loved one back to the United States after an ATV accident in Greece left her with multiple injuries.Duska Sturrup is 5,000 miles from home and says the medical treatment she's been getting is sub-par."I don't believe there is anything worse than this,” said Old Town native, Duska Sturrup."I can't believe this is care,” said Sturrup.Duska is currently in a hospital in Athens, Greece.On Monday, Duska was riding on the back of an ATV with a friend when they crashed into a half stone wall.That crash left Duska with multiple injuries including five fractured ribs and a fractured pelvis."I can't move. I can't turn in the bed by myself. It's 10/10 pain every time” Sturrup explained.Duska says she's scared for her life. She says the care there is sub-par, and the nurses and doctors barely speak English.I spoke with Duska Friday. She recalled what it was like having a chest tube put in."It was the most unsterile procedure I've ever seen. The surgeon put on what we would wear if we were cooking. A cooking apron. It was hanging on the wall. He put that on,” explained Sturrup. “He had one gloved hand. Not a sterile glove, but a regular glove. I had only local anesthesia to the site and they jammed this tube through my ribs into my lung. It was a thirty minute procedure, and they were reading the instructions at the bedside when they opened up the kit to do so."
Badgers are UK’s most flattened mammal, roadkill report showsBritain’s largest carnivore second only to pheasants as the most frequently reported casualty on roadsMore than 5,500 roadkill sightings have been logged in the first six months of 2019 – including a beaver on the A9 in Scotland and a wallaby near Oxford.The three most commonly reported mammals to the Cardiff University-led programme were badgers (905), foxes (475) and hedgehogs (453).
Mapping roadkill in the UKProject Splatter collects data on the location of UK wildlife roadkill reported by members of the public.You can help by telling us about roadkill you have seen on roads in the UK, such as birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.
Pregnant seal washed ashore in Essex was deliberately shot in heart, post-mortem findsA pregnant seal whose body was found washed up on a river mudbank had been deliberately shot in the heart with a rifle, a post-mortem revealed. The discovery of the bodies of two pregnant common seals in the backwaters of the Walton Channel, Essex, sparked outrage and an appeal to find their killers earlier this year.It is suspected that the animals were deliberately killed by anglers who were angry that they were interfering with their fishing.Conservation charity Sea Shepherd UK, which aims to prevent and discourage the illegal killing of seals, offered a £3,000 reward for information leading to a prosecution.
High turnout on e-platform protecting homes from foreclosureSome 17,605 Greek citizens visited the online platform for the protection of primary residences in the first five days of operation, the Special Secretariat for Private Debt Management announced on Friday. The platform was launched on July 1, aimed at citizens who have mortgaged their primary residence, or taken out a consumer and business loan on it, and defaulted on loans.
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