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Boris Johnson vows to protect newts threatening plans for pool at his country manorEx-prime minister promises to build little ‘motels’ for amphibians if he has to Boris Johnson has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to protect newts in his garden – even though they could stop him from building a new swimming pool at his country manor.
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Italian fugitive caught after passion for football betrays his locationVincenzo La Porta spotted in a photo of fans celebrating in Corfu after Napoli won Italy’s league championshipLove for his Naples football team betrayed the hideout of a longtime fugitive, who was captured while riding a moped on a Greek island, Italian police have said.Naples-based Carabinieri paramilitary police said Vincenzo La Porta, who was on Italy’s list of 100 most dangerous fugitives, was spotted in a photo of fans in a restaurant in Corfu, who were celebrating after the Napoli football squad clinched Italy’s top league championship a few weeks ago.Police then went to Corfu to tail the 60-year-old fugitive, who had been on the run for 11 years. They did not specify when he was arrested but said officers blocked him going down a Corfu street on a moped. Greek police later said he was arrested on Friday.La Porta, who is thought to have links to the Naples-based Camorra syndicate, has been convicted in absentia of criminal association, tax evasion and fraud, the police said.
'Budding hunters' wanted for 'biggest' Loch Ness monster search in decadesThe Loch Ness Centre in Scotland is calling for “budding monster hunters” and volunteers to join in what it dubs the largest search for the Loch Ness Monster since the 1970s.The visitor attraction said this week that modern technology such as drones that produces thermal images of the lake will “search the waters in a way that has never been done before”.The new surface water search for the fabled “Nessie”, planned for the weekend of August 26 and 27, is billed as the largest of its kind since the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau studied the loch for signs of the mythical beast in 1972.
Beer production jumped over 41% in 2022Beer production in Greece increased significantly in 2022, with exports taking an increasingly important role, especially for the two biggest breweries, both foreign-owned.Although there are currently 71 active breweries, with the ranks of microbrewers swelling, the two dominant players, and export-driven leaders, are Athenian Brewery, owned by Dutch group Heineken, and Olympic Brewery, owned by Danish multinational brewer Carlsberg.Among Greek-owned brewers, Macedonian Thrace Brewery, which produces the Vergina brand, and the Hellenic Brewery of Atalanti (EZA) have significant market shares, while the microbreweries, scattered across almost all the country, are gaining customers, both through retail and in restaurants.
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