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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Wednesday, 06 July, 2022 @ 02:21:11
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Kef fire risk 06/07/22: High (https://www.civilprotection.gr/el/imerisios-hartis-provlepsis-kindynoy-pyrkagias-06072022)
One hundred and nineteen new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kefalonia yesterday by EODY, three on Ithaka
Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £ 0.8842 GBP
1 €UR = $ 1.0599 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1310 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9435 €UR
Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office (https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money).
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com (https://weather.com/en-IE/weather/tenday/l/GRXX0035:1:GR)
Day, Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Wed 06/07 32°/24° 25 km/h 03% Sunny
Thu 07/07 32°/23° 24 km/h 12% Sunny
Fri 08/07 30°/20° 22 km/h 24% Sunny
Sat 09/07 28°/22° 28 km/h 70% Scattered thunderstorms probable
Sun 10/07 29°/21° 23 km/h 05% Sunny
Mon 11/07 29°/21° 20 km/h 07% Sunny
Tue 12/07 29°/21° 19 km/h 05% Sunny
Wed 13/07 29°/21° 20 km/h 03% Sunny
Thu 14/07 29°/22° 20 km/h 09% Sunny
Fri 15/07 30°/22° 21 km/h 03% Sunny
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Labrador named Fred ‘adopts’ a brood of orphaned ducklings — for the second time
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/dog-fred-adopts-orphaned-ducklings-b2116223.html
Aye up, me duck
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Mother stunned after three eggs she bought from Morrisons hatch into ducklings
Deza Empson, 31, bought six Braddock-White Clarence Court eggs and decided to put them in an incubator
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/morrisons-clarence-court-eggs-hatched-ducklings-b2115309.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QE8RLcnDes
https://youtu.be/9QE8RLcnDes?t=1
Quackers
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Electric police cars ‘running out of puff’ on way to emergencies
Electric police cars are running out of charge when responding to emergencies because the blue lights and sirens drain the batteries, it has been suggested.
Officers using environmentally friendly vehicles in rural areas are also struggling to locate charging points, raising questions about their effectiveness.
The vast majority of constabularies in England and Wales now include electric vehicles in their fleet, with the Metropolitan Police pledging to be 100 per cent electric by 2030.
The Government has pledged to ban the production of all new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030, leaving police forces urgently looking for alternatives.
But the increasing amount of technology carried in them – such as Automatic Number Plate Recognition computers and sophisticated radio equipment – affects battery range.
According to a recent Freedom of Information request 10 police forces are yet to purchase any electric vehicles.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/05/electric-police-cars-run-puff-way-emergencies-says-commissioner/
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Laura Trott, a parliamentary private secretary in the Department of Transport, says she has resigned.
Children's minister Will Quince has gone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62048657
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Robin Walker, Schools minister
John Glen, Treasury minister
Virginia Crosbie, parliamentary private secretary at the Welsh Office
Saqib Bhatti, parliamentary private secretary to the Health Secretary
Jonathan Gullis, parliamentary private secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Nicola Richards, former parliamentary private secretary to the Department for Transport
All resigned their positions, according to the sunderlandecho.com (https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/politics/full-list-of-ministerial-resignations-whos-in-whos-out-and-why-they-have-gone-as-future-of-prime-minister-boris-johnson-hangs-in-the-balance-3758111)
Difficult to keep track, might be a few I've missed
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High risk of bush fire on Kef tomorrow, according to civilprotection.gr (https://www.civilprotection.gr/el/imerisios-hartis-provlepsis-kindynoy-pyrkagias-07072022)
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109/2: today's coronavirus count on Kef/Ithaka, according to eody.gov.gr (https://eody.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/covid-gr-daily-report-20220706.pdf)
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Body of a 76 y-o local female recovered from the sea yesterday noon at Kato Vasiliki, Navpaktos.
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Two Brits arrested for beating up Pakistani man in Zakynthos
Two British nationals were arrested early Wednesday morning for the beating of a Pakistani man in the popular tourist resort town of Laganas, on the Greek island of Zakynthos, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight when a group of British tourists, most of whom were drunk, attacked and started beating a 41-year-old Pakistani man outside a bar, the report said. The victim suffered serious head injuries and had to be transported to hospital where he remains. The motives of the attack were not yet known.
Officers who were called at the scene detained two suspects who are now facing possible charges of causing dangerous bodily harm with complicity. Both will appear before a prosecutor on Wednesday.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1188398/two-brits-arrested-for-beating-up-pakistani-man-in-zakynthos/
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Body of a 72 y-o male recovered from a recreational boat this morning in the sea at Afissos, Nea Magnesia.
Body of an 82 y-o male recovered from the sea this morning at Hranon Episkopi, Messinia.
Gruesome one: a body in advanced state of decomposition discovered noon time on the beach at Episkopi, Municipality of Rethymno :unsure:
Happy one: grandparents of a three y-o girl who had drifted out to sea on an inflatable this morning in the sea off Saronida, East Attica, were rescued safely along with the kiddie :)
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Up-dated list as at approx. 17:00 BST / 19:00 EEST:
Resigned
Cabinet
Chancellor Rishi Sunak
Health Secretary Sajid Javid
Ministers
Will Quince, education minister
Alex Chalk, solicitor general
Robin Walker, education minister
John Glen, Treasury minister
Victoria Atkins, justice minister
Jo Churchill, environment minister
Stuart Andrew, housing minister
Kemi Badenoch, levelling up minister
Neil O'Brien, levelling up minister
Alex Burghart, education minister
Lee Rowley, business minister
Julia Lopez, culture minister
Mims Davies, work and pensions minister
Rachel Maclean, Home Office minister
Mike Freer, equalities minister
Parliamentary private secretaries
Jonathan Gullis, Northern Ireland Office
Saqib Bhatti, Department of Health and Social Care
Nicola Richards, Department of Transport
Virginia Crosbie, Welsh Office
Laura Trott, Department of Transport
Felicity Buchan, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Selaine Saxby, Treasury
Claire Coutinho, Treasury
David Johnston, Department of Education
Duncan Baker, Department for Levelling Up
Craig Williams, Treasury
Mark Logan, Northern Ireland Office
Others
Bim Afolami, vice-chairman of the Conservative Party for youth
Andrew Murrison, trade envoy to Morocco
Theodora Clarke, trade envoy to Kenya
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62058278
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And there's more:
Mark Fletcher, PPS at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Sara Britcliffe, PPS at the Department for Education
Ruth Edwards, PPS at the Scottish Office
Peter Gibson, PPS at the Department for International Trade
James Sunderland, PPS at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
David Duguid, Fisheries Envoy and Trade Envoy for Angola and Zambia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62048657
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Lyme disease: Why it’s on the rise and how to protect yourself
The bacterial infection is becoming increasinly common among people
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection, which is spread by infected ticks that thrive in humid and warm temperatures.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/what-is-lyme-disease-why-on-the-rise-how-to-protect-yourself-b1010396.html
Lots of ticks on Kef
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Premature baby stuck in Cyprus hospital as parents face £45k bill to get her home to Devon
A family from Devon needs to raise £45k in one week to get their premature baby back home.
Bethany and Jan Cleathero's daughter Molly was born 16 weeks early while the family were on holiday in Cyprus.
She is now stable, but is being treated in a hospitals an hour away from the hospital her mum is in.
Bethany is only allowed to visit Molly for an hour a day, which includes time to get medical updates. It means Bethany is left with just 20 minutes a day to bond with her newborn baby.
Bethany’s husband Jan had to fly home with their other two children, so she is currently alone.
She told ITV dealing with the stress of a premature birth is traumatic, especially in a foreign country where language is a barrier and the family have no support network.
Bethany, who lives in Collumpton, was considered fit to fly out on holiday and her family thought their insurance was adequate.
But Molly needs neo-natal hospital treatment and the medical bills of about 1,000 euros (£860) a day are mounting up.
https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-07-06/premature-baby-stuck-in-cyprus-as-parents-face-huge-bill-to-get-her-home
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Jacob Young, the MP for Redcar... resigned as housing and local government parliamentary private secretary
Danny Kruger... resigned as parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
James Daly, parliamentary private secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions, resigned from his role "with great regret"
David Mundell also resigned from his role as trade envoy to New Zealand
The prime minister has sacked Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary, Michael Gove.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62048657
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Simon Hart, Secretary of State for Wales, has resigned: twitter (https://twitter.com/Simonhartmp/status/1544796759645454342)