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26/09/21
« on: Sunday, 26 September, 2021 @ 02:37:51 »
Two new coronavirus cases confirmed on Kef yesterday by EODY.

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Re: 26/09/21
« Reply #1 on: Sunday, 26 September, 2021 @ 02:42:14 »
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What’s in a name? Phil McCann lightens the nation’s mood
Social media users see the funny side as BBC reporter covers petrol shortage

A BBC reporter called Phil McCann delighted social media users on Saturday after he was sent to cover the UK’s petrol shortage.

Reporting from a BP petrol station in Stockport, which had run out of petrol, people were quick to point out that he was clearly the best man for the job, since his name sounds like “fill my can”.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/25/whats-in-a-name-phil-mccann-lightens-the-nations-mood

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Re: 26/09/21
« Reply #2 on: Sunday, 26 September, 2021 @ 14:03:12 »
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After devastating European fire season, experts call for new approach to protecting forests

On the Greek island of Evia, thousands of residents were forced to flee by boat as flames drove them to the water. Eventually consuming more than 1,000 square kilometres, it was "the largest single fire in history in Greece," according to Demetres Karvallas, the director of WWF Greece.

The summer of 2021 will be remembered as one of the worst European wildfire seasons on record, with more than 350,000 hectares — and counting — burnt across Italy, Greece and Spain, nearly three times the average over the past decade.

In Greece, where wildfires caused two deaths and thousands of people to lose their homes, the reckoning in recent weeks has focused squarely on a government that slashed civil protection budgets in the name of austerity, while spending more on police and the military.

During its diplomatic standoff with Turkey in the summer of 2020, Greece poured more than €4 billion into the military, an amount increased by more than 50 per cent this year. But when the Forestry Authority asked for €17.7 million for fire prevention in November, it received just €1.7 million .

Firefighting budgets slashed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, meanwhile, are still 20 per cent lower than they were before austerity.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/after-devastating-european-fire-season-experts-call-for-new-approach-to-protecting-forests-1.6186833

Article is a long read but might be of interest.

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Re: 26/09/21
« Reply #3 on: Sunday, 26 September, 2021 @ 17:46:27 »
Civil defence sirens testing between 110:00-11:05 this Tuesday, 28 September. Think it only applies on Kef to Argostoli, haven't seen/heard any elsewhere.

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Re: 26/09/21
« Reply #4 on: Sunday, 26 September, 2021 @ 17:50:47 »
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Status Quo bassist Alan Lancaster dies aged 72
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58698864