24/02/14

[Mary]

A coach party returning to Athens after a weekend visit to Kefalonia were involved in a fatal accident on the New National Road between Patras - Pyrgos when the coach a car collided, killing the 29 year old driver of the car. Coach occupants said to be (physically) unharmed.

[Mary]

Black rats may not have been to blame for numerous outbreaks of the bubonic plague across Europe, a study suggests.

Scientists believe repeat epidemics of the Black Death, which arrived in Europe in the mid-14th Century, instead trace back to gerbils from Asia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31588671

[Mary]

A South Korean couple's terrifying ordeal was captured on camera after a sinkhole opened directly underneath their feet - and swallowed them whole.

The pair were later pulled from the hole, which luckily was only 10ft deep, and reportedly escaped with only minor injuries.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/watch-sinkhole-opens-in-south-korea-swallowing-two-people-whole-10066453.html