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Maik:

--- Quote ---Boris Johnson's ethics adviser Geidt resigns

Boris Johnson's ethics adviser Lord Geidt has resigned after saying there was a "legitimate question" over whether the PM had broken ministerial rules over Partygate.

He said he was leaving the role, which he took up in April last year, "with regret".

He did not give a reason for his departure but in a statement he said it was the "right thing" to do.

It comes a day after he spoke of "frustrations" with the PM's actions.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61819747

Boris Johnson's ethics adviser... the mind boggles  :oki:

Maik:

--- Quote ---Lord Geidt, who took up the role last April, is the second person to resign as Mr Johnson’s ethics adviser during his less than three years as PM.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-15/boris-johnsons-ministerial-interests-adviser-quits-in-shock-resignation

Maik:

--- Quote ---850,000 missing out on £3,300 Pension Credit benefits a year - how to claim if you're one of them

Around 850,000 pensioners could be be missing out on an extra £3,300 a year as £1.7 billion of Pension Credit benefits remain unclaimed.

While more than 1.4 million pensioners are receiving Pension Credit, but around 850,000 are not claiming this extra financial help that can also be a gateway to other benefits.
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https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-15/850000-missing-out-on-3300-pension-credits-each-year-heres-how-to-claim

Maik:

--- Quote from: Maik on Friday, 10 June, 2022 @ 12:44:16 ---
--- Quote ---Thessaloniki: 4 Britons arrested over cocaine seizure in Italy

The arrest in Thessaloniki on Thursday of four people is linked to the seizure last month by Italian authorities in Calabria of 654 kilograms of cocaine onboard a ship bound for northern port city......
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1186544/thessaloniki-4-britons-arrested-over-cocaine-seizure-in-italy/

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--- Quote ---Manhunt for ‘British Escobar’ after Greek police seize £12m of cocaine in banana shipment

Police have now launched a manhunt for a fifth person wanted in connection with the seizure who is believed to be a drug kingpin who has been dubbed the “British Escobar.”

The suspects from London and Liverpool, aged 38, 45, 48, and 52, allegedly smuggled the huge 660lbs haul in a banana shipment from Colombia to the port city of Thessaloniki, intended for distribution across Europe and Australia.

One of the men in the alleged ring is the brother of a major British drugs baron known as a “modern Pablo Escobar”, 41, who is said to be responsible for 10 per cent of the global cocaine trade while two of those arrested are reportedly “leaders of an international drug trafficking ring.”
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-escobar-manhunt-cocaine-bananas-greek-police-b2101824.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---Why Britain’s swimming pools are shutting for summer
National chlorine shortage and rising energy costs blamed for closures and reduced services
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/swimming-pool-closures-chlorine-shortages-b2101615.html

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