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Man arrested on suspicion of murder of Olivia Pratt-KorbelA 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot in her home in Liverpool.
Liz Truss will fly to Prague to join new ‘European political community’PM agrees to join Emmanuel Macron’s new scheme on the basis that the issues of migration and energy were addressed
Benefits hit as Liz Truss tries to stem the mini-Budget bleedingWelfare payments to fall in real terms amid warnings of austerity drive to balance books
Scrapping state pension triple lock ‘under consideration’, warns ministerChris Philp did not rule out backing down from the 2019 manifesto commitment
Anyone over 55 who has ever smoked to be offered lung cancer checks
Liz Truss to hold emergency talks with OBR after failing to calm marketsExclusive: in unusual move, PM and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet fiscal watchdog after mini-budget sparked investor panicOne government insider said the OBR meeting was “like trying to read the manual after you’ve broken the thing”.
‘Return to austerity’: Almost £50bn of cuts needed to fund tax breaks for rich, economists warnHuge ‘unforced error’ set to push Britain back to George Osborne-era cuts, says think tankThe prospect of austerity has sparked anger among unions and campaigners, who warned the cuts to pay and services would be “an act of national vandalism and a huge betrayal of the British people”.A group of 18 trade unions wrote to the PM demanding a “cast iron assurance” she would honour a Tory leadership campaign pledge that there would be no cuts to public services, already struggling with the impact of inflation.“Frontline services are already at breaking point. They must not be sacrificed to make the top 1 per cent even richer,” said the letter signed by the TUC’s Frances O’Grady, Unite’s Sharon Graham and others. “We won’t allow the social fabric of this country to be destroyed.”
Google to build its first cloud region in GreeceAlphabet Inc's Google will set up its first cloud region in Greece, the company said on Thursday, giving a boost to the country's efforts to become a world cloud computing hub.The deal is estimated to contribute some 2.2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) to Greece's economic output and create some 20,000 jobs by 2030, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
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Greece to roll out bivalent Covid-19 vaccine on MondayGreece will begin its autumn Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Monday, October 3, rolling out new bivalent boosters targeting the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants. Authorities will offer the vaccine to everyone age 60 and over, as well as front-line health care workers and other groups considered to be particularly at risk of serious illness.
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Periptero: An Integral Part of Everyday Life in Greece Might Become HistoryThe kiosk, or ”periptero,” as Greeks call it, is an integral part of everyday life in Greece, selling everything from newspapers and cigarettes to snacks, soft drinks and ice creams. However, the economic crisis, the pandemic, and new consumer habits have all conspired in the decline of kiosks, which are now in danger of becoming history.Nowadays, of the 9,904 kiosks across Greece in 2010, just 4,985 remain open for business today. Of those, a thousand are officially within the Municipality of Athens, though only four hundred are currently in operation. The first kiosk in Athens opened in 1911 on Panepistimiou Street, and the idea of the kiosk soon made its way throughout Greece, becoming an institution.
Greek Chess Prodigy Ranked 3rd in the WorldGreece is proudly rising in global chessboard as ten-year-old Greek chess champion Evangelia Siskou has won bronze in the World Individual Championship, which concluded on Tuesday in Batumi, Georgia. The Greek chess prodigy now ranks third in the world.Evangelia Siskou was among the 101 female chess players from thirty-six countries, who participated in the championship in the under-10 girls’ division.Her victory followed that of fourteen-year-old Nikos Poupalos, who was ranked fourth in the World Individual Championship in Romania just a few hours prior to her taking the bronze.
Spartathlon: Runners Trace Footsteps of Pheidippides from Athens to SpartaHundreds of ultra-marathon runners are taking part in the historic Spartathlon race from Athens to Sparta that started on Friday.
King Charles coin portrait unveiled by the Royal MintThe official coin effigy of King Charles III has been unveiled by the Royal Mint.People will start to see the King’s image in their change from around December, as 50p coins depicting Charles gradually enter circulation to meet demand.In the meantime, the Mint will release a memorial coin range on Monday October 3 at 9am to commemorate the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.The King’s portrait will first appear on a special £5 Crown and 50p commemorating the Queen.
This English village saw out the last recession – but how has it fared 30 years on?In 1992, the Telegraph sent a writer and a photographer to document a community for a year. Here’s what they found when they went back...The English village lies at the heart of our collective imagination. It summons up a warm mental image: forever sunlit; roses climbing around cottage doors; cricket on the village green; cheerful evenings in the local pub; Christmas carols in an ancient church. England, our England.
QuoteKing Charles coin portrait unveiled by the Royal MintThe official coin effigy of King Charles III has been unveiled by the Royal Mint.People will start to see the King’s image in their change from around December, as 50p coins depicting Charles gradually enter circulation to meet demand.In the meantime, the Mint will release a memorial coin range on Monday October 3 at 9am to commemorate the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II.The King’s portrait will first appear on a special £5 Crown and 50p commemorating the Queen.https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-29/king-charles-coin-portrait-unveiled-by-the-royal-mint
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UK isolated as EU agrees windfall tax on energy firmsLevy could raise €140bn, and energy ministers also set targets to cut electricity use
Police to begin dig for Moors murder victim 58 years after boy went missingDetectives will search Saddleworth Moor after skull was found there Police searching for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett are preparing a dig after a skull was found near to where he is thought to have been killed, it has been reported.The boy was snatched, aged just 12, by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley some 58 years ago – but the case has never been fully resolved.Now, detectives are preparing a new dig after the skull was found on Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District.