13/11/18

[Maik]

Apparently some staff at Argostoli Hospital will be participating in the strike action on Wednesday, along with local authority workers and members of the teachers' union ΔOΕ.

[Maik]

Badger culls may be spreading bovine TB, review warns

Badger culls may inadvertently spread bovine TB to wider areas, a government commissioned report has warned, as authors said farmers were more to blame for the disease than the wild animals.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/11/13/badger-culls-may-spreading-bovine-tb-review-warns/

[Maik]

Call for UK ban on 'grotesquely sugary' freakshakes

The campaign group Action on Sugar is demanding a ban on freakshakes and all milkshakes with more than 300 calories.

It surveyed milkshakes sold in restaurants and fast food shops in the UK and found they contained "grotesque levels of sugar and calories".

Freakshakes are milkshakes that also contain chocolates, sweets, cake, cream and sauce.

The Toby Carvery Unicorn Freakshake came top of the survey with 39 teaspoons of sugar or 1,280 calories.

That is more than half the daily recommended amount of calories for an adult and over six times the amount of sugar recommended for seven to 10-year-olds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46179175

[Maik]

Google builds "Royal Street View" inside Prince Charles' homes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/13/google-builds-royal-street-view-inside-prince-charles-homes/

[Maik]

Chocolate giant Cadbury ‘still pushing orangutans towards extinction by wrecking habitat for palm oil’
Destruction likely to be just the tip of the iceberg, campaigners warn

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/orangutans-palm-oil-habitat-rainforest-cadbury-mondelez-oreos-indonesia-greenpeace-a8630801.html

[Maik]

Iceland Christmas ad: Petition to show it on TV hits 670k

A petition to get Iceland's Christmas advert shown on TV has reached more than 670,000 signatures.

The advert, which highlights the impact of palm oil on rainforests and orangutan, has gone viral.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46187070



https://youtu.be/JdpspllWI2o?t=1

[Maik]

Different stories coming out of Katelios re an accident earlier today involving a motor vehicle, one version has it the car overturned and rolled, other version has it the car nearly went over a cliff. Female driver shocked but no serious injury.

[Maik]

UFOs spotted off Irish coast under investigation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46181662

[Maik]

'Flushable' wipes sold in the UK fail to disintegrate

Research carried out by the Water Research Center found that many wet wipes which claim to be flushable do not break down, resulting in blocked sewers, costing water companies and tax payers £90 million each year.

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-11-13/flushable-wipes-sold-in-the-uk-fail-to-disintegrate/

[jeanskala]

Regarding your 'car over the cliff' post, the car was driven by a Russian lady married to a Kefalonian, which went over the edge of what we call the 'viewing point' at the top of the hill coming down into Katelios from Hionata. There have been no details as to what caused her accident. Fortunately, the car was was moving slowly and only went 10 feet down before being stopped by shrubs. She was uninjured and the car was removed quickly (for here!) from the cliff.