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Singer David Bowie has died at the age of 69 after suffering from cancer.His son director Duncan Jones confirmed the news and a statement was released on his official social media accounts."David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer," it said.
Mitsotakis wins New Democracy leadership, pledges to take on coalitionFormer administrative reform minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has caused an upset by winning the New Democracy leadership in a fairly tight vote on Sunday.
London Underground staff are to stage three 24-hour strikes and other industrial action over pay and night Tubes, the RMT union has announced.The strikes will start on the evenings of 26 January, 15 February and 17 February.Aslef and Unite union members have also confirmed they will take part.
In the UK, doctors can now prescribe e-cigarettes to help you quit smokingFor any smoker in the UK looking to kick the habit, your favourite medical professional may soon prescribe you an e-cigarette. According to Reuters, British American Tobacco’s e-Voke recently became the first vaping device to be given a drug licence in the UK, meaning it's officially recognised by the state-funded National Health Service as a "quit smoking medicine."It's still unclear as to whether vaping really is safer than cigarettes, but a report issued by Public Health England last year suggests that it could be 95 percent less harmful than the real thing. Not everyone was on board with the study's data, however. While some health agencies expressed support, the British Medical Association was more guarded, noting that there needed to be a "stronger regulatory framework."
NHS Paid £92 Million to Make Staff Redundant -- Then Hired Them Again
New Environment Agency head Sir Philip Dilley won’t mind getting his feet wet
Environment Agency chief Sir Philip Dilley resignsSir Philip said the 'expectations of the role' had become 'inappropriate' Sir Philip, who took the £100,000-a-year, three-days-a-week role in 2014, was accused of remaining absent from the nation’s flood-crisis over Christmas, instead spending time in his home in Barbados.
WATCH: Freighter Hits Famous ‘Old Evripos Bridge’ in GreeceSome spectator video shows the Greek freighter Olga M bang its way through the old Evripos Bridge in Chalcis, Greece. According to reports, neither the bridge or vessel sustained significant damage in the incident, although after watching the video I find that hard to believe.
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