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Greece's MeRA25 teams up with LabourThe anti-austerity party MeRA25 founded by former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has reportedly agreed on a common agenda for “Europe and beyond” with the UK’s Labour Party.
Man reportedly confesses to murder of US scientistA 27-year-old man in Crete has reportedly confessed to the killing of a 59-year-old American scientist whose body was found in an abandoned WWII bunker on July 8, according to a local news site.
Greeks in Britain will have no issues in all Brexit scenarios, says PM MayUK Prime Minister Theresa May reassured that nearly 150,000 Greeks living, studying and working in the United Kingdom would not be affected by a Brexit.
English tourist alleged she was gang-raped on RhodesAn English tourist alleged she was gang-raped by 4 men in a boat on the island of Rhodes. The 39-year-old woman contacted the Lindos Coast Guard precinct and claimed that a man who she had met at beach party took her to a boat at 4 o’clock in the morning about 100 metres of the coast where she was raped by him and 3 other men.
Belgian woman, 50, collapses, dies during trek through Crete gorgeThe body of a 50-year-old Belgian woman, on holiday on the large island of Crete, was recovered from the Kapsa gorge in eastern Lasithi prefecture on Monday, after the holiday-maker collapsed for unknown reasons during a trek.
Bulb smart meter displays in England switch to Welsh languageBulb smart energy users have reported their meter displays appearing in Welsh - even though they are not in Wales.Some of the energy firm's customers said their displays were showing the text "defnydd heddiw", meaning "usage today".Fixing the problem involves navigating the menu, which also appears in Welsh.Bulb said the problem occurred with one in every 200 of its smart meters and could be resolved in five steps.
Welsh town wins title for world’s steepest streetA street in Wales has been named the steepest in the world following a campaign by locals.Ffordd Pen Llech, in the seaside town of Harlech, North Wales, has been officially recorded of being at a gradient of 37 per cent – two per cent steeper than the previous record holder in New Zealand.
Smooth snakes boosted with £412,000 lottery funding to save secretive speciesThe secretive smooth snake is to get a helping hand with a project to monitor, record and protect the UK’s rarest reptile and its home, it has been announced.The smooth snake is one of only three native snake species, and so little is known about them that no records exist of their numbers, conservationists say.But 85% of their habitat of lowland heaths has disappeared since 1800 and the rest remains under threat from development, encroaching scrub, fire and erosion – putting the snake at risk.
Facebook scam-busting service goes liveScammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.The feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on fake Facebook adverts.In return for dropping the legal action, Facebook agreed to donate £3m to set up an anti-scam programme.That money has been handed over to Citizens Advice to build a new service to help victims of online fraudsters.The charity has set up a telephone helpline for any type of online scam - not just ones involving fake ads.
Rare wildcat kittens born at Highlands field centreTwo Scottish wildcat kittens have been born at a centre involved in a captive breeding programme.The mammals have been described as "functionally extinct" in the wild.Their numbers are now so low that new research has concluded there is "no longer a viable wildcat population living wild in Scotland".Breeding with domestic cats is a major threat to the survival of Scotland's genetically-pure wildcats.The animals have also declined due to loss of habitat and disease.
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