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Police 'shocked' after they stop car on M62 and find fifteen people insidePolice were left "shocked" after they pulled over a car on the motorway and found 15 people inside.The seven-seater Vauxhall had more than double the number of legally allowed passengers inside - including children who were not wearing seatbelts.
What Greeks think about the Polytechnic uprising 50 years laterFifty years after the Polytechnic uprising, Kappa Research publishes the key findings from this year’s annual research. First, the importance and catalytic role of the Polytechnic in the evolution of modern Greek history is not in doubt; for the vast majority, the uprising is considered an important event (70 per cent) that positively influenced the course of the country (72 per cent).
Greece referred to EU court for failing to provide updated flood risk mapsFlood hazard maps and flood risk maps are key instruments for flood risk management. They help raise awareness about areas at risk of flooding and help communities develop strategies for reducing these risks. Civil protection and first responders can use the maps to plan emergency responses and they can also support insurance decisions. The maps also support land-use planning and urban development, particularly to avoid creating new risks.
‘These are in a class of their own’: The Telegraph's annual mince pie taste testButtery, fruity and irresistibly festive, the best of this year's crop could rival even the finest homemade creations
Catastrophic flood drives Greek village of Metamorfosi to seek relocationWhen floodwaters gushed through the Greek farming village of Metamorfosi in September, residents fled. Now they want to relocate their entire community, terrified it cannot survive another bout of extreme weather driven by climate change.Metamorfosi nearly disappeared beneath the water as Storm Daniel, which wrought havoc across the Mediterranean, struck the central Thessaly region on Sept 4-7, turning it into an inland sea. Sixteen people were killed, including a man and his mother in Metamorfosi who drowned in their home.Standing in his uninhabitable, mud-stained house two months after the disaster, 80-year-old farmer Vassilis Tsatsarelis - who saw Metamorfosi flood completely in 1953, 1994 and 2023 - is among many who want authorities to relocate his village to a safer spot.
Rory McIlroy gets ball lodged between female fan’s legs after stray drive
easyJet to fly from Nice to 3 new destinations, from €30As for the island of Kefalonia, flights will start on 30 June 2024. A weekly flight on Sundays will be scheduled until 1 September 2024. Tickets are priced at €90 for the inaugural flight.
Waste: Commission decides to refer GREECE back to the Court of Justice of the European Union over landfill in ZakynthosToday the European Commission decided to refer Greece back to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to close a landfill site on the island of Zakynthos, within a Natura 2000 site protected area. The landfill is a threat to public health and the environment and is causing pollution in the local environment. Although the landfill site has not been operational for more than five years, it needs not only to be closed but also rehabilitated to comply with a 2014 Court judgement.
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