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Liverpool shooting: Police given name in hunt for Olivia's killerPolice hunting the gunman who shot dead a nine-year-old girl at her home in Liverpool have been given the name of a suspect by two different sources.
Lightning kills dozens of sheep in northern GreeceMore than 50 sheep were killed in the region of Vlacha in Metsovo, northern Greece, after they were struck by lightning during a midday thunderstorm on Tuesday. According to state broadcaster ERT, the frequent thunderstorms that have broken out in recent days are particularly intense with lots of lightning. Greece is high on the list of recorded deaths of people struck by lightning in Europe.
Thunderstorms Flood Streets and Homes in Athens and Northern GreeceThe short but intense spells of thunderstorms on Monday night to early Tuesday morning led to the flooding of major streets in and around Athens and Thessaloniki, and trees were uprooted in northern Greece.
Greece struck by almost 50,000 lightning strikes, 100 millilitres of rainLarge storms struck large parts of continental Greece and the islands of the Aegean for a second day on Wednesday.According to the data of the National Observatory of Athens and meteo.gr, the station of Kavontoro recorded the most rain at 102 millilitres with Agios Stefanos recording the most in Attica with 63.At the same time, the lightning tracking system Zeus identified 48,845 lightening strikes over Greece on Wednesday by 5 pm.
Elephant rips handler in half after heat “drives it crazy”Elephants are known for their gentle nature, but they can become aggressive when they feel harassed, vulnerable or threatenedAn elephant tore its handler in half at a rubber plantation in Thailand – and police say the heat made it “go crazy”.Officers think the elephant was angry at its owner for making it transport rubberwood in the hot weather at a plantation in southern Thailand’s Phang Nga province.The handler – known as a mahout – was killed by a 20-year-old male elephant named Pom Pam. Supachai Wongfaed, 32, was stabbed repeatedly by the animal’s tusks and then ripped in half, officers said.Livestock officers were called to the scene and shot the elephant with a sedative dart from 500 meters away so that rescue workers could retrieve Supachai’s body, reports Thaiger.Last month, an elephant stabbed its mahout to death with its tusks in Nakhon Sri Thammarat province and stood to watch over his corpse for hours.
Target of Liverpool shooting that killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, arrestedA man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left Olivia Pratt-Korbel dead has been arrested and will be questioned about her murder.The intended victim of the shooting has been named as 35-year-old Joseph Nee.Nee, who was also shot, was jailed in 2018 for three years and nine months for burglary.
How a ten-minute daily walk in your 80s could be enough to save your lifeNew study suggests octogenarians who do at least an hour’s walking over a week have mortality rates 40pc lower than more sedentary peers
Pensioners to be £800 worse off next year even after £1,000 pay riseInflation is set to almost double to 18.6pc next year
Snake owner dumps pythons in bin outside school after ‘struggling with the cost of heating’Samuel Newton ‘snapped’ when he saw cost of his latest electricity bill to keep the reptiles' tanks warm
Fake Chrome extension 'Internet Download Manager' has 200,000 installsThe extension has been sitting on the Chrome Web Store since at least June 2019, according to the earliest reviews posted by users.Although the extension may install a known and legitimate download manager program, BleepingComputer observed unwanted behavior exhibited by the extension—such as opening links to spammy sites, changing the default browser search engine, and further hounding the user with pop-ups asking them to download more "patches" and unwanted programs.
Dugong: Animal that inspired mermaid tales extinct in ChinaOnly three people surveyed from coastal communities in China reported seeing the dugong in the past five years.Known as the ocean's most gentle giant, the dugong's slow, relaxed behaviour is likely to have made it vulnerable to overfishing and shipping accidents.It still exists elsewhere in the world but is facing similar threats.