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Three new cases of coronavirus confirmed on Kef yesterday by EODY.
Kef fire risk 12/10/21: Low (https://www.civilprotection.gr/el/imerisios-hartis-provlepsis-kindynoy-pyrkagias-12102021)
Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
Day Date Hi°/Lo° Wind sp Wet Forecast
Tue 12/10 21°/16° 26 km/h 85% Thunderstorms probable
Wed 13/10 21°/16° 9 km/h 71% Showers probable
Thu 14/10 20°/16° 22 km/h 99% Thunderstorms probable
Fri 15/10 19°/16° 21 km/h 95% Thunderstorms probable
Sat 16/10 20°/16° 23 km/h 66% Showers probable
Sun 17/10 21°/15° 12 km/h 35% Showers possible
Mon 18/10 21°/15° 10 km/h 99% Showers probable
Tue 19/10 21°/15° 13 km/h 24% Sun & cloud
Wed 20/10 21°/16° 13 km/h 14% Sun & cloud
Thu 21/10 21°/16° 13 km/h 24% Sun & cloud
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com (https://weather.com/en-IE/weather/tenday/l/GRXX0035:1:GR)
Today's bank rate:
1 GBP = € 1.1439
1 USD = € 0.8389
Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office (https://www.postoffice.co.uk/travel-money).
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a bisexual superhero in new Superman series
As Superboy assumes his father's powers, DC comics gives the man of steel gets a makeover with a romantic male love interest
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/11/new-superman-revealed-bisexual-latest-dc-comics-series/
Hey ho.
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GP phone consultations being recorded as face-to-face appointments
Telegraph investigation reveals that official figures exaggerate the number of consultations which are actually taking place in person
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/11/gp-phone-consultations-recorded-face-to-face-appointments/
Face-to-face appointments? Τι είναι αυτό; :blink:
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UK tomato and cucumber farmers shut down production over energy crisis and labour shortages
Consumers must pay more for food or parts of farming industry will move overseas, ‘reducing the capacity of UK agriculture to feed the country’, says NFU
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/energy-costs-food-security-labour-shortage-b1936259.html
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Apple quietly patches yet another iPhone 0-day – check you have 15.0.2
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2021/10/12/apple-quietly-patches-yet-another-iphone-0-day-check-you-have-15-0-2/
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Beware if driving around Kef, storms have caused landslides in places, mountain roads liable to subsidence.
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Covid: UK start to pandemic worst public health failure ever, MPs say
The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the worst ever public health failures, a report by MPs says.
The government approach - backed by its scientists - was to try to manage the situation and in effect achieve herd immunity by infection, it said.
This led to a delay in introducing the first lockdown, costing lives.
But the report by the cross-party group said there had been successes too - in particular the vaccination programme.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58876089
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Video adds weight to claim Maradona ‘trafficked’ 16-year-old girl and kept her at hotel
New video has surfaced adding weight to claims by a woman that football legend Maradona seduced her when she was 16, gave her drugs and kept her locked in a hotel.
Mavys Alvarez also claims that she was forced to get breast implants after being groomed and flown to Argentina from her native Cuba by Maradona’s associates, without the permission of her parents.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/maradona-teenager-human-trafficking-cuba-b1936487.html
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Tory MP says living on £82,000 salary is ‘really grim’ and calls for 22% pay rise
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-salary-peter-bottomley-b1933668.html
What an absolute idiot he should try living on 10% of that, many old people in the uk do.
Pensions: Experts say £10,900 annual income needed to retire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58883053
That's the figure for existing, for a *moderate* living standard make it £20,800 for a single person / £30,600 for a couple.
For a "comfortable" retirement... read the BBC article.
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‘Fighting’ for turtles. A story of conservation from the Mediterranean
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/partner-content/1168876/fighting-for-turtles-a-story-of-conservation-from-the-mediterranean/
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6.3-magnitude quake rocks Crete
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale hit Crete on Tuesday afternoon, the National Observatory of Athens’ Geodynamic Institute reported.
The undersea tremor’s epicenter was located some 23 kilometers off the southeastern coast of the island, which is still recovering from an earthquake of 5.8 Richter in late September.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1169625/6-3-magnitude-quake-rocks-crete/
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Tesco recalls own-brand chest and cold remedy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58888339