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The Greek government has announced the country's economy is expected to return to growth in the third quarter of this year for the first time since 2008.The government implemented an austerity programme to meet the terms of an international bailout after building up unsustainable debts and a huge budget deficit.Prime minister Antonis Samaras said Greece had stabilised and was once again standing on its own two feet. Despite the reversal in fortunes, Athens still faces several outstanding issues before it can fund itself unaided.The country is expected to need more debt relief, talks on which are expected to start after the country's latest bailout review and European bank stress tests in the autumn.
During the last week of the Trust’s excavation at the Williams & Griffin store in the High Street at Colchester, we discovered buried treasure… It was actually uncovered by Trust archaeologist Adam Wightman, who was the site supervisor. As he excavated the group of small finds, they were revealed to represent a collection of fine gold and silver Roman jewellery. The jewellery had been buried for safekeeping in a small pit dug in the floor of a house during the early stages of the Boudican Revolt in AD 61.
A new way of accessing bank accounts is being launched which identifies individuals through the unique pattern of veins in their fingers.Instead of having to use a series of passwords and numbers, users will be able to log on to their accounts by placing one of their fingers into a scanner.The technology is quite distinct from fingerprint recognition.To begin with, Barclays will offer the service to business customers only.However, "finger vein authentication", as it is known, is likely to be offered to all customers in the future.A portable scanner, the size of a tennis ball, is plugged into the computer's USB port and uses near-infra-red light to check the unique pattern of veins inside the finger.Only a living finger is accepted by the scanner, reducing the risk that fraudsters will use substitutes or copies to break into a bank account.
Jack the Ripper was a 23-year-old Polish immigrant called Aaron Kosminski, according to an author claiming to have exposed the serial killer’s true identity using DNA evidence.Russell Edwards, who describes himself as an “armchair detective”, believes he has identified the Victorian murderer for the first time after more than 120 years of mystery.A blood-stained shawl belonging to one of the Ripper's victims bought at an auction in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 2007 was used as the basis for the research.As well as being soaked in her blood, it was found to have traces of semen thought to belong to the killer.The shawl had been taken from the scene by acting Sergeant Amos Simpson, who... wanted it for his wife.She was reportedly horrified at the macabre gift and never wore it.It was stored away and passed down through the generations, never washed, until it came to the auction.
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