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Donald Trump investigated under Espionage Act as FBI seize ‘top secret’ documents from homeThe FBI found several documents labelled “top secret” from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court papers, as the former president is investigated under the Espionage Act.A federal judge agreed to make a warrant used to search Mr Trump's home on Monday public, with a property receipt revealing FBI agents took 11 sets of classified records from his house.The seized records include some that were marked classified as top secret and also “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect the nation's most important secrets and those that, if revealed, would harm US interests.
Soil healing and olive growing: how UK farms are coping with looming droughtPete Thompson runs Brook Farm in Essex, one of the driest parts of the country. He grows vegetables, mostly brassicas and spring onions.Thompson is growing olives on the slopes of his farm, hoping the roots of the tree will help stop soil erosion. They could also, potentially, be a viable crop as the climate heats up. “We have an olive project, a long-term project to identify suitable varieties for the UK. We’ve been picking olives and this year’s crop is looking quite good – they thrive in hot, arid conditions. It looks pretty Mediterranean at the moment. It also works planting trees on slopes where we have had soil erosion problems – they have reduced soil erosion and it helps biodiversity.”
Mirror, Express and local journalists vote to strike in pay disputeThey will stop work for four days over the next month, severely disrupting production of the newspapers and their websites. Staff turned down bosses’ offer of a 3% pay rise, arguing it is not enough to cope with the cost of living crisis.Local outlets that will be affected include the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, and many websites operating under the “Live” banner. All are owned by publishing group Reach, whose profits boomed in the pandemic but which recently warned of tougher trading conditions.
Liz Truss appears to forget where she is at Conservative hustingsForeign secretary tells Cheltenham audience they are in Derbyshire
A $24 million superyacht burned up just weeks after it was delivered to an Italian car parts boss, and the cause of the fire is still unknownA $24 million superyacht, recently received by its multimillionaire owner, caught on fire and is not believed to be salvageable.The 43.7 meter long superyacht belonged to Paolo Scudieri, the chairman of Adler-Hp Pelzer Group, an automotive parts company.The Aria SF superyacht was anchored on the west coast of Formentera at Cala Saona in the Balearic Sea when it caught on fire, according to Spanish sea safety and rescue agency Salvamento Martimo. The agency said the superyacht would be towed to Ibiza.The superyacht had seven crew members and nine passengers onboard, and everyone was able to evacuate with no injuries. So far, its still unknown what caused the fire and where it originated on the superyacht.Scudieri received his superyacht late last month.
Fireman bitten by snakeA firefighter was injured when a snake bit him as he was helping to put a fire out in Neapoli, at the Andravida-Kyllini municipality in western Peloponnese on Friday.Of the 23 snake species in Greece, six are poisonous.
Girl ( dies from heatstroke in carAn 8-year-old girl died on Friday after being found unconscious in a car in a northern suburb of Athens.The incident occurred in a Roma settlement in Halandri.The alarm was raised at noon when the child’s mother, who was cooking and did not realize her child was missing, could not find the girl.After a search, the child was found in the passenger seat of an abandoned car located near her home.
Firefighter numbers in England down 20% since 2010, analysis showsAs the role of the fire service in tackling the worst effects of the climate crisis becomes clearer, so does the scale of cuts to the service in recent years.Guardian analysis of publicly available data shows total firefighter headcount across 46 English fire authorities has fallen 20.4% since 2010, with 35,279 in 2021 compared with 44,307 in 2010, accounting for full-time and on-call firefighters.Other official data reveals cuts to budgets as well as the number of staffed stations in the country.
Daily Mail calling? Boris Johnson weighs offers for his return to journalismThree days before he became prime minister, Boris Johnson’s final column for the Daily Telegraph was published: a call for Britain to heed the lessons from the 1969 moon landings and embrace a “can-do spirit” while implementing Brexit.Such political insight did not come cheap, with Johnson pocketing a £275,000 salary for working 10 hours a month on his weekly opinion pieces.But, with the Telegraph titles having turned increasingly lukewarm on the prime minister after the Partygate scandal, it may be that Johnson will have to find a new home if he wants to return to journalism after leaving No 10.Johnson had a long association with the Daily Telegraph, where he wrote a weekly column throughout most of his political career. He once described the £275,000 salary for this second job as “chicken feed” – but he may be in search of such scraps of income when he loses the prime ministerial salary.
Tourism boosts the Greek islands, but not all seek the spotlight
Tax inspector assaulted on KefaloniaThe head of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has expressed his full support to a tax inspector who was attacked this week during the inspection of a pizzeria in Argostoli on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. Giorgos Pitsilis contacted the inspector and assured her she will be provided with all legal cover and support.
No-one has ever paid a fine for breaking a hosepipe ban, admit water companies In theory anyone caught breaking the ban could be fined £1,000