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UNESCO ups pressure on UKIn a potentially game-changing development in Athens’ near 40-year campaign to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles, currently exhibited at the British Museum, a UNESCO committee has issued a decision urging the United Kingdom to enter into talks with Greece over the dispute.
Tory MP says living on £82,000 salary is ‘really grim’ and calls for 22% pay rise
QuoteTory MP says living on £82,000 salary is ‘really grim’ and calls for 22% pay risehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-salary-peter-bottomley-b1933668.html
Nazi trial: 100-year-old SS guard in court in GermanySeventy-six years after the end of World War Two, a former concentration camp guard has gone on trial for assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.Josef S is accused of complicity in the shooting of Soviet prisoners of war and the murder of others with Zyklon B gas.Time is running out for Nazi-era criminals to face justice and he is the oldest defendant so far to stand trial.
Up to 1.5m more could struggle to pay energy bills next yearMore than a million extra British households won't be able to afford to heat and power their homes next spring, according to a charity.Energy bills are expected to rise again in April to reflect the rising wholesale price of gas.Ofgem, the energy regulator, said the price cap would have to rise again next year, which analysts said could mean a typical customer paying between £400 and £600 more per year.