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Holidaymakers using airport car parks are warned over ‘serious financial sting’Holidaymakers have been warned over a ‘serious financial sting’ as they are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance.Analysis of prices at 16 UK airport car parks revealed the fee disparity, according to consumer group Which?.It compared prices for a week’s stay in mid-August paid for on the day with those paid in advance four months earlier.The largest price difference was at Manchester airport, where paying on arrival was £406, compared with just £95 if booked in advance.
Police in remote Welsh town on the hunt for thief who stole 14 beehivesOfficers appealed to witnesses to come forward: ‘Bit of an unusual one for you today’
‘It was hell but the owner said, you have to work’: dying from heat in GreeceGreece relies on its tourism industry. But intense heatwaves, which have led to wildfires across the country, are making life a misery for thousands of staff who have to work outside – and killing some of them
BUZZ OFF Warning to Brits heading to Greece this summer over fatal bug that can trigger seizuresHOLIDAYMAKERS heading to Greece this summer have been warned of an outbreak of a deadly disease carried by mosquitoes.Health officials have confirmed two deaths from West Nile virus and nine further cases as of August 1, 2023.According to the Greek National Health Care Organisation (EODY), cases have risen rapidly within the last nine days - with eight of the 11 infections having emerged since July 25.West Nile virus is a potentially fatal condition that can cause neurological disease in humans, such as such as encephalitis and meningitis.Both involve inflammation of the brain and are often deadly.The EODY said infections have occurred in different regions of the country, including Thessaly, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace.
Volunteer doctors reaching out to remote communitiesAs part of the Umbrella campaign to reach remote communities, pediatricians volunteered to travel to remote municipalities around Greece to vaccinate children and inform parents.Speaking to Kathimerini, the president of the national organization of educational programs (POEP), Konstantinos Daloukas, said the association’s pediatricians have since April visited the municipalities of............ Ithaki
Seaplane Arrival Paves Way for Waterway Operations in GreeceGreek company Hellenic Seaplanes announced this week that it had received its first CESSNA Caravan C-208 seaplane as part of plans to set into motion the country’s waterway network.Based in Megara, the CESSNA Caravan C-208 can carry up to 12 people. Aiming to become the first company in Greece to offer hydroplane connections to and from the islands and mainland, Hellenic Seaplanes said a second aircraft would be delivered by the end of September and a third by the end of the year.The company is now awaiting the finalization of licenses by the Civil Aviation Authority.
EU Cohesion Policy: More than €30 million for modernising Greece’s Athens-Patras railwayThe section will be part of the rail connection between Athens and Patras and will reduce the journey time between the two cities by 20 minutes. The track will be upgraded with a new signalling and control infrastructure and new overhead electric cables will be installed.
Love Don't Judge: 82-year-old Paraskio got engaged to 41-year-old Kostis