South Korea flood deaths cast doubt on work to prepare for extreme weather
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A year after South Korea vowed to step up readiness for extreme weather driven by climate change, experts say not enough work…
Shrinkflation: Which food items are getting smaller?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Grocery spending is at its highest level for two years, pushed up by food price inflation which soared 19.1 per cent in the…
Home sellers are still raising asking prices despite mortgage crunch
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Optimistic home sellers have continued to raise asking prices this year, despite the rate crunch that has added hundreds of pounds to…
Ministers relax visa rules for foreign bricklayers, roofers, carpenters and plasterers after Home Office deems there to be a 'shortage' of construction workers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Visa rules are being eased for foreign bricklayers, roofers, carpenters and plasterers after construction workers were deemed to be in short supply, …
Thousands of students can sue universities for Covid pandemic disruption, High Court rules
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Students have been given the green light to sue their universities for pandemic-related disruption after the High Court ruled in their favour….
Greek seaside resorts are evacuated as Heatwave Charon wildfires bear down on them as Europe enters 'its hottest week ever' and Brit tourists are warned of life-threatening temperatures
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ferocious wildfires have scorched parts of Europe as it grapples with Heatwave Charon, with tourists being evacuated from seaside resorts Read More
Greek priest 'duped tourist into dropping his trousers and letting him 'anoint' his genitals with holy oil'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A Greek priest has been arrested on the island of Rhodes for allegedly tricking a tourist into pulling his trousers down so…
Kids as young as EIGHT are hooked on vaping, shock council data shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kids as young as eight are vaping, council bosses have warned amid the UK’s ever-growing e-cigarette epidemic. Read More
'I was driven to breakdown by seductress Spanish teacher who stole my youth'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An ex-public schoolboy has revealed in a gripping memoir how he spiralled into a midlife crisis after marrying his former Spanish teacher…
Record-breaking 52.2°C temperature hit China on Sunday, stoking fears of drought
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Reading Time: < 1 minute China recorded a record-breaking temperature of 52.2°C on Sunday 16 July. Read More