British top manager gets fired after mail scandal
Henry Staunton, the chairman of the British Postal Board, may leave after the scandal that has rocked the authority recently, British media write. At the weekend, Staunton was informed by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Kemi Badenoch, that he is to be replaced.
"I felt the need for a new leadership and we went our separate ways in agreement," writes the minister in a statement.
The scandal involves 700 managers of local post offices being convicted of misappropriating money between 1999 and 2015. But it has emerged that it was an IT error that made it look like money had disappeared, which management knew about.
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British heat record in January - close to 20 degrees
A new January heat record appears to have been set in the UK on Sunday. According to preliminary figures, it has been 19.6 degrees in the Scottish village of Kinlochewe on Sunday, reports Sky News.
Meteorologist Becky Mitchell tells the channel that the hot weather can be explained by winds having blown up over the Scottish Highlands from the Sahara Desert in Africa.
The Telegraph writes that the previous British heat record for a January day was 18.3 degrees and was set in 2003. The new record has not yet been confirmed as so far only preliminary figures are available.
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75,000 Danish turkeys are killed after bird flu
Avian flu has been discovered on several turkey farms in Denmark and 75,000 birds must be euthanized, Danish TV2 reports. Two of the farms have the same owner and all three farms are only a few kilometers apart.
It is unclear whether the infection spread between the farms or came with migratory birds from outside.
- We have a little difficulty finding evidence of where the infection is coming from, says Bente Holst who is head of veterinary medicine at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
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