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Source: dylan nolte en Unsplash EuroMillions: Lottery winners scooped £184m with lucky dip ticket  The UK's biggest EuroMillions lottery winners have been revealed as a couple from Gloucester who scooped £184m with a lucky dip ticket.  Joe and Jess Thwaite won a record-breaking £184,262,899 - making them richer than Adele - last week.  Mrs Thwaite, 44, who has two children with her 49-year-old husband, said the win will give them "time to dream".  The previous record was held by an anonymous winner who banked £170m in October 2019.  After be ing introduced by TV presenter Dermot O'Leary at a glitzy ceremony on Thursday , Mr Thwaite confirmed that he had already left his job as a communications sales manager.  His wife is also "considering" what to do about her role in a hairdressing salon she runs with her sister.  Mr Thwaite discovered he had a win when he got up to walk the dogs at 05:15 BST last Tuesday.  He said "he didn't know wh...

Source: Brian Yurasits en Unsplash Beach litter: Man walking Wales' coastline while cleaning every beach  One man is embarking on the "mammoth" task of cleaning the beaches of Wales as he walks the 700-mile coastline.  Geraint John, 51, of Maesteg, Bridgend county, said he wanted Wales' coastline to be the "envy of the world" .  After a five-month cycle around the UK last year , the amount of beach litter he saw did not sit right with him .  "All the fantastic places I went... the image that was stuck in my head was all the rubbish that's around the coastline of Britain," he said.  "I started going to my local beach, whenever I could . But I just felt it wasn't enough," said Geraint, who started his journey in the Mumbles, Swansea, on 13 May. He said anywhere east of Swansea had too much rubbish for one man to collect, so he turned his sights west - heading towards Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Bay.  "Some beaches ...

Source:  Imani Bahati en Unsplash Spain plans menstrual leave in new law for those with severe pain  Spain is plan ning to introduce medical leave for women who suffer from severe period pain, media reports suggest .  A draft bill says women could have three days of leave a month - extended to five in some circumstances.  But politicians warned that the draft - leaked to Spanish media outlets - was still being worked on .  If passed, it would be the first such legal entitlement in Europe. Only a handful of countries around the world have such legislation in place .  The Spanish legislation is part of a much wider reproductive health reform which will include changes to the country's abortion laws.  Media outlets who have seen portions of the law report that it is due to be presented to cabinet early next week.  Three-day sick leave for painful periods will be allowed with a doctor's note , the draft says, potentially extending ...

Source:  Foto de  Oleg Magni  en  Pexels Calling a man ‘bald’ is sexual harassment , employment tribunal rules   Tony Finn, who worked at West Yorkshire manufacturing firm for 24 years, is in line for compensation Calling a man “bald” is sexual harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled.  Hair loss is much more prevalent among men than women so using it to describe someone is a form of discrimination, a judge has concluded. Comment ing on a man’s baldness in the workplace is equivalent to remarking on the size of a woman’s breasts, the finding suggests.  The ruling – made by a panel of three men who in making their judgment bemoaned their own lack of hair – comes in a case between a veteran electrician and the manufacturing firm where he was employed.  Tony Finn – who is in line for compensation – had worked for the West Yorkshire-based British Bung Company for almost 24 years when he was fired in May last year. He took the company...

Source: Wikipedia (Dani Yako)   Diego Maradona ‘hand of God’ shirt sold for record £7.1m at auction   Blue Argentina No 10 jersey kept by England player Steve Hodge beats mark set by 1892 Olympic manifesto   The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored twice – including the “hand of God” goal – to knock England out of the 1986 World Cup has sold for a record-breaking £7.1m at auction.  The late Argentinian player described his opening goal in the quarter-final as “a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God”. He and the England 898mkio Peter Shilton leapt to reach the ball, which touched Maradona’s left hand and bounced into the net . The referee did not have a clear view and allowed the goal to stand .  Minutes later, Maradona dribbled past a host of England players to score again, a strike that was voted goal of the century in a 2002 poll of 340,000 fans in 150 countries. Argentina went on to win the tournament. ...