Medical report to be axed for those aged under 75 applying for driving licence
Drivers in Ireland aged under 75 will no longer have to supply a medical report to get approval to drive.
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UK NEWS
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SPORTS 
February 18, 2022 Szafnauer joins Alpine as new F1 team principal
As predicted by Autosport last year, Szafnauer has been lured to Alpine as the Enstone-based team aims to push itself further up the grid.
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ECONOMY
February 18, 2022 Islington and Richmond boroughs see house price increases over £100k
House prices in three London boroughs have leapt by more than £100,000 since the start of the pandemic, new figures looking into Britain’s booming property market have shown.
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POLITICS
February 18, 2022 Boris Johnson faces long wait to put Partygate scandal behind him
Boris Johnson will have to wait for weeks to put the Partygate row behind him because Scotland Yard is still contacting suspects.
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GREEKS ABROAD
February 18, 2022 New exhibition brings wonders of Ancient Greece to Melbourne
Melbourne Museum and Greece’s National Archaeological Museum have collaborated to bring the new ‘Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys’ exhibition to Victoria from Saturday, April 23.
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CYPRUS
February 18, 2022 Cyprus and Serbia discuss cooperation on diaspora and missing persons’ issue
Activities on diaspora issues, on the basis of a Memorandum of Cooperation Cyprus and Serbia have signed, were discussed on Wednesday at a meeting between the Presidential Commissioner, Photis Photiou, and the Serbian State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nemanja Starović, in the framework of the latter’s working visit to Cyprus.
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EUROPE
February 18, 2022 EU Parliament adopts ‘Eurovignette’ directive, ending five years of tortuous talks
Controversial revisions to EU rules on road tolls were adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday (17 February), clearing the final hurdle of a multi-year legislative odyssey, which started in 2017.
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HISTORY
February 18, 2022 18 February 2022: This day in history
1519: Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men 1678: John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in Holborn, London, by Nathaniel Ponder 1861: King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first King of Italy 1885: Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US 1917: 1st major strike of the Russian “February Revolution” starts […]
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ECONOMY
February 17, 2022 New car tax pay per mile proposals could subject drivers to ‘unfair double taxation’
The fears arise if drivers are forced to pay a national road pricing scheme and city-wide Clean Air Zone rates at the same time. They warned local projects “may make it impossible to deliver” a national scheme altogether.
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SPORTS
February 17, 2022 Olympics-Alpine skiing-Swiss Gisin wins women’s combined gold, Shiffrin fails again
By Simon Evans YANQING, China (Reuters) -Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin retained her Olympic title in the women’s combined on Thursday as American Mikaela Shiffrin yet again failed to finish.
