The Daily Populous

John Eric Spiby cashed in his winning ticket in 2010 to construct a drugs lab in the "stables" opposite his cottage near Wigan, Greater Manchester.

An elderly National Lottery winner used his £2.4 million jackpot to build a lucrative drug empire by producing fake prescription pills from his rural cottage.

The then 65-year-old used the facilities to build a "sophisticated" lab to produce counterfeit medication, estimated to have a street value of up to £288 million. »

Developers at Ubisoft Paris and unionized employees are planning a coordinated walkout during a visit from CEO Yves Guillemot, after mounting backlash over the company’s recent restructuring, cost-cutting decisions, and proposed job cuts.

The French media reports on the planned protest by Ubisoft Paris workers, claiming that CEO Yves Guillemot will be met with a strike and demonstrations upon his visit to the studio, with some devs outright saying “he is not welcome.”.

Ubisoft leadership is yet to publically detail how it plans to respond to the planned protest around their CEO’s visit. »

Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe.

“I have to say it clearly: I cannot understand why Switzerland does not provide Gepard ammunition,” said then-Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.

What’s set to change Under the current War Materiel Act, Switzerland cannot export Swiss-made arms to countries involved in a war or that are committing serious rights violations. »

So what happens when millions of panels land on an alpine desert that was once hammered by sandstorms?.

They built an index that combined 57 indicators including vegetation diversity, soil nutrients, air humidity and economic activity.

In practical terms, that means more plant species, richer bacterial and archaeal communities, higher soil moisture and slightly more humid air within the forest of panels than in the open desert beyond the fences. »