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12.18 UK Latest News Roundup:
1. The pound sterling remained stable today and is currently standing at 8.47
2. The jewels of the Dresden Green Vault robbery were recovered
3. Gareth Southgate will remain England manager
4. Oliver Dowden Company raised wages due to the nurses' strike
5. "Dancing Miracle 2022": Hamza Yassin wins the Glitter Ball trophy
6. The movie "Jaws" caused a decline in shark populations
1. The pound sterling remained stable today and is currently standing at 8.47
The pound held steady today and is now holding at 8.47.
2. The jewels of the Dresden Green Vault robbery were recovered
German police said they had found a museum in Dresden for 113 million euros (£98 million; $119 million). After the authorities preserved 31 artifacts in Berlin, they returned them to the Green Dome Museum.
The items were reportedly found after talking to the lawyers of six men currently on trial for the theft. Among these items are a breaststar set with diamonds and a heron tail cap decoration set with rich jewels.
Thieves stole these treasures from part of the collection created by the Saxon ruler Augustus in 1723. Before the robbery in 2019, they were housed in a vault in Germany known as Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden.
German officials believe the robbery was carefully planned and professionally executed. Before breaking into the museum, thieves set fire to a circuit breaker, plunging the streets around the museum into darkness.
Later, several masked men broke into the museum, smashed a glass display case with an axe, and retrieved the jewelry with a fishing line.
They then fled in an Audi car, which police later found on fire in an underground parking lot. The entire operation is believed to have taken less than 10 minutes. These returned items will be authenticated by experts to confirm their authenticity.
3. Gareth Southgate will remain England manager
Gareth Southgate will remain England manager until Euro 2024 ends. The FA has confirmed that Gareth Southgate will remain England manager until the end of Euro 2024.
After England's exit from the World Cup quarter-finals, he said he felt "ambivalent" about his future.
The 52-year-old head coach took over in 2016 and led the Three Lions to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018 and the European Cup final for the first time in 2021. His current contract expires in December 2024.
FA CEO Mark Brimham said: "We are delighted to confirm that Gareth Southgate will continue as England manager and will lead our Euro 2024
'Gareth and Steve Holland (assistant coach) have always been our full support and our Euro plans start now."
Southgate officially became England manager in November 2016 after two months as acting coach following Allardyce's departure.
The strike-back, who made 57 appearances for England, became the fourth permanent national team coach in many years. In the six years since, he has brought tremendous stability to England, building a close-knit team of players off the pitch, a team seen as a serious contender for important trophies.
So far, Southgate has won 49 of his 81 games in charge and lost 14. But his record as Three Lions manager in six knockout games in major competitions is the same as England's record in his first 48 years at the helm.
Despite growing expectations for his team, Southgate has yet to deliver the silver cup he has long-awaited.
4. Oliver Dowden Company raised wages due to the nurses' strike
The government reiterated its "firmness" on the issue of wages after the nurses' union threatened to escalate strike action if ministers did not negotiate within 48 hours of Tuesday's strike. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will go on strike for the second time on December 20.
The government says an independent pay review body determines nurses' pay. The Royal Trade Union (RCN) is demanding a 19 per cent pay rise, but union leader Pat Cullen said it was just a "starting point" and any new proposals would be made to members.
The NHS pay review body recommended a £1400 raise, with experienced nurses getting slightly higher, with an average increase of around 4 per cent, although the Government said this represented a 9 per cent increase in starting pay.
Dowden urged unions to call off the strike, telling the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kunsberg: "We will be firmly opposed because it is irresponsible to let public sector wages and inflation spiral out of control and we have a broader responsibility to the public to ensure our public finances are under control."
Asked about the government's reluctance to negotiate on wages, the cabinet minister in charge of the strike contingency plan said the government was "always willing to negotiate".
"We're trying to be reasonable, we're trying to be balanced, we're trying to be fair," he said. The RCN's strike on Thursday was the largest in its history. Some 9,999 staff were absent across England, and nearly 16,000 appointments, surgeries and surgeries were rescheduled.
It involves around a quarter of hospitals and community teams in England, all trusts in Northern Ireland and all health boards in Wales. Nurses in Scotland did not strike.
5. "Dancing Miracle 2022": Hamza Yassin wins the Glitter Ball trophy
Wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin won the winner of this year's Dancing Miracle programme on BBC Radio.
The presenter of "Animal Park", "Let's Go for a Walk" and "The Village Archive" had never taken a dance lesson before entering the competition, but quickly became the darling of the bookmaker.
He is known for his daring move with dance partner Jowita Przystal and lifted the Glitter Ball trophy in Saturday's live final.
He beat Molly Reyford, Fleur Easter and Helen Skelton for the coveted prize.
After the referee gave three advisory scores, Yasin and Pristal finished bottom with 113 points. But in the end, it is up to the public to vote on who will host the 2022 bid.
Yasin, 32, thanked the audience for voting for them, adding: "It was the best thing that happened to me."
6. The movie "Jaws" caused a decline in shark populations
Director Steven Spielberg said he "deeply regrets" that shark populations have drastically decreased following the success of Oscar-winning Jaws.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Records, he said he feared sharks would be "angry" at him for "the insane predation of crazy sword fishermen after 1975".
The film was accused of distorting the image of Jaws and leading to a trophy hunt in the United States. Spielberg also spoke about his childhood and new film on the show.
The 75-year-old American is known for starring in several Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Alien," "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park."
Asked what he thought of sharks in the waters around the desert island, Spielberg said on the show: "It's one of the things I'm still afraid of."
The director clarified that it is not the fear of being eaten, saying that the impact on the shark population is that "I really regret it to this day".
The 1975 film Jaws tells the story of a great white shark attacking a seaside town in the United States, which also influenced the rise of fishing in the United States. Studies have shown that large shark populations on the east coast of North America have declined in the years following release.
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