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    Rare Bronze Age spearhead discovered intact in Jersey

    Rare Bronze Age spearhead discovered intact in Jersey BBC News 26th February 2021 The piece was dated from the remains of the wood shaft it was attached to A rare and complete metal spearhead dating back thousands of years to the Bronze Age has gone on display in Jersey after being found on...
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    Norfolk rare Boudica-era 'chariot' harness find puzzles experts

    Norfolk rare Boudica-era 'chariot' harness find puzzles experts BBC News 13 February 2021 Two strap-mounts, one ring and a binding strop (pictured left) were found together. Experts are unsure why the mounts (pictured right, at different angles) have spikes Rare parts of a 2,000-year-old...
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    World's first passenger train, Locomotion No 1, to move to a different museum

    Locomotion: Museum move for famed steam engine 'to go ahead' BBC News 20 February 2021 Locomotion No 1 was built in 1825 by George and Robert Stephenson Controversial plans to move a world famous steam locomotive between museums will go ahead within weeks, its owners have claimed. Built in...
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    12th Century Conisbrough Castle lit up in all its glory

    Conisbrough Castle illuminated for first time in 25 years BBC News 22nd February 2021 English Heritage said Conisbrough Castle escaped damage in the English Civil War and became a picturesque ruin in the 18th and 19th centuries A 12th Century Norman castle has been illuminated for the first...
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    The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’

    The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’ Soutik Biswas India correspondent BBC News 28th February 2021 Roopkund Lake sits at the bottom of a steep slope on Trisul, a group of three Himalayan peaks High in the Indian Himalayas, a remote lake nestled in a snowy valley is strewn with hundreds...
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    World's first nuclear fusion power station could be built in Nottinghamshire

    'UK first' nuclear fusion plan for Nottinghamshire power station BBC News Wednesday 3rd March 2021 The government is looking for somewhere to build a high-tech nuclear fusion reactor to provide clean energy A "groundbreaking" nuclear fusion reactor could be built on the site of a coal power...
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    The Strid: The most dangerous stretch of water in the world

    The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire It's said that if you fall in you have a 100% chance of dying.
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    Reykjavik earthquake may be imminent

    A series of earthquakes in the last few days in south west Iceland has given rise to fears that the country's capital and largest city Reykjavik may soon be hit.
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    Giant meteor flashes over UK rooftops ‘like a firework’

    A HUGE meteor lit up the sky over the UK on Sunday night. The burning space rock looked just like a firework and was reported by around 120 Brits. The UK Meteor Network described the meteor as a "fireball" and retweeted several videos caught on home doorbell cameras. It came crashing...
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    East wing of Hurst Castle collapses into the sea

    East wing of Henry VIII's Hurst Castle collapses into the sea after being battered by heavy seas one week before work was due to begin to strengthen its defences By Shari Miller For Mailonline 28 Feb 2021 A section of a 16th Century castle built by Henry VIII dramatically collapsed into the...
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    Sadiq Khan sends out his thugs to harass London mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn while campaigning

    London Mayor Sadiq Khan sent out his uniformed thugs to harass rival mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn while out campaigning for the upcoming London Mayoral Election...
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    Exeter WW2 bomb: 2,600 homes evacuated

    Exeter WW2 bomb: 2,600 homes evacuated BBC News Saturday 27th February 2021 Deborah Leighton Plom took this photo of the device as she was evacuated from the area More than 2,600 households have been evacuated after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found in Exeter. Officers were called...
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    Deputy Speaker chastises MP for not dressing properly

    Tory Deputy Commons Speaker Eleanor Laing chastised chav MP for not dressing properly. Have we no class anymore?
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    121 years of the Labour Party: Started and ended by Keir

    The Labour Party celebrates its 121st birthday tomorrow (not today as Alex says in the video). It was founded by Keir Hardie and will end with current leader Keir Starmer...
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    Puma of Pontybodkin: Is a wild puma on the loose in Wales?

    Is a wild puma on the loose in Wales? Mysterious labrador-sized big black cat dubbed the 'Puma of Pontybodkin' is spotted for third time 'Labrador-sized cat' spotted walking in Talacre, Flintshire on New Year's Eve Puma Watch North Wales have received several sightings of animal in last year...
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    Britain's new space force 'could deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets to the "edge of space" to destroy Russian and Chinese military satellites'

    Britain's new space force 'could deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets to the "edge of space" to destroy Russian and Chinese military satellites' Britain's new Space Command could deploy RAF fighter jets up to 60,000 feet Selected pilots will take part in training missions with aim of taking down...
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    Boris's "bats**t" scheme to build a giant roundabout under the Isle of Man

    Round the bend: Boris Johnson 'wants to build a giant ROUNDABOUT under the Isle of Man connecting THREE tunnels to Northern Ireland' - as aides dismiss 'bats**t' scheme Underground roundabout' could link Northern Ireland to Scotland and England Three tunnels from Liverpool, Stranraer and...
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    United Airlines flight 328 going into Denver

    United 328 ✈️ Today Into Denver 😱 You Think Your Day Is Going Badly??? 😱