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    David Icke - Reptilian

    David Icke is a former member of the Green Party. The last few weeks have shown just how loony the Green Party is, but that was without any reference at all to Icke.
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    Man spends night on Houses of Parliament roof

    A man, believed to be a Warmist, spent last night on the roof of the Houses of Parliament. Emergency crews descended on the Palace of Westminster at about 9.15pm on Saturday after the man was seen walking between the buttresses. The 23-year-old was arrested around eight hours later on...
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    Banished

    The BBC's brand new, seven-part, historical drama Banished started last night. With Russell Tovey as James Freeman; MyAnna Buring as Elizabeth Quinn; Julian Rhind-Tutt as Tommy Barrett; Joseph Millson as Major Robert Ross (who was the officer in charge of the First Fleet garrison of Royal...
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    Priceless Royal coat of arms unearthed in walls of 15th century cottage

    A couple are sitting on a royal treasure after workmen renovating their 16th century cottage in the village of Hanwell, Oxfordshire, unearthed a priceless stone coat of arms – hidden behind tatty wallpaper. The smashed up sculpture could be more than 400 years old and has been linked...
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    Five strange causes of death in the medieval period

    Here, Janine Bryant from the University of Birmingham, who has researched medieval coroners' rolls of three English counties – Warwickshire, London and Bedfordshire – reveals some of the most intriguing causes of death in the medieval period… 5 strange causes of death in the medieval...
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    The White and Gold, Black and Blue Dress is Immortalized in a Tattoo

    It's white and gold. Those numpties who say it's black and blue really do need to visit the opticians. Either that or become a Premier League referee.
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    Boy, 8, calls newspaper staff 's---holes' for discontinuing comics

    I'd bend the gobby little tyke over my knee and give him a damned good thrashing.
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    Did this medieval knight die while jousting?

    A medieval man, who may have been a knight, died from injuries sustained from jousting, marks on his skeleton suggest. The remains were found at Hereford Cathedral and show signs of injury to the right shoulder as well as fractured ribs. Experts said the wounds are all consistent with injuries...
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    Weasel hitches a ride on a woodpecker's back

    Amateur photographer Martin Le-May, from Essex, has recorded the extraordinary image of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker as it flies through the air. The photograph was taken at Hornchurch Country Park in east London on Monday afternoon. Speaking to BBC...
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    Richard III excavation: Body found at site 'was a woman'

    A coffin-within-a-coffin discovered next to Richard III's remains in Leicester contained a woman who could have been an early Church benefactor, experts have said. The lead coffin in a stone sarcophagus was found in the same car park as the king and was initially thought to be a...
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    Royal Mint unveils new coinage portrait of the Queen

    The Royal Mint has unveiled a new coinage portrait of the Queen. It shows a side profile of the 88-year-old monarch wearing a crown and drop earrings. It is only the fifth definitive coin portrait to have been created during her 63-year reign. Coins featuring the...
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    Global Warming: still the ‘Greatest Scam in History’

    And it's absolutely FREEZING - and I mean FREEZING - here today. It is so dark outside it looks like dusk and there are periodic showers of sleet then hail then sleet then hail then sleet then hail..... It just doesn't feel like the beginning of March at all. Must be Global Warming.
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    Archaeology student discovers 'outstanding' Anglo-Saxon pendant worth £50,000

    A first-year archaeology student has unearthed an Anglo-Saxon pendant of 'national significance' worth £50,000. Tom Lucking, 23, was stunned when he stumbled across an Anglo-Saxon grave on farmland near Diss, Norfolk. He had been metal detecting since he was 11 but had only ever found common...
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    Rare English Civil War £1 coin expected to fetch £50,000 at auction

    An extremely rare £1 coin dating back to the start of English Civil War is expected to fetch £50,000 at auction. The solid silver 1643 Declaration Pound was struck in Oxford, which was Charles I's seat of power after he withdrew from London. Charles was beheaded just six years after the coin...
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    King John's teeth to be displayed at British Library

    Teeth extracted from a medieval English King will be displayed as part of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. Two molars belonging to King John, who granted the charter in 1215, will be displayed at the British Library alongside two copies of the document. The...
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    Sir Richard Owen: The man who invented the dinosaur

    The British scientist who coined the word "dinosaur" in 1842 and founded London's Natural History Museum has been honoured with a blue plaque at the Lancaster school he attended as a child. But who was Sir Richard Owen? Sir Richard Owen: The man who invented the dinosaur...
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    Prince William starts Japan tour as he completes Air Ambulance exam

    The Duke of Cambridge has arrived in Tokyo for a four-day visit to Japan. It was raining as he was greeted by students and school children on a visit to Tokyo's Hama Rikyu Gardens. Prince William is on a week long trip to China and Japan where he will undertake...
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    Argentina's new 'Malvinas' bank note ridiculed by Falkland Islanders

    A new 50-peso note which aims to bring "into daily use" the Argentine claim to the Falkland Islands has been mocked by residents of the islands. The new bank note will go into circulation next month, Alejandro Vanoli, president of the central bank, announced on Monday. The design of...
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    Three EU dreams that have turned into nightmares

    The EU's greatest acts of make-believe in recent years - the single currency, its asylum policy, and Ukraine - are coming back to haunt it, says Christopher Booker Three EU dreams that have turned into nightmares...
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    Climate-Denier Scientist Caught Accepting Bribes from Koch Brothers

    The difference between me and you is that you believe all the tosh - much of which has, in the past, been proven to be fake - that the "climate scientists" tell you. I don't. Therein lies the difference between me and you.