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Times are a-changing
It’s that time of the year again folk when British Summer Time ends. We mark the end of summer in the traditional way – by turning the clocks back by one hour. I think that the purpose of this is so that it’s lighter in the mornings when folk need that extra push to get [...]
33 Chilean miners rescued
In what is probably the good news story of the year so far, all 33 trapped Chilean miners were rescued yesterday in an operation that took 69 days and culminated in the extraction of rescuer Manuel Gonzalez. You can read a timeline of the rescue here, and see a video of the events here. President [...]
Papal visit shirts fail
A plan to raise cash for last month’s papal visit to the UK by selling specially branded football shirts fell flat on its face. Only around 500 shirts were sold of a stock of 20000. The sellers blamed indifference….
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Quick roundup
A quick roundup of recent events, because there’s a few things going on in the world, but none merits a full entry to itself – Ed Miliband won the labour leadership contest. His brother, David, now urging the party to get behind a great leader, went from a huge self-satisified smile, to an off-colour frown [...]
Papal visit to UK
So the Pope is due in the UK tomorrow for the first time in about 30 years. It has been met with mixed feelings. Renowned public figures such as Terry Pratchett and Stephen Fry have put their names to a letter standing against the visit in the Guardian. The letter maintains that the state which [...]
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