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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 up, though a recent survey of folk in Scotland suggested that over half of Scots would prefer to just stay on BST all year round. I can see the point in that – I’m not greatly convinced that having a bit more light in the morning helps out that much, and the price is that it’s dark in the evening ridiculously early, when you might otherwise want to go out or something. Of course the impact of such a change varies across the country, but for us, it might at least mean that Niamh isn’t waking up at 4am (instead of the 5am she’s been doing recently!)
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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 Sebastian Pinera, who visited the mine numerous times and greeted the rescued miners, has pledged for better mining safety. Since initial expectations were bleak, there couldn’t really have been a better outcome to this event.
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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 in the space of a few seconds as the final round results were revealed. He lost by 49% to 51%.
The millionaire inventor of that quirky transport device the segway, has died. The somewhat odd thing about this is that he was found in a river at the bottom of a cliff near his estate, apparently after having ridden his own Segway device off the edge of said cliff. Surely this man of all people would know how to control the thing?
In Peruwelz, Belgium, the Caulier brewery is producing a beer specifically under the light of a full moon. They will sell around Halloween. Spooky stuff, eh?
Lastly, in Formula 1 news, with the title race still wide open, and only a few races to go, there is uncertainty around the Korean Grand Prix, with the circuit yet to undergo a required FIA inspection to allow the race to take place. If this didn’t happen, there’s no clue what would happen in its place, either. Whether it would lead to a missing race, or two races on the same circuit, or some other solution. I just hope that whatever does happen doesn’t tarnish this championship, especially if it’s the one that marks Webber’s first win.
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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 the Pope represents is responsible for promoting a number of causes that stand against human rights, such as denying abortion. It’s fairly forthright, and difficult to argue with on any solid grounds. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is quoted as hoping that the tour will be “very special”. Which is fairly trite.
Also today, a senior Papal aide has pulled out of the trip – citing health grounds – after claiming that he felt like the UK was a third world country, shunning in particular British Airways, who won a court battle back in 2006 over allowing the cross to be displayed whilst in uniform.
There has been a victory for the Church recently though. An advert included a pregnant nun eating ice-cream has been banned for being offensive to the religion…
