The Earth’s magnetic field is in a permanent state of change. Magnetic north drifts around and every few hundred thousand years the polarity flips so a compass would point south instead of north. The strength of the magnetic field also constantly changes and currently it is showing signs of significant …
Read More »‘I was first person to complete the EU Brexit Settled Status in Cornwall’
With Brexit likely hard and painful now looming large on the horizon, and what appears to be a mess of galactic proportions taking place in Westminster, now seems the most opportune time for the 18,000 EU citizens living in Cornwall to apply for the EU Settled Status. Considering the mess …
Read More »Return of a royal favourite: Netflix blockbuster The Crown
With cracking comedies, gripping dramas and bigger and better reality shows, Autumn TV has never been so good. From Helen Mirren as Catherine the Great to the majestic third series of The Crown and a champions edition of Britain’s Got Talent, there’s a host of superb TV heading your way. So, …
Read More »Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to stay with Queen at Balmoral after Kate and Prince William
With her history of animal activism and semi- vegan diet, the Duchess of Sussex could be forgiven for putting off a huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ visit to Balmoral since marrying into the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will take their son Archie on their first visit to …
Read More »Transfer news: Everton forward Kevin Mirallas joins Royal Antwerp
Everton forward Kevin Mirallas joins Royal Antwerp after being frozen out by Toffees boss Marco Silva Kevin Mirallas has ended his seven-year stay at Goodison Park Mirallas has spent the last 18 months on loan at Fiorentina and Olympiakos The forward watched Antwerp’s defeat to AZ Alkmaar on Thursday night …
Read More »Prince Andrew casts off Jeffrey Epstein scandal as he gets back to work
Prince Andrew returned to work in the UK today as he attempts to ride out the storm over his friendship with late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke of York has been at a golf retreat in Spain for the last two weeks – during which time Epstein’s alleged victims have made …
Read More »Neil Waugh Outdoors: The Union Jack Bandits
A mellow corner of West Central Alberta’s Dogpound Creek. Neil Waugh/Edmonton Sun Edmonton By NEIL WAUGH On the afternoon of Aug 23, 1886 — at precisely 12:45 p.m. — the Calgary-to-Edmonton stagecoach was pulling out of the coulee named for a frontier rounder called Addy McPherson in the vicinity of …
Read More »Props away at Mount Pleasant
Fifteen MP250 props supported the excavation Main contractor Bouygues UK is constructing a new 214-apartment complex – called Postmark – for Taylor Wimpey at the former sorting office site in central London. Specialist contractor Keltbray dug out the basement hole as part of the £100m first phase of the development …
Read More »The Top 10: Things that are not ‘the’
This list was suggested by Dean Bullen, after a pedant pointed out that the metal-detecting TV series is Detectorists, not The Detectorists. Just as it is Bodyguard (thanks to Andrew Raeburn). I have done countries that used to be “the” (Netherlands, Ukraine and so on) but here are 10 other things. …
Read More »Prince Andrew jets home from his Spanish golfing holiday for Jeffrey Epstein crisis talks
Prince Andrew has flown home from a holiday in Spain on a private jet to hold crisis talks with royal officials over his friendship with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke of York had been on a two-week golfing retreat in Sotogrande with his former wife Sarah Ferguson as …
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