'Tomorrows World'

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"The 1,000-year-old village was requisitioned in the 1960s, first in a reforestation plan and then as an army training ground. The Castilla-La Mancha regional government accuses Fraguas Revive of illegally occupying the site, which lies within a natural park."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ3kV3Icm28

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'Current Activity'

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"Although the northern lights, or aurora borealis as they are technically known, originate in solar activity, they have occasionally been seen beyond the polar regions for thousands of years. Even the Ancient Greeks and Romans knew of them from appearances over their native lands."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZ5STahhPE

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64754879

"So it was all an illusion. Schrödinger’s Brexit, yet again. Fantasy heaped on fantasy. It was also about the only sensible piece of politicking the government had done in the last eight years."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgid1me8POs

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/city-northern-ligh...

"New space rules will need to come fast to support commercial space stations and moon settlements, and guard against swiftly-growing space debris."

https://www.space.com/national-space-council-moon-bases-space-junk-regul...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYFxyMgdZM

Tolerance.

 

'Signs of Life'

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"A French online petition urging Macron to demand Watson’s release has garnered almost 670,000 signatures in eight days."

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/30/arts-rescue-labo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSx8Jobx-Gs

"A spokesperson for the ministry stressed these punishments are general information and do not refer to any specific case, adding they may apply to both principals and accomplices."

"The event will take place this weekend, on Sunday 4th August 2024, from 11am to 3pm, at the shelter on Marine Drive.

Experts from the Sea Watch Foundation, Scarborough Porpoise, and Citizen Fins will be on hand to help everyone identify and learn about these magnificent creatures. Equipped with binoculars, the experts will share information about spotting wildlife along the coast."

https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/national-whale-and-dolp...

"It’s a little win to set you up for the day, a few minutes of frictionless fun."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2F7hiOsuc

https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/01/crushing-it-why-mi...

Well that was Fun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn7iqDIBzSc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c7202851dg8o

'Flower Power'

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"My last couple of trips involved so many late-night sessions in front of Booking.com, so many hours browsing Instagram recommendations and Lonely Planet listicles, that by the time I was squirting shampoo and conditioner into 100ml containers, I was not so much eagerly anticipating a getaway as anxiously wondering whether I’d optimised the itinerary. Then, if I did have a disappointing experience abroad, I felt like it was my own fault: I must not have done enough research."

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/aug/03/im-off-on-holiday...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtkI-PcS2As

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/03/astrobiologist-n...

""Usually you think of icebergs as being transient things; they fragment and melt away. But not this one," observed polar expert Prof Mark Brandon."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd168081wxvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cnIf37xym8

"“But the thing to do in a situation like this is not to, I won’t say hide anything because they’re not doing that, but to be much more open, especially with the media, because the media is going to make this out to be as dramatic as possible.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/04/nasa-boeing-astr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1_6F-nCaw

"I don't recall the late Queen making statements in times of rioting?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVqR2PwX428

Good Old Mum's Net.

"Looking at the footage on telly, last thing it needs is elderly bloke in an ermine frock and a crown wagging his pudgy fingers at folk."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/aug/05/democrats-...

The Wrong Ear.

'Mini Possibilities'

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"No big deal, I decided, I can sort it out after the break. I’m not some nomophobic sheep who can’t go a week without checking their notifications. But anxiety rises like the tide. Soon I was frantically clicking “buy” and realising for once it’s not that simple."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA

Hmmm...

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/01/my-phone-was-taken-...

'Hefty Heifers'

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"Job ads posted online by China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) this week, sought young loyal graduates focused on aerospace engineering, international cooperation and asteroid detection."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/14/china-opens-recruitment-fo...

""They must have had a van or a roof rack or something - you can imagine all sorts of hilarious pictures with the cow on top of a roof rack."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehcRu2xPXHU

"“If you succeed, you’re a hero who saves the world,” said another popular comment on Weibo. “But no one would punish you for failing, I mean, there be literally ‘no one’ left.”"

https://newsthump.com/2025/02/12/man-decides-arrival-at-front-of-busy-co...

""I hope we get our tin filled by the end of the day," she added."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/14/ufos-have-earned-a-new-nam...

'Hybridisation'

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"When it comes to the senses, there could not be a greater difference between Friday night chips and juicy Mediterranean tomatoes.  However, scientists have discovered that these two foods are not so far from each other after all. Landmark research has found the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor nearly 9 million years ago."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn43x9042kwo

"Jellyfish are a foundational element of the aquatic food web, as they are types of plankton that form the bases of many food chains. Compass jellyfish, identified by dark stripes on their bells and long tentacles which cause a painful sting, are a particular favourite source of food for turtles, said Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, a marine conservation specialist at the University of Plymouth."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwngn293pvo

"In opposition to STG's plans, BP's team wrote in a letter that H2Teesside was of "national significance" and would provide a "significant contribution" to the UK's net zero targets."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNcyFNMfLM&list=RDvqNcyFNMfLM&start_rad...

lol

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglzl1ez283o

"Know they are going to be in bed..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8&list=RDyzLT6_TQmq8&start_rad...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/04/th...

The Unexpected Visit... ;-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPBdX-efYQ8&list=RDBPBdX-efYQ8&start_rad...

Planet Park.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/japan-two-hour-smartphone-...

Keep Busy.

'Walking in the Air'

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"Cllr George Jabbour is undertaking the gruelling challenge from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire in the first major fundraising drive in his role as the council’s chair. He will be raising funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance, which is his charity of the year.  He has also bought a Coast-to-Coast Passport, which was launched earlier this year to inspire walkers and boost trade for businesses on the route."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/06/spaceships-design-stars-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hq8D2FSTo

"The 140-page booklet encourages hikers to collect stamps at 29 locations along the path, including shops, pubs and visitor attractions. It includes useful local information as well as special offers from businesses along the route."

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25370904.north-yorkshire-council-chair-...

"No amount of handheld phone-camera or grainy news footage can disguise how terrible the alien ships look. They wouldn’t pass muster on a whimsical Snickers ad."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/06/war-of-the-worlds-remake-am...

"The tradition of undertaking the walk means walkers carry in their pocket or rucksack a pebble taken from the Irish Sea at St Bees to drop in the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay."

It's about time someone did somin useful.. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIVDxL2lgN4&list=PLZppASF5tn2ljmp168sWVs...

The leader of North Yorkshire Council, Cllr Carl Les, said; "that's another one conveniently out of the way..."

Whatdyamean it's to be done in Stages?

https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/former-army-reserve-cen...

Reinventing the Wheel. 

Other than that ... exactly what the Hill needs.  

""International law says you cannot simply take something that is important to the heritage of a country - be it a cultural item, a physical item, a natural item, an extraterrestrial item - out of the country. You know we've moved on from colonial times when all this was okay," Prof Sereno says."

Though must not Assume.

'True Nature'

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""These are not the actions of a legitimate protest group," Cooper said."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj93j2r2go

"Cooper also referenced a so-called "Underground Manual" from the group, which she said "encourages the creation of cells, provides practical guidance on how to identify targets to attack and how to evade law enforcement"."

Well that took all of two seconds...

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/25395573.langdale-moor-blaze-fire-crews...

Hmmm ...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/15/post-your-questions-for-rid...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rervZv8C1yU&list=RDrervZv8C1yU&start_rad...

"So how on earth did famously rainswept England, notorious the world over for being green and wet with our national symbol pretty much a furled umbrella, come to this?"

Never, Mind.