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THERE BE GOLD
Seventeen tons of 17th century gold and silver coins have been found on a shipwreck off the Cornish coast. Using a mini-sub, treasure hunt company Odyssey Marine Exploration have codenamed the wreck the Black Swan.
Said to be worth £250 million, it could be just the tip of the iceberg, with a possible treasure trove waiting on the seabed. And if the publicity surrounding the find inspires others, then there are said to be dozens of similar wrecks off the UK coast.
At the centre of world trade and piracy, England’s coasts are teeming with buried gold, of which the finders can usually keep up to 90%. If any more are found, I can see New Labour changing THAT rule. After all, who said piracy was dead?
DOOMED DEMOCRACY?
So that’s it. Gordon Brownski WILL be the New Pretender. After steamrollering any opposition, he will take over as Prime Minister in June. No vote from the party. No vote from the electorate. It is a sad day for democracy …
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BARRIER TO CLIMATE CHANGE
So the UK government has decided how to save the planet. Details of the new white paper are clear. Eight new nuke stations and a 10 mile concrete barrage across the Severn Estuary to capture tidal power …
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A WALK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Walking in the countryside is recommended as a treatment for mental illness. A study by Essex University for the charity, Mind, has shown that it lessens depression more than a walk in a shopping centre. And we pay experts to tell us THAT.
Some people have been walking in the countryside in Nepal, heading for a temple close to Katmandu where an idol of the god, Bhimeshwor, has been sweating again. The last time was in 2001, a while before members of the Royal Family were shot dead. The people of Nepal are awaiting another tragedy.
A reporter has recently had a tragedy when she had the magnet she had implanted in her finger removed. Had it not broken up in her finger, she would still be using it to enhance her sixth sense. Now she is back to five, like the rest of us.
Oh, and walking in the countryside is recommended as a treatment for mental illness …
FAILED IRAQ
Think tank Chatham House has warned that Iraq is on the brink of collapse and it can be no longer assumed it will survive as a state. Gosh! Aren’t they clever chaps? Only four years behind commonsense …
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DON’T HUG A HOODIE
David Cameron has said he believes in punishing teenage yobs. This is not back-tracking on his ‘hug a hoodie’ declaration last year for he never said it. Rather, he was intimating that we try to understand them, but punish all the same …
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