Tim Almond

Here’s a map of reports to the US Earthquake Hazards Program:-

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Earth Tremor Felt Across England

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Did the earth just move in South Swindon, or was it me?

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I was reading today how a motorway in Leicestershire is going to have to be delayed because of some newts:-
Work on a new road could cost £1.7m more than expected after it was found to run through the home of a rare newt, a council has said.
Do you know just how rare they are? I […]

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Stephen Pollard in The Times
Last Thursday Microsoft, whose name is synonymous with the existing model of copyright protection, underwent a revolution. It suddenly released more than 30,000 pages of previously rigidly protected software protocols. Microsoft recognised that instead of always fighting to hold on to some of its intellectual property, it can do even […]

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I love the idea of microcredit. The idea that you can lend money to a person, or a small group of people who can create or expand a business in certain parts of the world, giving them more stability and freedom, and also creating more economic activity in their country.
With kiva.org, you can do this […]

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India Knight
There are many mysteries about the binge-drinking epidemic - not least why the British are so uniquely wedded to the idea that you can’t have fun unless you’re falling over
Not like those responsible French, who in 2003 had about 5 times the number of deaths related to drinking and driving as we did.
Alcohol misuse […]

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From The Times
Serious offenders on the run from the Netherlands have been able to commit further crimes in Britain after the Crown Prosecution Service mislaid a computer disc containing their details.
Home Office ministers were told within the past two or three weeks that a disc containing details of 4,000 offenders whom the Dutch authorities […]

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From The FT
The government will on Friday tell internet service providers they will be hit with legal sanctions from April next year unless they take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads of music and films.
Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it.
A creative industries strategy paper published on Friday commits the government to consulting on anti-piracy legislation this spring […]

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