2014年8月30日 星期六

2014-08-31 U.K. Spotlight

  BBC News   
Woodchester Mansion records 'biggest greater horseshoe bat'  BBC News
A Victorian mansion known for its rare bats has recorded its biggest specimen since studies began there in the 1950s. The bat survey at Woodchester Mansion in Gloucestershire is thought to be the longest continuous study of a mammal by a single individual ...


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Choose enemies carefully but be less picky about allies  Financial Times
Renaissance states made and broke alliances. Should the west do the same, asks Philip Bobbitt. Perhaps the most duplicated photograph in diplomatic history shows Chairman Mao Zedong smiling benignly at Henry Kissinger, his American interlocutor.

   

  Mirror.co.uk   
UK Bank Holiday weekend weather: Temperatures set to drop close to ...  Mirror.co.uk
Make the most of tomorrow because Bank Holiday Monday is going to be a washout for many, forecasters have warned today. And to show just how unseasonable the weather is, temperatures in some areas will drop close to freezing overnight into Sunday.

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  BBC News   
Cardiff Blues: Adam Jones needs to lose weight - Mark Hammett  BBC News
New Cardiff Blues signing Adam Jones has been told to lose some weight by the region's director of rugby Mark Hammett. Wales and British and Irish Lions prop Jones has signed for Cardiff Blues on a one-year deal after his contract with the Ospreys expired.

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Wondrous yet puzzling: a 36-year journey through changing Britain  Financial Times
In my end is my beginning. We could almost be in 1978 or 1979. Singer Kate Bush is triumphantly back on stage, a Scottish referendum is round the corner and Manchester United are rubbish. August 1978 is when I joined the Financial Times and next week I ...


   


Autistic brain 'overloaded with connections'  NHS Choices
"Scientists discover people with autism have too many brain 'connections'," the Mail Online reports. US research suggests that people with an autistic spectrum disorder have an excessive amount of neural connections inside their brain. The headline is based ...


   

  Lincolnshire Echo   
Bank holiday things to do in Lincolnshire  Lincolnshire Echo
The Fête on the Strait returns for their August Bank Holiday event this weekend, when the cobbled streets at the top of Lincoln's High Street are filled with stalls, arts and crafts, local produce and activities for little ones. There will also be live music for everyone ...


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Why fashion matters – no matter who you are  Financial Times
Why do I put what I put on my body? It was in search of an answer to this very question that spurred Sheila Heti to visit her local bookstore in early 2012. In a cool irony, the trip was actually inspired by a man. “I went to look for a book on dressing because my ...


   

  Northampton Chronicle & Echo   
3 Ice bucket craze raises more than £100000 for Northampton-based charity  Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Benedict Cumberbatch drenches himself in ice cold water for the Northampton-based Motor Neurone Disease Association. Published on the 23 August 2014 11:18. Published 23/08/2014 11:18. Print this. 5 comments Have your say! An ice bucket challenge ...


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Ice-bucket challenge: 30 of the best videos so far  Telegraph.co.uk
If you were in any doubt as to whether or not the media's annual "silly season" was yet upon us, wonder no more. The internet craze of summer 2014 features a roster of A-list celebrities and business leaders drenching themselves in buckets of ice and water, ...


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