Romanians charged over attempted Pembrokeshire bank thefts

Romanians charged over attempted Pembrokeshire bank thefts: "Three Romanians have appeared in court charged with trying to pull off a string of thefts from banks in Pembrokeshire."

£500,000 won to improve Haverfordwest transport

£500,000 won to improve Haverfordwest transport: "Haverfordwest is to get £500,000 to improve its walking, cycling and public transport facilities it was announced today (Monday)."

Britain's 'oldest smoker' dies after puffing on cigarettes for 95 years

Britain's 'oldest smoker' dies after puffing on cigarettes for 95 years: "Winnie Langley, who loved a good party, took her first puff aged seven just
after the First World War started."

Ex-Inmate’s Dilemma: $2.2 Million or a Lawsuit

Ex-Inmate’s Dilemma: $2.2 Million or a Lawsuit: "A Texas man cleared of rape after 27 years in prison must choose between $2.2 million in compensation or filing a civil lawsuit to expose the truth about his wrongful conviction."

Dell Accused of Concealing Evidence in PC Suit

Dell Accused of Concealing Evidence in PC Suit: "Dell deliberately violated a court order by failing to hand over documents from top executives, a court filing said."

Playboy censors iPad app to pass Apple's morality test

Playboy censors iPad app to pass Apple's morality test: "Playboy, the adult magazine run by Hugh Heffner, has agreed to remove all
risqué content from its iPad app in order to avoid breaching Apple's strict
anti-obscenity rules."

First-hand accounts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

First-hand accounts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: "

Gizmodo has a collection of incredibly powerful interviews with survivors of the American nuclear bomb drops on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than survivors, these people are witnesses, describing the sights, sounds and smells of a nuclear attack. Akiko Takakura was 20, and only 300 feet from the hypocenter where the Little Boy bomb exploded over Hiroshima.

..It was like a white magnesium flash. I lost consciousness right after or almost at the same time I saw the flash. When I regained consciousness, I found myself in the dark. I heard my friends, Ms. Asami, crying for her mother.

Since Hiroshima was completely enveloped in flames, we felt terribly hot and could not breathe well at all. After a while, a whirlpool of fire approached us from the south. It was like a big tornado of fire spreading over the full width of the street. Whenever the fire touched, wherever the fire touched, it burned. It burned my ear and leg, I didn't realize that I had burned myself at that moment, but I noticed it later.

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Gizmodo: This is how it feels to be under a nuclear attack

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Driller robot to explore great pyramid

Driller robot to explore great pyramid: "

Does the Pyramid of Cheops hide more secrets within its massive volume? A 1992 robot explored one tiny passage only to be blocked by limestone doors with brass handles -- and the next one drilled through only to find anther door behind it.

Built 4,500 years ago, the vast tomb contains several passageways and two rooms, the Kings's and Queen's Chambers. Two shafts extend from each, but whereas those from the King's Chamber reach the exterior, those from the Queen's Chamber stop dead deep within the monument.

A new robot, being prepared by a team from Leeds University, is designed to be able to drill a large enough hole for itself to pass through the doors. No word on what they hope to find on the other side.

Robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid [indy]

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Gorgeous aurora borealis photos from last week's solar storms (more on the way tonight!)

Gorgeous aurora borealis photos from last week's solar storms (more on the way tonight!): "

[Photograph courtesy Shawn Malone, LakeSuperiorPhoto.com]

Via the BB Submitterator, Chris Combs says:

Following up on a previous Boing Boing post: last week, our sun's hot plasma shot a billion tons of energetic particles towards Earth, which led to some amazing aurora borealis. I was thrilled to see a fine batch of northern lights photos on Flickr, and even more excited that their creators gave us permission to run them on National Geographic News. And—there could be more coming tonight, thanks to a Saturday solar flare! Enjoy!

Pictures: Huge Solar Storm Triggers Unusual Auroras (news.nationalgeographic.com)

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Anti-terror ad ordered off the air

Anti-terror ad ordered off the air: "British advertising regulators have banned a creepy police ad that asked people to report untalkative, cash-using neighbors to authorities as potential terrorists. You can listen to the a different ad from the same series here. [BBC]


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Milford woman used cannabis for "medicinal purposes"

Milford woman used cannabis for "medicinal purposes": "Using cannabis for medicinal purposes will see a Milford Haven woman returned to Swansea crown court next month."

When did it become wrong to take your kids to the pub?

When did it become wrong to take your kids to the pub?: "

Katie Down took her four-year-old son with her when she met friends for a few drinks in a beer garden on a sunny afternoon… a few hours later she was arrested, locked up – and her son taken into care.

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Meat from cloned animal entered food chain

Meat from cloned animal entered food chain: "Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow has entered the British food chain,
authorities have admitted for the first time."

Stiletto kick girl cleared of GBH - The Sun

Stiletto kick girl cleared of GBH - The Sun: "

New York Daily News

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'Ground Zero mosque' moves closer

'Ground Zero mosque' moves closer: "An attempt to block a plan for a mosque near Ground Zero in New York has failed after the site was denied landmark status."

PM: Council homes for life may go

PM: Council homes for life may go: "Council houses should be allocated on fixed-term deals rather than for life, David Cameron says."

England has worse crime rate than the US, says Civitas study

England has worse crime rate than the US, says Civitas study: "England and Wales has one of the worst crime rates among developed nations for
rapes, burglaries and robberies, a major report has found."

Baroness Warsi: 'burka wearing women can engage in everyday life' - Telegraph.co.uk

Baroness Warsi: 'burka wearing women can engage in everyday life' - Telegraph.co.uk: "

The Guardian

Baroness Warsi: 'burka wearing women can engage in everyday life' Telegraph.co.uk British women have the right to chose whether they wore a burka in public, Baroness Warsi, the country's first female Muslim cabinet minister has said. By Andrew Hough Baroness Warsi, wearing traditional dress for the first meeting of the new coalition ... Tory party chairman says Muslim women SHOULD be allowed to wear the BurkaDaily Mail Baroness in burka ban blast at MPsMirror.co.uk Sayeeda Warsi: 'What I find amazing is the media's obsession with having to ...The Guardian Malaysia Sun all 9 news articles »

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NHS smoking ban could be extended

NHS smoking ban could be extended: "Patients could be refused treatment - and staff disciplined - if they smoke on NHS Grampian hospital premises, under new plans."

Stolen Shakespeare dealer jailed

Stolen Shakespeare dealer jailed: "

Raymond Scott sentenced to eight years in prison as judge condemns damage to book as 'cultural vandalisation'

An unemployed antiques dealer was jailed today for eight years for handling a stolen copy of a rare first collection of Shakespeare's plays.

Raymond Scott took the 17th-century First Folio to one of the world's leading Shakespeare research centres, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, where staff called the police, the British embassy and the FBI.

Regarded as one of the most important printed works in the English language, fewer than 250 copies of the collection survive. They were first printed in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death.

Last month, a jury at Newcastle crown court found Scott guilty of handling stolen goods and removing stolen property from Britain. He was cleared of stealing the book from Durham University in 1998 after claiming to have discovered the book in Cuba.

The judge, Richard Lowden, said the book had been kept out of the public eye for many years and had been 'defaced to hide its true identity'. He branded the damage 'cultural vandalisation' and described the First Folio as a 'quintessentially English treasure'. Scott had either deliberately damaged the book himself or had been party to its damage and was attempting to benefit from it.

'It would be regarded by many as priceless, but to you it was definitely at a very big price and you went to very great lengths for that price,' Lowden said. 'Your motivation was for financial gain.'

Scott, 53, of Wingate, County Durham, was given a six-year prison term for handling stolen goods and two years' imprisonment – to run consecutively – for removing stolen property from Britain. He also admitted the thefts of two paintings worth around £1,000 from Fenwick department store in Newcastle in October 2008. He received two six-month prison sentences to run concurrently.

The 387-year-old book was shown to the court during the trial – the first time it has been displayed in public for a decade. It was taken into court in a padlocked black plastic strongbox and presented on a pillow next to the witness box. Independent experts said the book, even in its damaged state, was worth about £1m.

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Man jailed for killing soldier

Man jailed for killing soldier: "

A body-building boxer who killed a staff sergeant and knocked out his wife in a cocaine-fuelled street attack has been jailed for five years.

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After the bombs dropped: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

After the bombs dropped: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: "

An exhibition documenting the impact of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II opens in London today.

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Council plans to spend £40,000 on iPads

Council plans to spend £40,000 on iPads: "A cash-strapped council has been criticised after it announced plans to spend
nearly £40,000 of taxpayers' money on iPads for every councillor."

UK promises £5m Pakistan flood aid

UK promises £5m Pakistan flood aid: "

The British Government has pledged £5 million to help hundreds of thousands of those left homeless by Pakistan's flood disaster.

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Gisele calls for breastfeeding law

Gisele calls for breastfeeding law: "

Gisele Bundchen wants mothers to be forced to breastfeed for the first six months of their baby's life.

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Minimum price 'for sale of alcohol'

Minimum price 'for sale of alcohol': "

A city centre could be the first in the country to set a minimum price for the sale of alcohol, it has been announced.

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'Spies' followed us around

'Spies' followed us around: "A family in Dorset has won a landmark ruling after challenging their local council's use of covert surveillance to check if they lived in the right school catchment area."

Scarlett Keeling's mother claims son of powerful Goan politician gave daughter drugs

Scarlett Keeling's mother claims son of powerful Goan politician gave daughter drugs: "The son of one of Goa's most powerful politicians gave Scarlett Keeling the drugs she took on the night she was raped and murdered, the Devon teenager's mother told a court on Monday."

Special Constable guilty of 'excessive' assault

Special Constable guilty of 'excessive' assault: "A policeman has been found guilty of assaulting an off-duty soldier outside a
bar in Wigan."

Four convicted of murder over fatal arson in Blackburn - BBC News

Four convicted of murder over fatal arson in Blackburn - BBC News: "

Click Lancashire

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People are fat because they struggle to recognise when they are full

People are fat because they struggle to recognise when they are full: "Some people find it more difficult to stay slim than others because their
brains are slow at recognising when they are full, a study claims."