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To Kafeneion => Grapevine / News Briefs => Topic started by: Maik on Tuesday, 05 June, 2018 @ 13:56:14
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This week, the BBC is exploring what it means to be English.
As part of that, 20,000 people were asked to sum up their local area.
So can you recognise the location from a selection of the respondents' descriptions?
The English question: How well do you know England? (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44290942)
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Saudi Arabia issues first driving licences to women
Kingdom prepares to lift ban on female drivers but crackdown on activists continues
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/05/saudi-arabia-issues-first-drivers-licences-to-women
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos turned down Manchester United for Arsenal, says father
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/arsenal-transfer-news-latest-updates-defender-dortmund-sokratis-papastathopoulos-manchester-united-a8383916.html
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Sokratis Papastathopoulos turned down Manchester United for Arsenal, says father
Once a bubble, always a bubble...
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Salad Cream: Heinz 'considers Sandwich Cream re-brand'
According to the Grocer (£), Heinz is considering adopting the name Sandwich Cream to better reflect how the country uses the condiment and to appeal to "younger shoppers".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44373387
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Beware dog flu: scientists warn family pet could spark the next pandemic
Take cover the next time your dog sneezes – it could be passing on a new strain of a deadly flu virus with the potential to infect and kill millions around the world.
Scientists have warned that domestic dogs – anything from a loyal labrador to a precious pug – could be harbouring the virus that sparks the next big influenza pandemic.
New flu viruses are incubated in animals before they jump to humans.
The 1918 Spanish flu that killed between 50 and 100 million people is thought to have started in geese. And the milder 2009 "swine flu" pandemic was transmitted to humans via pigs, killing an estimated 245,000 people globally.
Now scientists have found domestic dogs are harbouring flu viruses with the potential to jump to humans, potentially turning man's best friend into one of our greatest threats.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/beware-dog-flu-scientists-warn-family-pet-could-spark-next-pandemic/
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Sailing yacht confined to Poros port following mechanical problems east of Kef earlier today. Appears it made it to port unaided but has to be certified fit to sail.
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This week, the BBC is exploring what it means to be English.
As part of that, 20,000 people were asked to sum up their local area.
So can you recognise the location from a selection of the respondents' descriptions?
The English question: How well do you know England? (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44290942)
I got... ahem... 9/10! I thought a word associated with Nuneaton was anorexia. ;)
Tony
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9/10. Got Portsmouth wrong. Stupid really, My only defence is I know someone from Plymouth who used to be in Navy and has a strong local accent.
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Q4: Newark & Sherwood - no idea where 'George Elliot' was from but know Nottingham is famed for lace and Robin Hood is associated with the Crusades. If I'd known 'George Eliot' was better known as Marian I'd still have gone for Sherwood.
Q8: Yes, I should have remembered where Dickens was born, but I didn't. So I, too, opted for Plymouth. Hey ho! ...and up she rises
Nuneaton...... anorexia...... :doh:
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Got 9/10. Question 4 threw me and I did have a wild guess another one. I think I must study a bit harder :lol: