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18/02/22
Maik:
--- Quote ---Second World War bike maker Norton to build electric motorcycles in Britain
A 124-year-old British motorcycle brand that supplied the military during the Second World War and counts Keanu Reeves among its fans will build its new electric motorcycles in the UK after securing support from the Government.
The Government has committed £8.5m to Norton Motorcycles to help fund development of its new vehicles in the UK.
It was known for its racing bikes in the post-war years, with a close association to the Isle of Man TT race. Famous past owners included Steve McQueen, although it was a Triumph he rode in the film The Great Escape.
Norton typically builds bulky, chrome-clad motorcycles and the Norton Interpol was used as a police cruiser in the 1980s.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/06/18/second-world-war-bike-maker-norton-build-electric-motorcycles/
"bulky, chrome-clad motorcycles"... this guy must usually write the theatrical column
Maik:
--- Quote ---Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece
Six legislators call for return of cultural treasures held by British Museum ‘to their Athenian home’
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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/18/parthenon-marbles-must-return-to-greece-british-mps-and-peers-write
Maik:
--- Quote ---Drug smugglers deliver £68 million worth of cocaine to supermarkets by mistake
Workers unpacking Colombian bananas shipments find rather unexpected surprise amid crates
Cocaine worth almost £70m has been seized by police – after it was mistakenly delivered to supermarkets in banana shipments.
Workers in stores across the Czech Republic discovered the drug as they unpacked crates of the fruit, which are thought to have come from Colombia.
In total, some 2,200lb of the drug – with a street value of around £68m – was found moulded in cubes around the bananas, police in the central European country said.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/drug-smugglers-cocaine-supermarket-prague-b2104100.html
Bryan-in-Kilkis:
--- Quote from: Maik on Saturday, 18 June, 2022 @ 18:10:08 ---Police have discovered what appears to be risque photos of Ms Piggy in Kermit's pond. Frog's porn?
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GROAN!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :oki: :oki: :oki:
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