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Birmingham hit by 3.2 magnitude earthquakeThe West Midlands was last rocked by a major tremor more than 20 years agoAn earthquake of magnitude 3.2 has struck the West Midlands.The quake was at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles) and hit 7km (4.3 miles) northwest of Birmingham at 10.29pm, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.It is not yet known whether the earthquake has caused any damage to the surrounding areas.
Drivers face fuel shortages as workers at UK's largest refinery vote on strike actionExxonMobil's Fawley refinery produces one-fifth of fuel used on UK roads and faces the threat of shut-downsBritain’s largest oil refinery faces the threat of shut-downs owing to strike action amid a row over workers’ pay....
Greek Man Kills American Wife in Yet Another Femicide in GreecePolice arrested a 69-year-old man in the city of Ioannina, Greece for beating his American wife to death on Sunday in yet another femicide recorded in Greece.
‘Completely contradictory’: NFU leader attacks UK farming policyMinette Batters says industry is in crisis because of government failures over staff shortages, Brexit red tape and cheap importsThe government has shown a “total lack of understanding of how food production works”, introduced “completely contradictory policies” on farming, and risks “repeatedly running into crises” through the lack of a post-Brexit plan for UK farming, the leading representative of British farmers will say today.Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union, will make a scathing attack on ministers’ failures, unprecedented in recent memory in its ferocity from a farming leader.Her withering assessment of the government’s actions reflects widespread anger and alarm among many sections of the UK’s farming and food production industries, one of the country’s biggest manufacturing industries and employers. Farmers have suffered from plunging exports and reams of new red tape owing to Brexit, staff shortages as EU seasonal workers have left, and the prospect of floods of cheap low-quality imports after post-Brexit trade deals.
Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker dies at 76
Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!
Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on SkyeThe world's largest Jurassic pterosaur - a 170-million-year-old winged reptile - has been found protruding from the rocks of the Isle of Skye.
Quote from: Cheshirechick on Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 12:51:00Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!Especially at 22.22 in the evening.
Judah Grace Spear was born at 2:22 a.m. on Feb. 22, 2022 (2/22/22), which also happened to be a “Twosday.”Fittingly, little Judah came into the world in Delivery Room No. 2.