22 h. ago Cosmeston Lake campaigners form human chain in protest over aqua park 'tragedy'

'It’s just a crazy idea. The thought of it makes me feel really upset'

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4 d. ago Inquests open after two killed in Oulton Park race track tragedy

Investigations are continuing

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5 d. ago Protest held at Cosmeston Lake against controversial plans for water park

Young and old gathered to raise concerns around the protected site losing its wildlife habitats

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1 week ago Council defends controversial Cosmeston Lake water park ahead of opening

The decision was made to bring visitors to the popular country park this summer but some have branded the plans a 'disgrace'

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1 week ago Going Nuclear by Tim Gregory review – a boosterish case for atomic energy

Safety concerns demand more space and consideration in this otherwise excellent work of popular scienceThere is something biblical about the fraternal relationship between the atomic bomb and the nuclear reactor. Both involve bombarding uranium-235 atoms with neutrons to produce a chain reaction via nuclear fission. Both were made possible in the same instant, at 3.25pm on 2 December 1942, when the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi orchestrated the first human-made chain reaction in the squash court of the University of Chicago. “The flame of nuclear fission brought us to the forked road of promise and peril,” writes Tim Gregory.The bomb came first, of course, but atomic dread coexisted with tremendous optimism about what President Eisenhower dubbed “atoms for peace”: the potential of controlled fission to generate limitless energy. As David Lilienthal of the US Atomic Energy Commission observed, atom-splitting thus inspired a pseudo-religious binary: “It would either destr...

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2 w. ago Djokovic has ‘good feeling’ about Roland Garros as he cruises into second round

Serbian dismantles Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 6-3, 6-318-year-old João Fonseca beats 30th-seed Hubert HurkaczNovak Djokovic says he has “a good feeling” about his form and level at the start of his French Open campaign as he took his first step forward in Paris with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 first-round win against Mackenzie McDonald of the United States.On Saturday, Djokovic won the 100th tour-level title of his career at the Geneva Open by beating Hubert Hurkacz in a tough final after trailing by a break in the final set. Rather than celebrating another significant milestone, the 38-year-old’s focus had to shift immediately towards recovering physically and adjusting to the conditions at Roland Garros with just a few days to spare before his first-round match. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Barry Island sudden death: Boy, 16, pictured as teen arrested over Pleasure Park tragedy

Taha Soomro, 16, died after suffering a "medical episode" at Barry Island Pleasure Park on Friday night as police today arrested a teenager over the tragedy

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3 w. ago Boy, 16, dies in Barry Island Pleasure Park tragedy as police launch investigation

South Wales Police said the boy died after suffering a 'medical episode'

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3 w. ago Kayden Moy cops continue East Kilbride park search in probe linked to tragedy

Locals have been urged to avoid the area and take alternative routes as the investigation continues.

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3 w. ago ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch’s superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello – where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast – everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean. Continue reading...

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