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A butterfly with a broken wing is able to fly again after undergoing a successful wing transplant.

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1 week ago Ireland’s current president Michael D Higgins spends night in hospital

The Irish public has just voted to elect left-wing independent Catherine Connolly as his successor

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2 w. ago Premier League boss fined for 'kicking ball that hit Sky Sports floor manager'

Premier League match manager Rupert Bush had to take evasive action, and the ball struck Sky Sports floor manager Tony Murtagh, who was able to put his hand up to deflect it

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2 w. ago Mobile network launches £5 phone plan to take on Sky and giffgaff

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2 w. ago Fly around or make out with your crush: how to start lucid dreaming

We asked experts to share tips on how to take control of dreams once you realize you’re in itUsually, we don’t have much say in what we dream about. Our brains churn up images, and we sit back and watch. But it’s possible to take control. You can turn the monster chasing you into a mouse, or fly through the sky like a bird. All it takes is realizing you’re in a dream, mid-dream – otherwise known as lucid dreaming.Lots of people want to lucid dream. There are online communities devoted to sharing tips and tricks, like the subreddit r/LucidDreaming, which has about 98,000 weekly visitors. Recent discussion topics include “If flying is hard, try giving yourself a Green Lantern ring,” and “Has anyone gone to space in [a lucid dream]?” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Country diary: Panic, stress, glory – my day scaling the Inaccessible Pinnacle | Merryn Glover

Black Cuillin, Skye: The rough rock tears the skin and is slippery when wet. But the only way is upTowers of shattered rock rise around us, wreathed in mist. We’ve been trudging for hours to gain this ridge, only to be buffeted by cold drafts and dampened by the swirling smirr of rain. This is the Black Cuillin of Skye, a ring of mountains forming the crater of an ancient volcano. It’s also the route of the legendary Skye Ridge Traverse, a 12km walk that takes in 11 Munros, the hills in Scotland above 3,000 feet, as originally measured by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891.The hardest here is the Inaccessible Pinnacle. A sharp fin of rock rising 50 metres above Sgùrr Dearg, it looked impossible to Munro, who contented himself with the rounded hump below. No such luck for today’s “Munro baggers” who must climb the In Pinn to claim completion. Continue reading...

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