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☆ How a British tank museum is helping Ukraine to repair its Soviet-era armor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA tank museum in England is helping Ukrainians in the fight against Russia. Home to over 300 tanks from 26 countries, The Tank Museum in Bovington possesses an archive of manuals, diagrams, and documents on repairing Soviet-era tanks and armor damaged while battling for Ukraine. Using these archives and its track specimens, The Tank Museum has been working with County Durham-based Cook Defense Systems to produce replacement tracks and drive sprockets.. The Tank Museum is a surprise hit on social mediaNor is this the first time that the museum has used its expertise to help out modern-day armies. AdvertisementThe Tank Museum is close to the British Army's Bovington Garrison where it trains all soldiers destined for regiments equipped with armoured vehicles.

Persons: —, David Willey, Finnbarr Webster, Rishi Sunak, Volodymyr Zelensky, Andrew Matthews, Garrison, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Russia, The Tank, Tank, Cook Defense Systems, Business, Cook Defence, UK's Ministry of Defence, Cook Defense, Museum, British Army, The, British Royal Air, Tank Museum, RAF Tornado, British, Challenger Locations: England, Bovington, Ukraine, County Durham, Germany, Libya, Lulworth , Dorset, Ukrainian

☆ Check out this huge Jurassic sea-monster skull that just went on display
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewThe seven-foot-long skull of a fearsome 150-million-year-old sea monster has gone on display in Dorset in the UK, as scientists race to find the rest of its body. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The skull of the 39-foot-long pliosaur, a Jurassic predator described as an "underwater T. Rex," comes complete with 130 razor-sharp teeth. The pliosaur skull discovered in Dorset, UK. "I stake my life the rest of the animal is there," palaeontologist Steve Etches who found the skull, told BBC News .

Persons: —, Steve Etches, Sir David Attenborough, It's, Rex, Pliosaurs, Etches, we've Organizations: Service, Business, BBC, Guardian, BBC News, New, PBS Locations: Dorset, Kimmeridge Bay, UK, , Dorset

London CNN —Asylum-seekers have been removed from a controversial barge in southern England after Legionella bacteria was discovered in the water – days after experts warned of the risk of infection. Thirty-nine asylum-seekers disembarked the Bibby Stockholm barge, a UK Home Office spokesperson said in a statement Friday – just days after they were first housed in it. Legionella bacteria, which is commonly found in water, and can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a serious lung infection. The spokesperson said that no individuals on board the barge showed symptoms of Legionnaires’ and that the asylum-seekers were being provided with appropriate advice and support. “The presence of life-threatening bacteria onboard the Bibby Stockholm is just another shocking revelation that we’ve seen unfold over the past few weeks.

Persons: Bibby, Ben Birchall, Kolbassia Haoussou Organizations: London CNN —, Bibby, Home, Channel, Fire Brigades Union, CNN Locations: England, Portland, Bibby Stockholm, Dorset, Portland , Dorset, Britain

London CNN —A barge on which the United Kingdom government plans to house hundreds of asylum-seekers has been described as a “death trap” by the country’s Fire Brigades Union. Yui Mok/WPA Pool/Getty Images/FileThe Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said it will write to the UK Home Office on Wednesday to set out its safety concerns. The government’s plans to house migrants on the barge has been widely criticized by human rights groups. “We’ve got British taxpayers stumping up millions of pounds a day to house migrants in hotels.”Rival protesters argue in Portland, Dorset, where the Bibby Stockholm docked on July 18, 2023. Ben Birchall/PA/APThe Home Office announced plans to house around 500 single adult males on the barge in April.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Bibby, it’s, ” Sunak, hasn’t, ”, Sunak, Yui Mok, Ben Selby, ” Selby, Selby, ” Natasha Tsangarides, “ We’ve, Ben Birchall Organizations: London CNN, country’s Fire Brigades Union, LBC, Channel, Fire Brigades, Office, Sky News, CNN, “, ”, Home Office, United Nations Locations: United Kingdom, Portland, Dorset, England, Bibby Stockholm, “, Britain, Australian, Dover, London, Portland , Dorset, France

☆ Fact Check-Footage of Zelenskiy with ‘robot soldier’ is edited
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot has been digitally altered. “New ‘Robot Royal Force’ type-c Robot arrived to Ukraine,” reads a Facebook post sharing the edited version (here). The TikTok user did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for a comment. Zelenskiy visited Britain and spoke alongside Sunak at an army camp in Dorset on Feb. 8, 2023, Reuters reported (here). Video of Zelenskiy walking alongside a robot soldier is edited.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rishi Sunak, ”, “, Zelenskiy, Sunak, Read Organizations: AFP, YouTube, British, Royal Force, Twitter, Reuters Locations: Lulworth , Dorset, Britain, “, Ukraine, Dorset

☆ Prince William now owns a prison and a cricket ground after becoming one of Britain's biggest landowners
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prince William inherited a property estate worth more than $1 billion, per The Guardian. He automatically inherited the Duchy of Cornwall estate after his father became King Charles. Charles himself inherited the estate at the age of 21 and it generated revenues of $24 million last year. It includes The Oval cricket ground in south London, Dartmoor prison, and the mineral rights of a tin mine in Cornwall. The Oval cricket ground in south London is part of the Duchy of Cornwall.

☆ Fenomenul neobișnuit al unei plaje, pe care oamenii de știință nu îl pot explica
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Aceste formațiuni stranii ale plajei, cum ar fi și cele din Dorset, Anglia, se numesc plaje cuspide și unul dintre motivele pentru care sunt considerate misterioase este faptul că oamenii de știință încă nu cunosc în totalitate cum se formează ele. Cuspidele plajei, care se formează în timpul sau în urma unei furtuni, sunt neobișnuite, pentru că distanța dintre ele este uniformă și regulată. Dacă e să excludem faptul că ar putea fi treaba extratereștrilor, atunci există două teorii predominante despre formarea lor. Prima este „aflarea la margini”, teoria care implică interacțiunea dintre valurile normale care se apropie de țărm și valurile „margine”, care vin perpendicular spre mal. Mulți dintre cercetători consideră că ambele teorii pot funcționa în unison pentru a forma aceste structuri misterioase.

Organizations: Jurassic Coast, England Palomarin Beach, Point Reyes, USA Ringstead Locations: Dorset, Anglia, England, USA Ringstead Bay

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