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Animals:

Sold for a song: The forest birds captured for their tuneful voices - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/sold_for_a_song

Longer beaks in UK great tits 'down to garden feeders' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41696123

Dinosaurs:

Nodosaur Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact - https://allthatsinteresting.com/nodosaur-dinosaur-mummy

Food and Drink:

Toronto Restaurant Fights Waste By Chopping Menu Prices Till Food Is Gone - https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/02/718298132/toronto-restaurant-fights-waste-by-chopping-menu-prices-till-food-is-gone

Literature:

How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvq99b/how-to-download-the-books-that-just-entered-the-public-domain Article from 2017

Miscellaneous:

What it's like being black and working class at Cambridge - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-41696224

Sport:

Cricket:

Women's Ashes 2017: What happened after England won the World Cup? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41546410 Article from 2017

Football:

Chelsea, Watford, Everton and Crystal Palace miss disabled spaces targets - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41698169 Article from 2017

Rugby Union:

Alhambra Nievas: Female referee hopes to 'create a pathway' for other women - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41698506

Language:

Icelandic committee bans 'foreign' horse names - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41082160

Law and order:

'We spent almost two years sitting on a jury' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40946653

Literature:

Why I became a jihadist poetry critic - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40954948 Yes, the BBC headline sub-editor continues to be useless, but it's a very interesting article.

Miscellaneous:

I was a neo-Nazi. Then I fell in love with a black woman - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40779377

Harvey: Too poor to flee the hurricane - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41065335

Sport:

Rugby Union:

Doddie Weir: 'I don't blame rugby for my MND' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41073932

Actors:

James Nesbitt: Hair transplants helped me get better roles - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38956876

Business:

Self-employment 'reduces tax take' as firms avoid responsibilities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38963653

No CEO: The Swedish company where nobody is in charge - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928528 It sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Disability Works: Breaking down barriers in business - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38962050

Data visualisation:

Introduction to ggraph: Edges - https://www.data-imaginist.com/2017/ggraph-introduction-edges/

Geography:

Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39000936

Literature:
Bram Stoker's Ever-Evolving List of Characters for Dracula -
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/04/23/bram_stoker_s_dracula_how_dracula_van_helsing_and_other_characters_came.html

Media:

How to Find Out If a “Local” Newspaper Site Is Fake (Using a New-ish Google Feature) -
https://hapgood.us/2017/07/03/how-to-find-out-if-a-local-newspaper-site-is-fake-using-a-new-ish-google-feature/

Miscellaneous:

How crafts workers are learning to sell their work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38928869

Here's What TfL Learned From Tracking Your Phone On the Tube - http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/02/heres-what-tfl-learned-from-tracking-your-phone-on-the-tube/

The angry red panda that is Japan's new working woman - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38606355

Illuminating facts about the UK's art collection - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38340015

You're never alone at the Museum of Broken Relationships - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38960969

Why I Love (And Question) Independence Day - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/03/535060572/why-i-love-and-question-independence-day?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170703

4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump - https://medium.com/@DaleBeran/4chan-the-skeleton-key-to-the-rise-of-trump-624e7cb798cb I was never a 4chan-er, but friends were. From what they've said, bits of this don’t quite ring true. Then again it’s very right about the 4chan-ers that did escape the basement.

Plastic 'nurdles' found littering UK beaches - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39001011

Politics:

13 things you didn’t know about Brexit - https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-negotiation-issues-worrying-the-european-parliament/ From last Friday

Science:

Essential metals for crystallographers: copper, gallium and a lot of gold -
https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/icamblog/essential-metals-for-crystallographers-copper-gallium-and-a-lot-of-gold/

Sport:

Formula 1:

Claire Williams: Budget cap would suit us - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/claire-williams-budget-cap-would-suit-us_sto6058277/story.shtml#uk-tw-sh

Technology:

Can your smartphone make you a safer driver? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38954975

Business:

A man for all seasons - how Issy Sharp built his hotel chain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37557539

Will Brexit take the sweetness out of the sherry trade? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37521572

History:

Putin backs WW2 myth in new Russian film - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37595972

Literature:

Lee Child: Celebrating mystery fiction master MacDonald - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37360413

Miscellaneous:

6 Real Celebrity Friendships Better Than Any Fan-Fiction - http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-random-celebrities-who-formed-epic-bonds-friendship/

'I was trafficked from Romania' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37622796

The real cost of giving birth: '$40 to hold my newborn baby' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37555048

How long do we really want to live? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37568662

Israel in food fight over kosher licensing - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37443634

Viewpoint: How India deals with the scourge of 'terrorist pigeons' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37583323

News:

North Korea: When is an earthquake a nuclear test? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37582518

Basra Museum: How Saddam's palace was given to the people - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37550027

Sport:

BBC Unsung Hero: How the Gunneys helped Anne Dickins to Paralympic gold - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/37610726

Turia Pitt: Australian burns survivor completes Hawaii triathlon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37604251

World Cup and European Championship schedules help teams playing first, finds research -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37244726

Cycling:

Laura Massey's journey from pharmaceutical consultancy to the World Championships -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/37540060

Football

Pavel Nedved explains why Zlatan Ibrahimovic was his best team-mate, despite one big problem -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2015-2016/pavel-nedved-explains-why-zlatan-ibrahimovic-was-his-best-team-mate-despite-one-big-problem_sto5904298/story.shtml The subheading - 'Pavel Nedved has named Zlatan Ibrahimovic as his greatest ever team-mate, despite the fact one of the world’s great strikers “couldn’t finish” when he signed for Juventus.'

Horse Racing:

Jim Crowley: Champion jockey elect on gruelling race for the title - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/37596442

Science:

Another Bad Effect of Antioxidant Supplements
- http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2016/10/11/another-bad-effect-of-antioxidant-supplements The short version is that they can stop medicines from working.

Mid Ulster identified as 'giant hotspot' by scientists - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-37622249

Technology:

Truth, fires and tumble dryers: Are our home appliances safe? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37572532

Humans need new skills for post-AI world, say MPs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37618579 Help, I find myself agreeing with MPs.

Wrestling:

In Mexico, The Crowd Loves To Hate Pro Wrestler Who Plays Trump Supporter -
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/02/07/513883586/in-mexico-the-crowd-loves-to-hate-pro-wrestler-who-plays-trump-supporter?utm_source=tumblr.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170208 It's a genius scheme for a Rudo gimmick.