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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Simon king - The Untold Story

“Some of the police were dealing dope! They’re knocking at the door and we stop rolling joints, but the promoter says, ‘They have marijuana for us!’” When America fell in love with an eccentric British prog band

A change of line-up, a change of style and Timothy Leary’s plans for a concert suspended in the air helped made their 1974 album a classic

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"If we’d kept things together and stopped arguing, we could have all been multi-millionaires!" The story of Hawkwind's most prog-friendly album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time

Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock

Louder

The curious case of South Sudanese streets named after Australian rugby league greats

Darren Lockyer Road, Mal Meninga Drive, Arthur Beetson Way … either the game has really taken off in Juba, or someone’s having a laugh. We launch an investigation to find out

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What is a blue supermoon and when will it appear in UK skies?

Relatively rare lunar phenomenon of a blue moon combined with supermoon will occur in full for three days

The Guardian - UK

Northern Lights could be visible from London and rest of UK this weekend

Skies may light up as a solar storm sweeps across Britain

Evening Standard

Parliamentary punch-ups, painting mishaps and red carpet insults – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

No heart attack: BBC weather presenter who gasped for breath reassures listeners

Simon King says he had just two minutes to run between studios, including up flight of stairs

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Dave Myers obituary

One half of the Hairy bikers duo who combined their love of cooking and motorcycles to create a hit TV show

The Guardian - UK

Dave Myers dead at 66: Warm-hearted Hairy Biker who helped democratise cooking TV

Myers, alongside “Si” King, helped change the face of British cooking

Evening Standard

Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers reveals secret health battle amid cancer treatment

The TV chef, 66, assured viewers that he's 'doing alright now'

Evening Standard

“On a few occasions I didn’t bother turning up at the early Hawkwind gigs - I earned more money busking at cinema queues”: Dave Brock’s life and times

From a dreamer using subway tunnels as echo units to leader of the anti-establishment icons, his encounters include Lemmy, LSD and celebrity druids

Louder

Burying friends, updating death lists: The morbid routine of displaced survivors of a Hamas massacre

After Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, killing more than 100 of its 1,100 residents, the Israeli government evacuated many survivors to a hotel near the Dead Sea

The Independent UK

‘Everything’s gone’ in home burnt by Hamas, says British-Israeli man

Ben King said it is a ‘huge relief’ and a ‘blessing’ that he and his family were uninjured and able to be together.

The Independent UK

Hamza: Strictly Birds of Prey review – a solid hour of utter loveliness from the Strictly winner

Cameraman Hamza Yassin takes us to his Scottish village home for adorable meetings with locals – and magnificent encounters with eagles and ospreys. It’s joyful, escapist TV

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The Week

Why is Europe sweltering while the UK is a washout?

A raging heatwave is baking southern Europe with temperatures expected to reach as high as 49C in some parts.

Daily Mirror

BBC explains why today's forecast plummeted to 7C sparking fears of 'cold apocalypse'

BBC weather forecaster Simon King has apologised and explained why the national broadcaster's services showed temperatures across Europe plummeting as low as 7C today

Birmingham Post

Tool supplier Troy secures £15.5m to accelerate acquisition strategy

The Exeter-based firm describes itself as the UK’s largest independent buying group in the industrial and engineering sectors

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a special place’: Somerset Levels star in new David Attenborough series

Wild Isles reveals places such as Ham Hall RSPB reserve are as rich and diverse an ecosystem as Serengeti, says BBC

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Sustainable aluminium demand stacked in Tiwai Point's favour

Multinational mining, refining and smelting company Rio Tinto will use its Bluff smelter to supply a big Japanese motorbike maker that wants lower emissions aluminium, writes Andrew Bevin.

Nottingham Post

Blidworth man attacked 2 people on his drunken Boxing Day birthday

He booted a policewoman in the face

Wales Online

The little Welsh rugby club that turns boys into Wales internationals has done it again

Pencoed has a history of churning out Wales rugby internationals and Lions stars

The Guardian - UK

Lion: The Rise and Fall of the Marsh Pride review – yet again, humanity is a malign influence on nature

This documentary focuses on the Maasai Mara – aka the stars of the BBC’s Big Cat Diary – and our uneasy symbiosis with wildlife

Birmingham Post

Asia tours company secures 'significant' investment from Blandford Capital

The Bristol-based travel company said the funding would support the company's "ambitious" growth plans

Wales Online

Wales rookie hailed as 'world-class' amid call for Eddie Jones to launch 11th-hour poaching mission

He is heading out to South Africa with Wayne Pivac's squad this summer

The Guardian - UK

‘We want creative people’: the innovation lab solving the problems of 20 million users

Visionary thinkers with a desire to make things better could find their perfect role in the DWP Digital team that fosters agility and experimentation

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