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From Newfoundland Fishing Boats to Indian Homes: Why the Labrador Retriever Is the World's Most Popular Dog Breed

The Dog That Started on a Fishing BoatThe Labrador retriever's earliest ancestor was not bred to sit in a living room. The St. John's Water Dog, a working breed from the island of Newfoundland in what is now Canada, spent its days hauling fish-laden nets from the North Atlantic alongside…

Times Life

History's most famous Halley's comet may need a new name, and the real discoverer was a monk nobody ever heard of

Halley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery from nearly 1,000 years ago. Researchers from Leiden University say English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury may have recognized Halley’s Comet as a repeating object centuries before Edmond Halley made his famous calculations. Historical records…

The Economic Times

Missing emu Irwin found dead in Wiltshire river after weeklong search

Malmesbury sanctuary pays tribute to ‘jolly’ bird, which is thought to have drowned after falling into swollen river at night

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Search for missing emu Irwin amid fears bird fell into Wiltshire river

People in Malmesbury asked to keep eye out for Irwin, who vanished from animal sanctuary on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Dyson masters the mop: new WashG1 powers into home cleaning

As he launches the Dyson WashG1, Sir James Dyson talks to Wallpaper* about the new ‘wet cleaning’ device, the stumbling blocks on the road to a circular economy, and the shape of things to come

Wallpaper

James Dyson’s £6m donation to primary school approved despite concerns

Worries about impact on neighbouring schools of money for Malmesbury primary in Wiltshire, near Dyson’s campus

The Guardian - UK

Dyson collaborates with Bath Rugby on education programme

Bath Rugby wing, Will Muir, visited the Dyson campus in Malmesbury, to meet with Dyson Institute Undergraduate Engineers

Birmingham Post

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Man fed up with 'disgraceful' potholes plays 'crazy golf' to get council's attention

Ben Thornbury, 18, has decided to take matters into his own hands after the damaged roads wreaked havoc on his otherwise "lovely" local high street.

Daily Record

Neighbours fed up of 'disgraceful' potholes play 'crazy golf' to get council's attention

A young man became so fed up with the 'disgraceful' potholes that blight his local high street that he decided to set up a 'crazy pothole golf' course to grab the council's attention

Daily Mirror

Dyson pledges £6m for Wiltshire school’s planned education centre

A quarter of the school's pupils have parents or guardians working at the engineering firm's nearby campus in Malmesbury

Birmingham Post

Victorian pumping station among 175 heritage sites deemed at risk in England

Many sites have been saved but King Arthur’s Great Halls and 12th-century Malmesbury Abbey remain vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Hapless driver crashed into shop window, fled scene and is attacked by furious emu

The driver swerved into the shop in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, before fleeing the scene over the hilltops and into the countryside where he was attacked by an angry emu

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