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Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall

...centre could flood up to 60 times a year by 2050, as sea levels and storms increase because of climate change. 1-metre sea rise by 2050 would overwhelm transport infrastructure, the fire station and health services (Hansard, 2019). The community is concerned about the viability of its tourist industry and the fish market if the flooding continues. The estimate for damages...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Germany

...centre. How did it acquire this special crust? One story tells of a 19th century Munich baker's mistake in brushing pretzel dough with cleaning solution instead of sugar water! 'Natronlauge', 'lye' or a very weak solution of sodium hydroxide remains the secret ingredient for the brown crust. Image: Dennis under Creative Commons license Das Pumpernickelbrot
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...with the Olympic torch in the centre of London, just be glad it isn’t Goebbels. Visit our 2021 Olympics Hub to read more articles like this, play our Olympisize Me game, watch videos with leading athletes and much more. The Open University provides a wide range of courses and degrees through distance learning. Why not request a prospectus today and start a new journey?...
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The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...Centre or Principality Stadium, London’s Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House or New York’s Carnegie Hall, on disc or DVD, they remain for many the focus and expression of a people’s identity and national pride. About the author Professor Gareth Williams is one of Wales's leading social historians. A well-known writer and broadcaster who has published widely on...
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Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...centred practices. In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan (2019) highlights the importance of Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles in meeting current and future workforce demands. Nursing staff progressing into advanced clinical practitioner roles will be enabled to take on additional responsibilities within their scope of practice, such as prescribing for and diagnosing...
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Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...centre walking with a group of university aged people as a crowd. They are all looking off to the left of the image and the sun appears to b shining on them. In the bckground there is the lower facade of a shop and a bridge.] The next generation … and its icon. Gareth Fuller/PA More awkwardly still, Corbyn and Sanders have respectively defeated or are threatening to...
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Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...centre. It's shown against a backgroun of black with white dots.] Many hands make light (and gravity) work. NASA’s Fermi satellite was instrumental in the discovery. NASA The combination of gravitational-wave and gamma-ray observations allowed the position of the cosmic explosion to be pinpointed to less than 30 square degrees on the sky – or about 100 times the size...
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The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...research continues in other related areas, most recently with respect to the changing occupational structure of England. When would they say that England began to shift away from a predominantly agricultural world, towards employment in manufactures and commerce? It was earlier than one might think. In a chapter by Leigh Shaw-Taylor and Tony Wrigley from 2014, they...
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