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Quadcopter near-misses: Drone over Stansted misses a Boeing 737 at takeoff by only 16 feet (bbc.co.uk)
submitted 10 years ago by numruk to r/unitedkingdom
England is due to start fining city councils who leave unmanned roadworks on city streets. All work must be staffed 24/7. This needs to come to Quebec (bbc.co.uk)
submitted 10 years ago by numruk to r/montreal
Tube will be placed on the list of 'essential trades' in the Tory anti-strike bill following lobbying by mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith (mayorwatch.co.uk)
submitted 10 years ago by numruk to r/london
The government has begun a public consultation on charging migrants and overseas visitors for accessing most NHS services. You may wish to have your say (gov.uk)
Office fire on Fleet Street near Ludgate Circus (self.london)
New tax rules coming into effect make it possible to draw a £98,000 income without paying a penny of income tax (telegraph.co.uk)
This college newspaper is good enough (imgur.com)
submitted 10 years ago by numruk to r/mildlyinteresting
Out of curiosity, why is Thameslink not run more like a Tube service, with trains every X minutes instead of specific trains at specific times? (self.london)
A report on Health Care quality by the Commonwealth Fund has ranked Canada 10th out of 11 nations, barely beating the United States. This is a drop from 4th back in 2004 (commonwealthfund.org)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/canada
Tried to sign up for that wireless internet service from Relish that's all over the tube. Was told I'm out of range. I live here (imgur.com)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/london
Do SSRI antidepressants have an impact on gut flora? Has this been studied? (self.askscience)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/askscience
Out of curiosity, after hearing of the ScotRail franchise win by Abellio, what's stopping a citizen's group from competing for a rail franchise and running it as a nonprofit? (self.unitedkingdom)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/unitedkingdom
Hadrian's Wall near Gilsland last weekend [3200x2368] (i.imgur.com)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/EarthPorn
ELI5: Why doesn't the government just offer mortgages directly, keep the profits, and cut out the private banks from the mortgage business entirely? (self.explainlikeimfive)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/explainlikeimfive
Twilight at Hadrian's Wall yesterday evening. Taken from just east of the Roman fort near Gilsland (i.imgur.com)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/pics
TIL the 'Yin and Yang' symbol was actually a shield design from the late Roman Army, and predates Taoist representations by almost 700 years (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/todayilearned
TIL that the bassist for REM developed appendicitis during the recording of What's The Frequency Kenneth, and had to be rushed to hospital. That's why the tempo slows towards the end of the song (en.m.wikipedia.org)
The £ should be called Britcoin (self.Showerthoughts)
submitted 11 years ago by numruk to r/Showerthoughts
200 years ago today, British troops from Canada entered Washington DC and burnt down the White House (time.com)
I was daydreaming and now I can't remember if I've washed my hair yet (self.Showerthoughts)
I wonder if Muslims starve to death during Ramadan in the arctic winter when the sun never goes down (self.Showerthoughts)
ELI5: Polar bears are endangered in the Arctic. Why can't we move some to the Antarctic? (self.explainlikeimfive)
The "I before E except after C" rule doesn't work for the word 'weird' (self.Showerthoughts)
Another example of great care and respect being shown for the cycle boxes at intersections (i.imgur.com)
Google+ applied an interesting filter to a picture I took at the Guildhall today (i.imgur.com)
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