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The night sky: Venus, Jupiter and Mars

David Love — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:39 +0000

The planet Venus is still very prominent in the western sky for a few hours after sunset, and is the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. It will continue to move slowly further away from the setting Sun during the month of February. On 25 February, it will be very close to [...] Related posts:

Bebo Shut Down

Lee Thomas — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:14:16 +0000

It has been reported, however unconfirmed that social networking website; bebo.com has been shut down by current owners AOL. AOL purchased Bebo.com for $850 million, in 2008 Bebo, which was launched in January 2005, was the most successful Social Networking website, until Facebook took over. Its estimated that on the day of the shutdown, which was unexpected [...] Related posts:

Torquay’s Other History: Gallows Gate: Death in the Landscape

Kevin Dixon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:35:55 +0000

Just by the roundabout at the top of Torquay’s Hamelin Way on the A380, at around 495 feet above sea level, is a small area called Gallows Gate. As the name suggests, this was known as a place of public execution. Gallows were located at the edges of towns, by roads, or on hilltops, where [...] Related posts:

Torbay film maker makes her mark

Kevin Dixon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:20:15 +0000

Ala Elhoudiri of Torbay Inter-Faith Forum 4 Youth, produced a short film about how her faith inspires her life, entitled ‘Hope and Justice’, for the international ‘Shorts 2011’ competition of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Ala’s entry was shortlisted and she recently attended the Award Ceremony with her family at the British Academy of Film and [...] Related posts:

Rocky Monster Show Hits Paignton

Lee Thomas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:13 +0000

Rock Monster Show - Live at the Palace Theatre, Paignton. Saturday 4th Feb 2012. Related posts: