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-years ago i watched a show in the 90s called BODGER AND BADGER which ANDY CUNNINGHAM was creator and star .Andy played SIMON BODGER and had a sidekick known as BADGER - voiced by ANDY CUNNINGHAM -who loved mashed pototoes and the show ran for a decade on B.B.C .Andy worked on 1983 STAR WARS RETURN OF THE JEDI as an puppeteer.
With a classic shape, gills and a sturdy stalk, it wouldn’t look out of place in a stir-fry – but in fact it’s the fossilised remains of a mushroom thought to have sprouted about 115m years ago. It is the world’s oldest known fossil mushroom, and it is remarkable that it was preserved at all.
“It is pretty astonishing,” said Sam Heads, a palaeontologist and co-author of the research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Mushrooms are really ephemeral in the sense that to begin with they sprout up, they grow and then usually they are gone within a few days – but they are not around for very long. Also when you consider their structure, they are very soft and fleshy and so they decay really rapidly, so the chances of one being preserved are pretty minuscule.”
While fossilised fungal filaments have previously been found dating back several hundreds of millions of years, only 10 fossil mushrooms, the fruiting body produced by some fungi, have ever been discovered – with the previous oldest dating to 99m years ago.
What’s more, all of these previously discovered fossilised mushrooms were trapped in amber. “You imagine mushrooms are growing on the forest floor, resin drops out of the trees onto the forest floor – and encapsulates a mushroom,” said Heads. “That is a much more likely scenario than the scenario that we see with this mushroom.”READ MORE
A surfer has described how he hit a shark on the head after it bit him on the leg while he was in the water off a Devon beach.
Teacher Rich Thomson, 30, estimated the shark was about 3ft (1m) long while experts said it was the first incident of its type involving surfers in UK waters.
Mr Thomson said the shark "grabbed me on the leg" at Bantham in South Devon and he turned to see a "little shark" on his thigh, wriggling it head from side to side.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "I hit it on the head and it swam off. My hand was cut to pieces.
Read more at http://www.devonlive.com/teacher-bitten-by-shark-in-water-off-devon-beach-is-first-surfer-to-be-attacked-in-uk-waters/story-30377570-detail/story.html#xWS4M5u560pPBVP4.99
On the 5.-06-2017 around 12.15 midnight my wifes hospital alarm awoke us we found the house and outside in complete darkness which at first give me a fright due to just woke up.We then went on to have multiply mini power cuts and had to put on reserve candles and torch to hand ,we did all back to sleep.
Terrorism is wrong in whatever name it is given as innocents suffer and nothing is resolved.In a way it is a form of bullying to make us live in fear and hatred fro groups of people involved ,yes be sense able but keep going as it the right thing to do.
I always like the fact how people mostly knock region whatever your faith or belief maybe.But in times of trouble or personal problems like in my own case at moment of grief we turn to pray.Pray is a way too find comfort and empowering yourself to help your state of mind.
Yes it has finally happened in my lifetime ENGLAND have won a world cup in football ,the under 20 world cup 2017 making it the second greatest success in world football since 1966 .
Highlights: England win the U20 World Cup
England won their biggest international title since 1966 by beating Venezuela 1-0 in the Under-20 World Cup final.
It was England's first appearance in the final of a global tournament since their World Cup victory 51 years ago.
Everton forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin's first-half goal was enough for victory thanks to Newcastle goalkeeper Freddie Woodman's second-half penalty save.
Woodman denied Adalberto Penaranda from the spot after the Malaga forward was fouled by Kyle Walker-Peters.
With 17 minutes to play, the referee pointed to the spot to signal a penalty before immediately referring to the video assistant referee.
The decision stood - there was the slightest of contacts - but Newcastle keeper Woodman's strong palm kept out Penaranda's effort.
In the first half Ronaldo Lucena hit the post with an audacious long-range free-kick that had Woodman well beaten, while Tottenham midfielder Josh Onomah saw a powerful effort strike the underside of the Venezuela bar after the break.
After the match, England forward Dominic Solanke, due to join Liverpool from Chelsea on 1 July, was awarded the Golden Ball given to the player of the tournament. Previous winners of the award include Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Luis Figo, Paul Pogba and Sergio Aguero.
