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Pub smoking ban

It's 10 years since smoking was banned in enclosed workplaces in England, following similar moves in the rest of the UK. But how has the "pub smoking ban" changed the country?

Do you remember the time when pubs were full of smoke? When you could light up after a meal at a restaurant? Or when smokers didn't have to congregate on the street outside offices?

The law, which marked a fundamental shift in attitudes towards smoking, is now 10 years old.

It banned smoking in all enclosed public places and work places when it came into force in England on 1 July 2007. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales had already taken the plunge over the previous 18 months.

Its backers justified it on the basis that smokers were putting others at risk by exposing them to second-hand smoke. But opponents suggested the risks from -read more

Wild ducks reportedly pictured killing, eating small birds

FILE: Mallard ducks paddle on Faskally Loch in Pitlochry, Scotland,  (Reuters)

A team of zoologists filmed a group of mallard ducks attacking and eating other birds in Romania.

The BBC reported that the aggressiveness has never been documented before and could represent a new behavior.

One of the observers watched an adult female duck clamp down on a small grey wagtail and repeatedly submerge it in the water, the report said. Once the wagtail was dead, the duck ate it whole.-read more

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HEAT -OR IT WAS AN,T HALF HOT FOLKS.

Recently we had a mini heatwave in the u.k and even had the second hottest recorded day -The highest-ever temperature in Britain has been recorded, weather forecasters said.

A temperature of 37.4C (99.3F) was recorded at Heathrow around 1.30pm-yes it was great but as we are british we soon started to moan about the heat,think we would win a gold medal every time in Olympics .I remember the summer of 1976 -41 years ago i think?-when i had to wear a blazer and tie in that heat at school very uncool.