Posts Tagged ‘the-sea’

Spectacular salmon

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Does the biggest run in a century mean plenty more fish in the sea?

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Spectacular salmon

Burnt-out pier ‘could collapse’

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

The historic Hastings Pier in East Sussex is at risk of collapsing into the sea following a major fire, a local authority warns.

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Burnt-out pier ‘could collapse’

Fishermen rescued from high seas

Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Three fishermen are rescued from the sea off the coast of County Antrim near Cushendall.

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Fishermen rescued from high seas

Bath tub sailor – it’s Odd Box

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

A man sailing the sea in a bath tub, mud sculptures and an ugly fish who finds love – it’s the week’s weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat’s Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

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Bath tub sailor – it’s Odd Box

Sea death boy ‘on hospital trip’

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

A teenage boy who died and two girls who were badly hurt in the sea off Whitby were on an outing from a psychiatric unit, it emerges.

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Blobfish, world’s ugliest fish, is in danger of extinction

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Imagine if humans existed at the bottom of the sea, where the pressure is immense. We would probably resemble a squashed version of ourselves, with nonexistent necks and knuckles dragging on the sea floor. Or maybe we would just look like the blobfish. At depths of over 9,000 feet below, the blobfish floats around, casually eating whatever passes its way. Sources report that this laid-back fish is under threat from overfishing.