Meteor spotted across Britain

A meteor was spotted throughout Britain yesterday, with police forces receiving numerous calls of a ‘bright light’ and an ‘orange glow’.

Air traffic control confirmed that there had not been any incidents involving aircraft. And the Met Office tweeted: "Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."

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Britons drink 2 billion pints of beer in 3 months - but that's down on last year

Britons drank two billion pints of beer in just three months during April, May and June - but that's more than two million down on last year.

Taxes and wet weather are being blamed for the largest slump in sales for 14 years, according to the Telegraph.


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Images of Roman Britain

Mosaics at Fishbourne Palace, Sussex - from UKpix.com
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