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Police are drafted in to guard shops to stop panic buying and enforce social distancing

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Police were drafted in to guard shops yesterday as queues again formed at stores around the country.  The measures were thought to be aimed at countering panic buying and making sure shoppers kept the right distance from each other.  Officers kept watch outside Lidl and Sainsbury’s stores at a shopping centre in Stratford, east London.  … Read more

Queen scales back Changing of the Guard due to coronavirus threat

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Changing of the Guard loses its ‘pomp and ceremony’ with band and whistles scrapped in bid to deter tourists from gathering outside Buckingham Palace amid coronavirus crisis The Queen has stopped the pomp and ceremony of the Changing of the Guard  The ceremony involves soldiers in bearskin hats parading through the capital  Thousands of tourists … Read more

Researchers in Norway test using underwater robots with fin-like flaps to guard fish farms 

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Researchers in Norway test how comfortable salmon in a commercial fish farm being monitored by underwater robots instead of human divers A team of scientists in Norway observed 188,000 salmon in a sea cage fish farm They sent a smaller and larger robot into the water to observe the salmon The fish appeared to be … Read more

Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer played at Changing of the Guard

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Rock ‘n’ Royal: Military band plays Jon Bon Jovi’s anthem Livin’ on a Prayer during the Changing of the Guard to celebrate the music legend’s Invictus Games single The Band of the Scots Guard played Livin’ On A Prayer at Buckingham Palace Prince Harry was seen with frontman Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios … Read more

Microsoft tests an open source electronic voting machine to guard against hacks

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Microsoft to test its hacker-proof electronic voting system called ElectionGuard in a local race in Wisconsin – but it will be years before it’s ready for a major election The test will take place in Fulton, Wisconsin, a town with 500 registered voters Called ElectionGuard, the system uses touchscreens to log votes Voters get a … Read more