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Gemologists have confirmed that a small orange stone found by a Thai truck driver in his £1 sea snail snack is a rare Melo pearl that could be worth more than £70,000. Monthian Jansuk, 40, found the rare orange Melo pearl inside seafood after paying 50 baht (£1.20) for the ‘apple snail’ shell from a market … Read more
A salvage yard owner who rolled a washed-up sea mine back home to use as a footstool has been forced to hand it back to the Royal Navy. Joe Gray, 43, found the massive mine on rocks at Perranuthnoe near his home in Penzance, Cornwall this month and rolled it up the beach to use … Read more
China today has sent two coast guard vessels to Japan’s territorial waters amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese ships, including one equipped with what appeared to be an autocannon, intruded into the contiguous zone near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands on Tuesday morning, reported … Read more
‘A fortunate accident’: Scientists stumble across sea creatures living in -2°C water on the Southern Ocean seabed underneath Antarctica British Antarctic Survey researchers drilled a borehole through 900m of ice They then ventured further through the ocean water and down to the sea floor Here they ricocheted off a large boulder and a camera caught sight … Read more
Sammy Cotter has been running his grocery wholesalers for a quarter of a century. But now he’s living day to day. ‘I’ve got £7,000 worth of goods sitting in Manchester,’ he tells me. ‘It was supposed to be delivered on December 21. But I’m still waiting.’ At first glance, his warehouse in Quarry Heights, Newtownards, … Read more
An iconic view of a beauty spot described by Dame Judy Dench as ‘the essence of our country’ has been saved. For more than 200 years the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, have perched on a clifftop overlooking the English Channel. Built during the Napoleonic era the cottages attract millions of visitors each … Read more
An iconic view of a beauty spot described by Dame Judy Dench as ‘the essence of our country’ has been saved. For more than 200 years the coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven, East Sussex, have perched on a clifftop overlooking the English Channel. Built during the Napoleonic era the cottages attract millions of visitors each … Read more
Stunning renderings have been revealed for an island resort off the coast of Saudi Arabia that’s part of a Red Sea ‘giga-resort’ that will ultimately span 22 islands and six inland sites. The new designs are by renowned architect firm Foster + Partners and show its vision for Shurayrah, the gateway island to the enormous … Read more
A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500’s crash into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said today. National Transportation Safety Committee investigators said they are still struggling to understand why the jet nosedived into the water minutes after taking … Read more
TV weatherman dives into the sea after live report from Australian beach and helps pull a BODY out hours after British gym manager went missing nearby in dangerous surf Weatherman Luke Bradnam just finished live report on Queensland’s Gold Coast He noticed what he thought was a swimmer in trouble, so stripped off and ran … Read more