- Newcastle United have finished in the black for the fourth successive year, with post-tax profits doubling from £9.9m to £18.7m. See comment
- If you are planning on having a play-fight with your brother, using a tea towels and a hot water bottle, beware...it can quickly escalate into a meat cleaver attack. Full story
- The Eiffel Tower opened on this day in 1889 at a cost of £260,000. It inspired the Blackpool Tower to be built five years later at a cost of £65,000. By comparison, the Angel of the North, erected in 1998, cost £800,000.
- Today is “World Backup Day” – aimed at reminding everyone to make sure their important computer files are stored in more than one place.
- Binge drinking is costing UK taxpayers £4.9 billion a year.
- Today may signal the beginning of the end for the humble sheepdog. Paul Brennan, who farms at Carlow, in Ireland, is using a remote-controlled drone – nicknamed Shep – to herd his sheep.
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