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20/02/2014
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4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Under Bristol Channel
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has been recorded under the Bristol Channel.
The British Geological Survey said that the quake happened at about 13:21 on Wednesday and was felt in Devon, south Wales and Somerset.
The epicentre was north of Ilfracombe, Devon, and south of the Gower, in Wales, and was at a depth of 3.1 miles (5km).
Britons Women Curling Teams Wins Bronze
Team GB will equal their Winter Olympics medal haul after the women's curling team won bronze.
The British team took a 6-5 victory over Switzerland with their last stone in a medal play-off.
GB's men face Canada for gold at 13:30 on Friday and their guaranteed medal makes GB's haul of four their best at a Winter Games since 1924.
Rotherham Statue To Honour First Black Pro Footballer
A privately-financed statue to football's first professional black player is to be erected outside Rotherham United's New York Stadium, in South Yorkshire.
The statue will mark the 125th anniversary of Arthur Wharton signing for Rotherham Town in 1889.
Born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, in what is now Ghana, Wharton played for Rotherham Town and Sheffield United among other teams during a career between 1886 and 1902.
The statue is by Graham Ibbeson, a sculptor from neighbouring Barnsley and is being financed by businessman Jim Cadman.
(MH)
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has been recorded under the Bristol Channel.
The British Geological Survey said that the quake happened at about 13:21 on Wednesday and was felt in Devon, south Wales and Somerset.
The epicentre was north of Ilfracombe, Devon, and south of the Gower, in Wales, and was at a depth of 3.1 miles (5km).
Britons Women Curling Teams Wins Bronze
Team GB will equal their Winter Olympics medal haul after the women's curling team won bronze.
The British team took a 6-5 victory over Switzerland with their last stone in a medal play-off.
GB's men face Canada for gold at 13:30 on Friday and their guaranteed medal makes GB's haul of four their best at a Winter Games since 1924.
Rotherham Statue To Honour First Black Pro Footballer
A privately-financed statue to football's first professional black player is to be erected outside Rotherham United's New York Stadium, in South Yorkshire.
The statue will mark the 125th anniversary of Arthur Wharton signing for Rotherham Town in 1889.
Born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, in what is now Ghana, Wharton played for Rotherham Town and Sheffield United among other teams during a career between 1886 and 1902.
The statue is by Graham Ibbeson, a sculptor from neighbouring Barnsley and is being financed by businessman Jim Cadman.
(MH)
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