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Scotsman
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
33 totally bodacious 80s photos celebrating the decade of excess
These photos celebrate the best of the 80s - a decade when everything seemed bigger, from the hair and the shoulder pads to the phones. They will take you back to the toys we loved, the fashions we rocked, and the cars we drove some 40 years ago. The biggest TV personalities, sporting heroes and pop stars of the day also feature in this trip down memory lane. Do you remember the lycra-clad 'goddess' who had us all working up a sweat, or the nappy-wearing duck with a falsetto voice who stormed the charts? These nostalgic pictures also capture some of the biggest events of the 80s, including the Great Storm of 1987, which one forecaster famously failed to foresee. Do these photos bring back any memories for you? If you enjoyed these images, you may like this look back at 80s school days. 1 . Lorra, lorra laughs Cilla Black, who hosted the hit dating show Blind Date from 1985 until 2003 | Getty Images Photo: Larry Ellis Collection Photo Sales 2 . M&S School leavers working at Marks & Spencer in January 1980 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard Photo Sales 3 . Hitching a lift Roller skater Leo Bull hitches a lift using a cable attached to a car in December 1980 | Getty Images Photo: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive Photo Sales 4 . Cabbage Patch Dolls Cabbage Patch Doll creator Xavier Roberts surrounded by the popular toys in December 1983 | Getty Images Photo: Bryn Colton Photo Sales
The Irish Sun
01-08-2025
- General
- The Irish Sun
Incredible 350-year-old WARSHIP found off UK coast after sinking in ‘storm' – as mystery swirls over 3 other vessels
DIVERS have discovered more well-preserved sections of an incredible warship from the 17th century at a wreck off the UK coast. Recent surveys have found that the ship - HMS Northumberland - is in a remarkable state of preservation, with divers uncovering its hull 20 metres deep and roughly nine miles off the Kent coast. 4 Divers have discovered the well-preserved hull of HMS Northumberland Credit: PA 4 Shifting sands off the Kent coast have uncovered parts of the ship that have never been seen before Credit: PA 4 Ropes were found as were chests containing cannonballs Credit: PA The warship was built in 1679 and served in many major naval battles before it sank during the Great Storm of 1703. After first being discovered in 1980, divers have now been able to see a large section of the ship's hull thanks to sinking sands off the Kent coast. Crews have found timbers and ropes still attached to the ship as well as unopened caskets - all of which have been protected from erosion and decay in the sand. On top of this, divers have found copper cauldrons and wood chests with some preserved cannonballs inside which have survived "particularly well". Read More on UK News Mystery also surrounds three other warships that sank during the same storm. The vessels, which were all part of the fleet of Queen Anne, were brought down by the historic storm, but HMS Northumberland is the only one of the four to have ever been found. Historic England 's survey, organised with divers from MSDS Marine, discovered more of the preserved wreckage but there are now concerns erosion could take place. Since the sands have now shifted, the well-preserved sections of the ship are exposed, leaving it at a high risk of deterioration, Historic England said. Most read in The Sun The warship is considered to be one of the 'best preserved' wooden ships. Dan Pascoe, holder of the licence to dive at the wreck site, said: "The Northumberland has the potential to be one of the best-preserved wooden warships in the UK. Lost 300-Year-Old Pirate Ship With £101M Treasure Discovered Off Madagascar "However, at 20 metres underwater and nine miles offshore, it is out of sight and mind to most people." The Northumberland was a third rate 70-gun warship built in Bristol as part of Samuel Pepys's regeneration of the English Navy. 'IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME' A film made by streaming service History Hit aired yesterday, detailing the new survey and the initial construction of the Northumberland. Creator the missing link. "Built roughly halfway between the Mary Rose and HMS Victory, this wreck can fill in crucial details of shipbuilding and life at sea at that pivotal moment in our history. "We have the Mary Rose, the 'Tudor time capsule' – well here's a Stuart time capsule to sit alongside it." Future work on the site may include taking wood samples or dendrochronological sampling to find out more about the ship's construction and confirm its identity. Paul Jeffery, marine leader at Historic England, said: "The completeness of the Northumberland wreck site is remarkable. "It is a race against time as more of the Northumberland wreck becomes exposed." 4 Divers are making the most of the shifting sands as they may soon lead to the erosion of the well-preserved site Credit: PA
BBC News
02-04-2025
- Science
- BBC News
UK's first kelp conference held in Brighton
The UK's first national conference on kelp ecology is being held in forests once covered vast areas of the Sussex seabed between Selsey and Shoreham, but 96% of them had been destroyed by 2019 after trawler fishing and the Great Storm of four years after trawlers were banned from the area, the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP) is hosting Kelp Summit 2025 at the University of event has seen more than 200 national scientists, conservationists and policy makers share knowledge of how to best conserve underwater forests. Henri Brocklebank, chairman of SKRP, said: "Sussex has put rewilding on the map, starting with the epic Knepp rewilding project and now with the largest marine rewilding initiative in the UK."We are thrilled to welcome participants for the UK's first national kelp ecology conference to progress marine research, monitoring and recovery at scale."The SKRP said kelp forests were among the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, with each hosting as many as 80,000 individual they are threatened by global pressures including climate change and human activities such as pollution, trawling, increased sediment and invasive species, event organisers said. And as kelp forests provide crucial nursery habitats for fish and invertebrates, their loss significantly impacts fisheries and marine conference coincides with a new report by SKRP partner Blue Marine Foundation on the barriers to kelp recovery in UK outcomes of the conference and the conclusions of the report will help to develop a wider understanding of kelp ecosystems and marine recovery in Sussex and beyond.
