The 90th anniversary of the first organised surface watch of Loch Ness is to be marked with a modern-day 'Watchers of the Monster' hunt over four days. In 1934, he resolved to discover once and for all the truth about the Loch Ness Monster. Budding monster hunters unable to attend can join the search via the Visit Inverness Loch Ness webcams. Mum Michelle said: "Robin is a true believer in Nessie and was so excited to find out he has been made an honorary Watcher of the Monster! Robin has said that when he is a grown-up he is going to be a scientist and work at The Loch Ness Centre."

Book of Kells Experience - Help! We don’t want the Experience or the guided tour, but when I go on to book that third option - just to see the Book and the library - there is absolutely nothing available through the whole time (today through September). https://www.visittrinity.ie/book-of-kells-experience/ Can someone who has actually BEEN to this Experience tell me what it involves? Is it centering on the Book of Kells and history, or other things? I would really appreciate it!

The Patriot Post ® · Iran and ProxiesBy Laurence F. Sanford“Death to America” and “Death to Israel” are the battle cries for Iran and its proxies: Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Through these proxies, Iran effectively controls Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. Yet the United States showers Iran with billions of dollars in the vain hope that Iran will change its course. The U.S. should engage in “gray zone” non-kinetic actions such as increased Voice of America broadcasts, social media, supporting dissident diaspora Iranians, and forming alliances with nations opposed to Iran — develop our own “proxies” against Iran. ActionReciprocity — Iran is preaching “Death to America.” We should reciprocate and treat Iran as an enemy and implement unrestricted non-kinetic warfare.

With the 2023-24 campaign wrapped up, most teams from the top flight can turn their attention to making new signings and splashing the cash. There's plenty of uncertainty over at Liverpool, too, with new manager Arne Slot now officially appointed and making plans for the Reds' squad. Stay tuned to the Mirror Football live blog throughout Tuesday as we bring you the latest transfer news from around Europe. Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.

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Public sector organisations continue to exit Stonewall’s controversial pro-trans programme. In recent months, Sport England, the Scottish Parliament and Arts Council England have all decided to cancel their membership of the lobby group’s flagship ‘diversity scheme’, which rewards employers for promoting LGBT ideology inside and outside of the workplace. A number of other tax-funded organisations – including the Crown Prosecution Service, the Government Equalities Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission– have also ended their relationship with Stonewall. Public moneyWelcoming Sport England’s decision, Sex Matters’ Director of Campaigns Fiona McAnena said: “Sport England gets millions of pounds of public money, and it has a duty to make sport work for everyone. Health Minister Will Quince also cautioned NHS England trusts against succumbing to Stonewall capture, after a Daily Mail investigation uncovered the involvement of the LGBT lobby group in writing gender policies for dozens of NHS trusts in England.

The Scottish Government have been urged to set out a timetable for when Scots victims of the Horizon Post Office scandal will finally get justice after taking months to introduce a bill to help them. MSPs will get the chance to scrutinise the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday as it is fast-tracked through Holyrood. This is due to the separate justice system in Scotland, with the Crown Office prosecuting cases and not the Post Office. After everything Scottish sub-postmasters have been through it is vital that they get justice.”Ms Constance wrote to MSPs to set out why a timetable could not be declared. "I very much hope the passage of the UK Bill can be before the Scottish Parliament breaks for recess at the end of June.

Extinction Rebellion responds to energy and arms lobbyist Lord Walney’s proposals to effectively ban protest groups which threaten his clients profitspress@extinctionrebellion.uk | +44(0)7756136396In response to the publication today of the government-commissioned report Protecting our Democracy from Coercion [1] by energy and arms Lobbyist Lord Walney, a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion said:“We are a movement committed to non violence. We train everyone acting in the name of Extinction Rebellion in non violence. We have a policy for how to clear an area for emergency services. An attempt by Bindman’s solicitors to give Palestine Action the right of reply to claims in the report before publication was deemed “unnecessary” by a government lawyer. The publication of the report comes the same day as the High Court agreed with Liberty that the government used undemocratic means to change protest laws against the will of parliament and that this was unlawful.

A leading MSP has said Mridul Wadhwa to be sacked as CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre and for a caretaker board to be installed while the scandal is investigated. There have been concerns about the CEO for a number of years, with JK Rowling even setting up a rival female-only rape crisis centre in the capital. Posting on X, Alba MSP Ash Regan said: "Mridul Wadhwa continuing as CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre following the damning Employment Tribunal Judgement Roz Adams won conclusively is unconscionable. Mridul Wadhwa ignored the same-sex exemption in the Equality Act 2010 when applying for the CEO role. The board of directors at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre said they were "saddened by the outcome of the Tribunal", which has yet to set compensation for Ms Adams.

“Settlers intercepting the vital humanitarian supplies to the strip are receiving information about the location of the aid trucks from members of the Israeli police and military, a spokesperson from the main Israeli activist group behind the blockades told the Guardian.” To wit, www.theguardian.com/...These acts of violent hijacking of the aid trucks have been occurring systematically since January of this year by rabid right-wing settlers who falsely claim that the food is for “Hamas.” They are emboldened by the exhortations of Israel’s National Security Minister, Ben G’vir, who believes the Cabinet should halt aid to Gaza. The Minister now has his sights on occupying Benny Gantz’ seat in the War Cabinet should he resign as promised. When the coercive instruments of a state collude with ne’er-do -wells in “civil” society to facilitate the starvation of a hapless Gazan population confined to a sand dune in al-Muwasi, there is no question that egregious violations of international humanitarian law are occurring. To assert otherwise, is to add insult to injury.

Let me start by saying, proudly, that Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen aren’t the only unbeaten German top-flight team this season. OneFootball VideosWhat’s different in England is that almost every WSL team will have some players with the individual class to hurt you and so they’re quite open and try to press high. In Germany, by contrast, I’ve discovered that most teams stay compact and run a lot and make it very difficult for you. The biggest disappointment for us in 2023-24 was failing to get out of the group stage of the Champions League. Bottle the momentFinally, I’ll end with one last difference between the Frauen Bundesliga and the WSL – and that’s the beer!

"Prior to being completely cleared of any wrongdoing, I was repeatedly told by UKAD and lawyers that I would receive a two-year ban. "It is difficult to emphasise enough how significant UKAD's finding is that I bore 'no fault or negligence'. Furthermore, I was no longer receiving an income due to the provisional suspension which compounded the financial and emotional stress. That I would lose my integrity which is so deeply entrenched in the core of all my beliefs and actions. It's an estimated 67-minute-long read, according to the blog page, so maybe save it for your lunch break.

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Microplastics have been discovered in human testicles, a finding that could be linked to declining sperm counts in men worldwide. In short:Scientists found microplastics in all tested human and dog testicles, linking higher contamination with lower sperm counts in dogs. Key quote:"At the beginning, I doubted whether microplastics could penetrate the reproductive system. — Prof Xiaozhong Yu, University of New MexicoWhy this matters:This study reinforces the dangerous and pervasive nature of plastic pollution as well as its potential threat to human reproductive health. Read more: Are microplastics invading the male reproductive system?

Armed forces of neighbouring Nato countries could intercept incoming Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory, said Voldymyr ZelenskyyUkraine’s allies should lift such restrictions , the Lithuanian foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, has said. They must be able to strike Russian territory, supply lines, and military units preparing to attack Ukraine . Only one side has rules imposed on it,” he said. “We must abandon these rules that we created.”Ukrainian sources indicated that Russian forces are concentrating limited, understaffed, and incohesive forces in the Sumy direction, but even such a Russian grouping of forces will be able to achieve the likely desired effect of drawing and fixing Ukrainian forces in the international border area. [1] Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets stated on May 20 that the Russian grouping in Kursk Oblast consists of 9,000–10,000 personnel.