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‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb.
On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth.
That afternoon, the clock started ticking.
#BombDisposal #WW2 #UK #Exmouth #Plymouth #Ordnance #Luftwaffe #History #LongRead
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/21803/ Why Trump should welcome China’s help to end the Iran war #Iran #IranConflict #LongRead
An excellent #Sunday #longread from Mancunian local #investigativejournalism the Mill:
the story of #Mancity, the #UAE & the council as a way in to understand #AndyBurnham's Realpolitik approach to economic development.
"When #Burnham said, “I have a theory of growth”, there was no mention of how growth in #Manchester was driven by making friends in the Gulf or attracting billions from China". Ironic his #labourconference motto should have been: 'hope is honesty".
https://manchestermill.co.uk/man-city-burnham-abu-dhabi-united-group-charges/