An appeal aimed at stopping the large-scale dumping of plastic bottles containing Bible verses in the River Bann in Northern Ireland appears to have worked. In the past few years, thousands of bottles with religious messages tucked inside had been thrown into the water, ending up in the reed beds, mud and paths alongside the river in Coleraine. The environmental group Sea2it, which in the springtime issued a public request for the mystery messaging to cease, says it has not seen any new-looking bottles in at least two months.
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A 102-year-old woman who celebrated her recent birthday by throwing herself out a plane said it’s “mission accomplished”. Manette Baillie, from Suffolk, undertook the skydiving feat to raise money for charity. Speaking after her momentous jump, Ms Baillie said: “When the door opened I thought, there is nothing more I can do or say. Just jump… We seemed to travel at a very fast speed.”
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