The masts of the SS Richard Montgomery – too dangerous to move, too dangerous to ignore
The Liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery, with a cargo of high explosives, was wrecked off the Nore in the Thames Estuary in 1944. Shortly after the wreck, an attempt was made to remove her cargo but the ship broke apart with 1,400 tonnes of high explosives still aboard. And there, in the Thames Estuary, 1.4 miles from the town of Sheerness, the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery has lain for the last 68 years, its masts still rising above the water, with an orange buoy marked “Danger” bobbing nearby. Now the wreck may have sunk a proposal for an airport on the Thames Estuary.
MP says explosion risk from sunken WW2 munitions ship makes Thames Estuary airport plans a non-starter
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A recent ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, determined that orca trainers must either remain at a greater distance from the orcas, stand behind a physical barrier or use other devices to keep them safer during performances. This ruling comes two years after the 
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A 66 feet long, 165 tonne, starfish and barnacle encrusted, steel and concrete floating dock has washed up on Agate beach, south-west of Portland, Oregon. A plaque on the dock identifies it as coming from the port of Misawa in northern Japan, washed free during the tsunami of 2011. The dock has tested negative for radiation. The dock drifted 5,000 miles over 15 months. Debris from the tsunami continues to be a hazard to navigation. Fortunately, no vessel collided with the floating dock at sea. Unfortunately, two other docks from the same port are still missing.
The Normandy landings, on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion in world history, with over 160,000 troops and 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships.
On June 5th and 6th, depending on where you are in the world, there will be the last transit of Venus, where the planet Venus visibly passes between the earth and the Sun, until the year 2017. The previous transit of Venus was in 2004. The transit has only been visible eight times since Galileo. NASA will feature a live streaming webcast of the transit from Mauna Kea, Hawaii from its site – 
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