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๐จWould you please also plant thousands of Cotoneaster franchetii along roadsides? Experts have identified it as a 'super-plant' that absorbs roadside air pollution. Itโs bird friendly too! #COP26
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The intense blue of glacial melt water results from light scattering on glacial flourโfinely ground rock sediment created by glacier movement.
๐ฝ: escalandomendoza/ig
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Found the most cinematic medieval street in Italy. Canโt believe people actually get to live here.
Dolceacqua, Italy. ๐ฎ๐น
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A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and rotating eyes, the Barreleye is one of the oceanโs strangest creatures.
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๐ฌ๐ง ยฃ1.655 BILLION: The amount that McLaren, JCB, Rolls-Royce, Bentley Motors, Airbus, Numatic and Nissan have recently announced they are investing in the UK.
๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ is investing ยฃ500 million - the largest financial commitment in the company's history - and creating 1,000 new jobs to ensure all future McLarens are British-built.
๐๐๐ is backing Britain with a ยฃ100 million investment in its global headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire.
๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐-๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ has announced a landmark ยฃ300 million investment in its UK manufacturing and engineering facilities.
๐ก๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น, best known for its Henry and Hetty vacuum cleaners, is investing more than ยฃ85 million in Somerset to expand production and develop new products.
๐ก๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป is investing ยฃ170 million at its Sunderland plant as the Japanese carmaker prepares to build a new model in the UK - the Nissan Kicks.
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ has invested ยฃ350 million in revamping its Crewe plant to build the new Torcal - the historic marques first all-electric model.
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐ is investing ยฃ150 million and creating almost 500 new jobs at its wing manufacturing plant in Broughton, North Wales.
Made in Britain, loved by the WORLD!
It would be interesting for a whizz to work out what proportion of your actual ministerial activity is going towards defence/NATO/Russia/Ukraine, Middle East security, migration and border cooperation versus climate diplomacy.
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๐ฌ๐ง BUILT IN BRITAIN: British supercar manufacturer McLaren is investing ยฃ500 MILLION in the UK and creating ONE THOUSAND new jobs!
The largest financial commitment in the company's history - ยฃ500m across four UK sites - will ensure all future McLarens are British-built. The huge investment will enable the supercar manufacturer to:
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Build engines in-house for the first time in its history.
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Expand its vehicle assembly capacity (including a new factory) as the manufacturer broadens its portfolio with with a new generation of models, including a new Performance SUV.
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Scale its world-leading carbon fibre capability by doubling the size of its McLaren Composites Technology Centre in South Yorkshire.
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Build a new state-of-the-art paint shop, providing greater personalisation than ever before.
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Create 1,000 new jobs, safeguard existing roles and support at least 3,000 jobs in the wider UK economy.
The investment has also funded a new design and innovation hub, the McLaren Creative Centre in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and a new testing and vehicle development site at MIRA in the Midlands.
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๐จ Fireflies are disappearing rapidly in many places.
Scientists warn their decline could mean future generations may never experience these glowing summer nights the way we do today. โจ
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Fun fact.
The Monarch butterfly migration is one of the longest-known, multi-generational insect migrations on our planet. Every fourth generation lives 8 times longer than the previous generations and travels 10 times farther.
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The stunning natural wonder, Angel Falls (Salto รngel in Spanish and Kerepakupai Venรก in the indigenous Pemon language), is located in Venezuela and stands at 979 metres (3,212 feet) tall, making it the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world.
๐ฝ: Angel Rodriguez
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Listen to the hypnotizing sound of whale song as a mother and baby humpback whale bask in the warm waters off the coast of Tonga.
๐ฝ: Paul Nicklen
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๐จ Astonishing: Scientists have captured hydrogen and oxygen forming water at the nanoscale. ๐ง๐ฌ
A microscopic look at one of the most fundamental chemical reactions in nature.
















