Tribunal rules surveillance aimed at identifying Vincent Kearney’s sources was disproportionate and unlawful
A former BBC journalist has been awarded £20,000 in damages after MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland unlawfully obtained data from his mobile phone.
A specialist tribunal on Thursday ordered the agencies to pay the compensation to Vincent Kearney for attempts to identify his sources while he was the BBC’s Northern Ireland home affairs correspondent.
Continue reading...Government agency announces status in north Wales and Upper Severn after series of heatwaves and lack of rainfall
Parts of Wales are now in drought and all other areas of the country are experiencing prolonged dry weather conditions, according to a government agency.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said on Thursday that record-low river flows, back-to-back heatwaves and widespread wildfires have prompted the declaration of drought status in north Wales and the Upper Severn.
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In addition to leading the animation studio at the National Film Board of Canada, René Jodoin made several animated films that explored geometric forms and motion, including the one above, A Matter of Form from 1984.
Set to the rousing notes of Schubert’s Military March, this animation film is an ingenious example of how a single point can be the building-block for a multiplicity of shapes and configurations. Lines and forms grow out of the point, eventually covering the entire screen in splashes of colour. This is geometric wizardry at its colourful best. A film without words.
I’m not saying my affinity for such animations is because I watched so much Sesame Street as a kid, but I’m not not saying it either.
Here’s another of Jodoin’s films, Dance Squared:
You can watch more of Jodoin’s work in this YouTube playlist. (via the kid should see this)
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ORCIÈRES-MERLETTE (ANP) - De Ecuadoraan Richard Carapaz heeft de achttiende etappe in de Tour de France van Voiron over een afstand van 185,2 kilometer naar Orcières-Merlette gewonnen. De 33-jarige renner van EF Education-EasyPost ging na een slotklim van 7,1 kilometer op een hoogte van 1825 meter alleen over de streep.
Een groepje van zes renners met Matteo Jorgenson, Carapaz, Paret-Peintre, Mauro Schmid, Tobias Johannessen en Raúl García reed de laatste 50 kilometer aan de leiding. Een groep achtervolgers met de Nederlander Thymen Arensman slaagde er niet meer in ze te achterhalen.
Het zestal vluchters begon samen aan de slotklim met een gemiddeld stijgingspercentage van 6,7 procent naar skioord Orcières-Merlette. Op 3,4 kilometer voor de finish ging Carapaz er alleen vandoor. De Franse klimmer Paret-Peintre deed nog een vergeefse poging hem in te halen.
