Engulfed by flowers

Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England by Clive Nichols

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St Mary's accompaniment

The sky is filled with colour from the Northern Lights near St Mary’s lighthouse, Whitley Bay, #England

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

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Will it bolt?

A controlled burn is carried out at the White Horse Hill chalk figure to maintain the Dorset landmark’s traditional shape, Osmington, #England

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Did you know that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue?

A historian explains how the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green:
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How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green

The holiday used to be a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue.

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An #OilTanker & a container ship collided off the NE coast of #England, acc/to emergency responders, who scrambled to the scene on Monday morning. Initial images shared by the BBC showed fire & thick black smoke rising from the ships.

The British #CoastGuard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker & cargo vessel off the coast of #EastYorkshire,” & that an alarm was first raised at 9:48AM local time.

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Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North Sea

Britain’s coast guard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel,” and that a fire had broken out.

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