Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter
May 12 2021, 10:21 ET
UKRAINIAN spies have seized of a batch of booze made near the blitzed Chernobyl power plant and destined for Britain.
The potent spirit is called Atomik and was manufactured using apples grown in the radioactive exclusion zone.
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A power surge led to a series of blasts at the Chernobyl power plant on April 26, 1986Credit: Getty - Contributor
While the fruit used in the recipe is slightly radioactive, the resulting spirit is safe to drink, according to the outfit behind the bonkers project.
The Chernobyl Spirit Company, headed by Brit academic Prof Jim Smith, announced last week that a shipment of 1,500 bottles had been confiscated.
The Cerne Abbas Giant was probably first constructed in the late Saxon period, according to new analysis which has surprised archaeologists and historians.
The 180ft (55m) naked chalk figure brandishing a giant club overlooks the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset.
Its origins and purpose have been shrouded in mystery, but experts can for the first time reveal the likely age of the giant.
The Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset (Ben Birchall/PA)
Following state-of-the-art sediment analysis, National Trust archaeologists have concluded the giant was probably first constructed in the late Saxon period.
Independent geoarchaeologist Mike Allen, whose research is helping the Trust understand more about the landscape in which the giant was created, said the result is surprising.
The 180-foot-tall naked chalk-drawn figure, located in a historic village in England, finally revealed its age-old secret: it may date back to the Saxon period.