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The Top 10: Things people are remembered for that they didn’t actually do John Rentoul © Provided by The Independent Inspired by 24 hours of clips of Christopher Plummer not actually singing “Edelweiss”, marking the actor’s death earlier this month, Stewart Wood suggested this list and nominated no 1. I excluded things people are remembered for saying that they didn’t actually say, as we have already done Misquotations and Misattributed Quotations. 1. Eating a hamster: Freddie Starr. The Sun’s front page headline from 1986 dogged the late comedian for the rest ...

Solo sailor Nigel Fox has survived eight touch-and-go hours separated from his yacht in the Arafura Sea. He says rescuers were only able to locate him because he carried a "little box of electronics" and a lifejacket.

  Cobham has a contract with the Austrailan Maritime Safety Authority to conduct search and rescue missions and it was a Cairns-based crew that spotted Mr Fox bobbing in the ocean wearing a bright yellow hooded life jacket. "It would have been like spotting a tea bag in the MCG," Mr Fox said. "If you are in the water, get yourself an EPIRB, register it, and have a reliable contact person."   Senior Constable Ben Parfitt, Nigel Fox, Constable Mark Carrington and Senior Constable Kelly Logan at Gove District Hospital after being rescued. Picture: NT Police   "It could just sav...

Sailing Today Solo sailor rescued after eight hours in the water Nigel Fox with the PLB that alerted the emergency services that he was in trouble A solo sailor rescued eight hours after being pitched overboard in rough seas off Australia has spoken of his ordeal. The former Southampton sailor revealed that while he was floating in the sea he tried not to think of his beloved cat Stinky, who was left on the boat. Southampton-born expat Nigel Fox has been praised by rescue services for the quick actions which saved his life. He was located by an Australian Maritime Safety Authority...

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has announced the launch of the new ‘STAR’ facility to aid UK and global Earth Observation missions, providing calibrated and characterised climate quality measurements. STAR-cc-OGSE, which stands for Spectroscopically Tuneable Absolute Radiometric, calibration and characterisation, Optical Ground Support Equipment, is a vital piece to the climate monitoring puzzle, conceived at NPL, to provide innovative solutions to the pre-flight calibration of satellite instruments. The facility provides a state-of-the-art solution to instrument calibration and ...