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    Video caption: Egypt: More than 100 intact sarcophagi unearthed near Cairo

    Archaeologists opened one coffin to reveal a mummy, dating back over 2,500 years.

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    Video caption: How critical is the weather for the SpaceX launch?

    Nasa and SpaceX were due to send astronauts to the ISS on Saturday but the weather’s changed their plans.

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    Video caption: Is this giant alligator on a Florida golf course real?

    Many people have been questioning this viral reptile video. So we asked a gator expert to weigh in.

  4. Bay clean-ups project wins £27,000 in international ballot

    A Cumbrian project to get rid of plastic in Morecambe Bay has won almost £27,000 of funding for a set of mass “beach cleans”.

    Plastic bottle on beach

    Clear The Bay By Day was the only UK scheme to be shortlisted in a public vote, and was up against marine projects in Brazil, Spain and Indonesia.

    The charity the Morecambe Bay Partnership will now lead volunteers in a series of clean-up operations around the bay.

  5. How critical is the weather for the SpaceX launch?

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    Video caption: How critical is the weather for the SpaceX launch?

    All eyes are on the skies ahead of Saturday’s launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station. Simon King reports.

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