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  2. The Sun (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch 's News Corp. [11] [12] It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. [13]

  3. List of solar eclipses visible from the British Isles - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial list of solar eclipses visible from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 – AD 2091.. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Below is a complete list of total and annular eclipses visible anywhere within the modern extent of the United Kingdom between AD 1 and AD 2090 and a ...

  4. Rupert Murdoch - Wikipedia

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    Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG (/ ˈ m ɜːr d ɒ k / MUR-dok; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The ...

  5. List of solar eclipses in the 20th century - Wikipedia

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    t. e. This is a list of solar eclipses in the 20th century. During the period 1901 to 2000 there were 228 solar eclipses of which 78 were partial, 73 were annular (two non-central ), 71 were total (three non-central) and 6 were hybrids. The greatest number of eclipses in one year was five, in 1935, and one month, July 2000, had two eclipses.

  6. Sun - Wikipedia

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    Why is the Sun's corona so much hotter than the Sun's surface? (more unsolved problems in astronomy) The temperature of the photosphere is approximately 6,000 K, whereas the temperature of the corona reaches 1,000,000–2,000,000 K. The high temperature of the corona shows that it is heated by something other than direct heat conduction from the photosphere. It is thought that the energy ...

  7. Harry Cole (journalist) - Wikipedia

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    Tonbridge School. Alma mater. University of Edinburgh. Occupation. Journalist. Harry Cole (born 27 April 1986) is a British journalist who has been the political editor of The Sun since 2020, having previously been the deputy political editor of The Mail On Sunday. He studied Anthropology and Economic History at the University of Edinburgh .

  8. Seasons in the Sun - Wikipedia

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    Seasons in the Sun. " Seasons in the Sun " is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song " Le Moribond " ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel [2] with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen [3] portraying a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for singer Terry Jacks ...

  9. Jonnie Irwin - Wikipedia

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    Jonnie Irwin. Jonathan James Irwin (18 November 1973 – 2 February 2024 [1]) was an English television presenter, writer, lecturer, businessman and property expert. He was best known for presenting the Channel 4 lifestyle programme A Place in the Sun between 2004 and 2021, as well as the BBC daytime programme Escape to the Country between 2010 ...