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Life hack

Ever wondered how to poach an egg in an air fryer? Well, follow these four easy steps for the perfect poached egg! 1. Pour approximately 100ml of hot water into either a small heat-proof bowl or cup. 2. Crack your egg into the water, which should only just be covering it. 3. After pre-heating your air fryer for one minute, pop your cup inside and air fry on 200C for four-to-five minutes. 4. Drain away any excess water and remove the egg from the cup or bowl, serving it up with a slice of hot buttered toast.

CAPTION COMPETITION

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As reported by BBC News, a stowaway cat has been reunited with her owners after travelling a hundred miles in the back of a van to the Isle of Coll. Tia sneaked inside her neighbour Doug Craig’s van as he was loading it to fix a broadband connection at Coll’s fire station.

Several hours later, after the Openreach engineer had completed the job, he spotted her in the van. The pet was reunited with owners Elyse and Martin Hamilton and their children, Stanley and Beatrix, the following day. Unbeknown to the driver, Tia was in the van for a three-hour ferry crossing to Arinagour in the Inner Hebrides.

Quote of the month

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal. Weighing in at Did you know?? TEABREAK LIVE IT 0.05–to-0.07 ounces, with a head-to-body length of 1.14-to-1.29 inches, and a wingspan of 5.1-to-5.7 inches, the bumblebee bat—also known as Kitti’s hog-nosed bat—is the smallest mammal in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. To see this tiny bat for yourself you’d have to visit one of a select few limestone caves on the Khwae Noi River in Kanchanaburi Province of southwest Thailand.

Monitoring the climate

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Sky News has reported that the Natural History Museum is creating hi-tech gardens full of sensors to look at how wildlife reacts to changes in climate and can be better protected in our towns and cities. The gardens will allow researchers to look at the kind of life that makes these environments home, from insects and frogs to tiny, microscopic organisms invisible to the human eye. Sensors installed across the site will monitor conditions like temperature, humidity and sound as the climate changes. Although there are some five acres of grounds surrounding the site in London, for more than 25 years only one small corner has been used as a dedicated wildlife area.

Scientists are now working to create a garden across the entire area as part of a living gallery, which will open to the public towards the end of next year.

PUB QUIZ

1. What colour can be found on 75% of world flags? 2. Who was Henry VIII’s final wife? 3. How many countries are there in Oceania? 4. Who wrote the 1974 novel, Carrie? 5. In what year was the Chernobyl disaster?

1986 5. Stephen King 4. 14 3. Catherine Parr 2. RedAnswers: 1.

Knock me down with a feather

Pie in the roundabout Animal rights group PETA has called for officials in Leicester to rename the city’s Pork Pie Roundabout to promote healthier food and help the environment, Sky News has reported.

PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – said, ‘This is not a pie-in-the-sky request’ in a letter sent to Leicester Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby. The organisation said the junction should be called Vegan Pie Roundabout to ‘help reduce Leicester’s concerning obesity rates’. The term ‘vegan’ was coined in Leicester in 1944 and changing the name would be a ‘great way’ to celebrate the city’s ‘pie-loving heritage’. The roundabout in south Leicester gets its name from a nearby library which is said to look like a pork pie when viewed from above.