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Dear AuroraWatch UK subscriber, Red alert: aurora likely. It is likely that aurora will be visible by eye and camera from anywhere in the UK. Viewing aurora requires clear, dark skies away from light pollution. To monitor current activity see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk. Issued 2016-08-23 13:25 UTC (14:25 BST) by AuroraWatch UK using SAMNET LAN2 data from Lancaster, UK.

  One of our neighbours has been subjected to  very sophisticated scam resulting in the loss of all their computer files – yes, ALL of them. Someone claiming to be from BT inquiring about their broadband speed spent 20 minutes on the phone, being very plausible, chatting about their Firewall, not mentioning money ’til the last minute, and when at last they were challenged, as they refused to click on a particular file which had appeared on their screen, became abusive and started the process of removing files. Even though our neighbour instantly switched the computer off, the removal continued apparently as they were still  connected to broadband. They have contacted…

a message from Teignbridge Council As you may be aware the first subscription period of the new garden waste collection service is coming to an end on 31st August 2016.   We have been sending renewals notices to existing subscribers over the last 4 weeks and the final batch will be sent out this week. To avoid gaps in the collection service we are asking existing subscribers to renew before 26th August.   Residents who haven’t yet signed up to the service, but would like us to start collecting their garden waste are also able to sign up for the new 12 month subscription period starting on 1st September 2017.   It would…