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Top Story - The Countryside

by Ciara Doyle, Age 12

Over in the countryside,
The wind blew,
So softly,
I could feel it run along my face,
So gentle so soft,
Did it feel.
Over in the countryside,
The water ran down t...


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Titanic

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Invented by Admiral Beaufort at the beginning of the 19th century, the Beaufort Scale is used to measure the speed of wind. It ranges from 0, where wind is calm, to 12, representing a hurricane with wind speeds of more than 118 km/h (73 mph).

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