HMP Weare

In 1997, due to vast overcrowding of the UK's prisons, the HMP Weare was moored at a disused Royal Navy dockyard in Dorest and converted into a prison ship. The ship had started life as a troop ship during the…

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Friday, 22nd June 2007

Giant Toxic Bug Invades Yorkshire

It looks like there's a massive toxic bug in Yorkshire! Run for the hills! On closer inspection I'd say that a massive toxic bug has been squashed on Yorkshire. Come back from the hills and help clean this mess up.…

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Friday, 22nd June 2007

The Magic Roundabout

Last week I started working in the nearby town of Swindon, where I asked my colleagues about the local sights. The unanimous answer to the best Swindon has to offer was "The Magic Roundabout". It may be saying something negative…

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Monday, 18th June 2007

The Google Sightseeing Forums Are Go For Launch!

As long as you haven't been hiding under a rock, then you'll have heard about Google Maps' new Street Views, which allow you to walk down the virtual streets of 5 major U.S. cities. Unsurprisingly perhaps, there's been a great…

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Friday, 8th June 2007

World’s Largest Marriage Proposal

Here at GGSS we've previously featured rooftop and field-based marriage proposals which, for some unknown reason, are highly likely to feature misspellings or bad grammar. So we're very pleased to see that the latest finding, the words "Marry Me Tammy"…

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Wednesday, 6th June 2007

2006 Lebanon War

Update: Google Maps has now been updated with the latest images, so will look the same as Google Earth During last year's war in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel, excellent Google Earth news site Ogle Earth mentioned that Google would…

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Tuesday, 5th June 2007

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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