The Armagh Observatory's Simon Jeffery tells Helen Mark about his discovery of eight stars many times hotter than the sun, and how he named one of them. Helen also visits White Park Bay on the North Antrim Coast with marine geologist Professor Andrew Cooper... a beach with sand that has travelled many miles.

"It makes our sun look like a cold cup of tea!"

Eve Blair travels across Northern Ireland, meeting local farmers in every county to hear what matters most to the people who keep the countryside running, while experiencing both the challenges and the joys of life on the farm.She visits farms from Tyrone to Down capturing stories of ingenuity, community and pure determination, all told by the team behind Your Place and Mine on BBC Radio Ulster. Eve will also be joined in the studio by well-known personalities to discuss everything that matters in farming. Warm, funny, grounded and bursting with stories from the fields, Your Farm and Mine celebrates the people who feed us, shape our landscape, and keep rural Northern Ireland moving.

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Eve Blair travels across Northern Ireland, meeting local farmers in every county to hear what matters most to the people who keep the countryside running, while experiencing both the challenges and the joys of life on the farm. She visits farms from Tyrone to Down capturing stories of ingenuity, community and pure determination, all told by the team behind Your Place and Mine on BBC Radio Ulster. Eve will also be joined in the studio by well-known personalities to discuss everything that matters in farming. Warm, funny, grounded and bursting with stories from the fields, Your Farm and Mine celebrates the people who feed us, shape our landscape, and keep rural Northern Ireland moving.

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