Welcome to Watching Brief. A monthly show available via podcast and as topical segments via YouTube. As the name implies, each month my co-host Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) and I cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what we find.

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Link of the Month:

Day in the Life: Ancient Egyptian Doctor:

https://tinyurl.com/yy2m99cp

Links:

0:44 – New Homes to get ‘Automatic’ Permission in England planning shake-up:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53625960?fbclid=IwAR1IL1VY_fSw_ihQ35_8NetzUM6R2fBIlxOazVz8uAF02WG18978JcZ26CM

Race to the Bottom: Reform to planning system in England could be catastrophic:

https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/06/race-to-the-bottom-reform-to-planning-system-in-england-could-be-catastrophic?

Plans Revised for York Roman Quarter scheme set to create 450 jobs:

https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2020/07/31/plans-revised-for-york-roman-quarter-scheme-set-to-create-450-jobs

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19:23 – Stonehenge: Sarsen Stones Origin Mystery Solved:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339

Origins of Sarsen Megaliths at Stonehenge:

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/eabc0133?fbclid=IwAR25sMPawJ9kKdNNpkTIWmg7sTv17e2P6ir28UEML8AojM2WdIYKK--3TI8

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42:16 – People Told to Avoid ‘Dangerous’ Magnet Fishing after Leeds Bomb Scares:

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/people-told-avoid-dangerous-magnet-18694429?fbclid=IwAR0ayoJ7_ULcvF8FWzbtMjV43F8yzkB9DoMkEeypwxB52nhVlu-aunes7rc

Magnet Fishing Laws – Is it Legal?

https://tinyurl.com/y59wt38q

Water Safety and Magnet Fishing:

https://tinyurl.com/yxg8vjt9

Hadrian’s Wall illegal Metal Detector Vigilance Plea:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-tyne-53456290?

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01:01:33 – Moscow expecting ‘balanced’ decision on Hagia Sophia:

https://tinyurl.com/y5s8xebe

Turkish Court 1934 conversion of Hagia Sophia into Museum Illegal:

https://tinyurl.com/y2hjubje

Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum welcome Muslim Worshippers:

https://tinyurl.com/y2qwcngy

Turkey Meets UNESCO obligations in change of Hagia Sophia’s status:

https://