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Brexit : Nissan ne produira pas son crossover X-Trail en Angleterre
▻https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/automobile/brexit-nissan-ne-produira-pas-son-crossover-x-trail-en-angleterre-806149.h

Le constructeur automobile japonais renonce à la production de son modèle X-Trail pour le marché européen sur son site de Sunderland au profit de son usine japonaise de Kyushu. En revanche, la production des futurs autres modèles des 4X4 urbains sera maintenue sur le site britannique.

Le constructeur automobile japonais Nissan a annoncé dimanche renoncer à produire l’un de ses modèles, le crossover X-Trail, dans son usine de Sunderland (nord-est de l’Angleterre), sa principale implantation en Europe, évoquant indirectement le Brexit. « Nous avons pris cette décision pour des raisons économiques, mais l’incertitude persistante autour des futures relations du Royaume-Uni avec l’UE n’aide pas des entreprises comme la nôtre à planifier l’avenir », a déclaré Gianluca de Ficchy, le président de Nissan Europe, dans un communiqué.

Nissan a indiqué que la prochaine génération de X-Trail pour le marché européen serait produite dans son usine de Kyushu, au Japon, plutôt qu’à Sunderland comme il l’avait annoncé en 2016.

CITiZAN - Blog - Ears to the sea: sound mirrors of south east England
▻http://www.citizan.org.uk/blog/2016/Feb/12/ears-sea-sound-mirrors-south-east-england

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Along the east and south coast of England, in various states of survival, are the remains of concave concrete listening posts dating from the late 1910s - early 1930s: sound mirrors designed to detect approaching enemy aircraft in the days before radar. The sound waves from aircraft engines reflected off their curved surface; a cone shaped sound collector, and later a microphone, picked up the sound. The point on the mirror where the sound was loudest determined the direction of the plane and made it possible for operators to plot the flight path of the aircraft.

Sound locating devices had been used on the Western Front in the early stages of the First World War but experiments in the construction of sound mirrors in 1916 by Professor Mather of the City and GuildsEngineeringCollege, Kensington led to their adoption during the later stages of the First World War. During and after the First World War, sound mirrors were built along the east and south coasts of England at Kilnsea, Boulby, Redcar, Hartlepool, Seaham, Sunderland, Abbot’s Cliff, Denge, Hythe, FanBay, Joss Gap, Selsey and Warden Point. One was also built at Maghtab in Malta.

The late 1920s to the early 1930s was the peak period of development for sound mirrors with plans for a chain of listening stations from The Wash to Swanage. These plans were never realised however. By 1936, with the increasing speed of aircraft and the development of Radio Detection Finding, sound mirrors became obsolete.

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Creationist groups win Michael Gove’s approval to open free schools
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jul/17/creationist-groups-approval-free-schools?mobile-redirect=false

The education secretary, Michael Gove, has approved three free schools run by groups with creationist views, including one with a document on its website declaring that it teaches “creation as a scientific theory”.

Grindon Hall Christian school in Sunderland, a private school due to reopen in September with state funding, says on its website that it will present creationism as science and affirm the position that Christians believe God’s creation of the world is “not just a theory but a fact”.

Ministers have also approved a free school in Sevenoaks, Kent, that says on its website it will teach in RE classes that “God made the world”, while a third free school, in Nottinghamshire, is a fresh proposal from a group initially turned down over creationism.