The DVLA has banned a series of personalised number plates, all of which include the number “69”. The outlawed combinations include BL69 JOB, GB69 FKD, 69 YOU and GR69 PER. Number plates that end with SEX, or BUM are also automatically excluded.
Former MI6 chief speaks out on alien life
The UK’s former top spy says he believes that alien life does exist. Sir John Sawers, the ex-head of MI6, said it would be “extraordinary” if comparable life doesn’t exist elsewhere in the universe. Speaking a month after British scientists discovered the first planet warm and wet enough to support life, he said: “I think we should go forward on the assumption that nothing on this planet is unique.”
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