Weatherday: News on the wing

Another dry day with good sunny spells. Early mist will clear. We're expecting highs of 18deg from lunchtime, cooling a little as the afternoon passes.

On this day in 1850, one Julius Reuter inaugurated a 40-strong carrier pigeon service to carry stock market prices between Aachen and Brussels.

It was the foundation of one of the world's longest established news organisations.

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