Weatherday: Ten words per minute

It's looking like another nice day. A bit more cloud than recently, but good sunny spells, and what looks like being a really nice evening.

Temperature up to 22deg in light variable breezes.

On this day in 1852, the Magnetic Telegraphic Company connected Britain and Ireland by undersea telegraph cable.

(Headline: The speed at which top operators sent on the Magnetic system.)

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