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"We wrapped recording on Lovecraft Investigations 4 on Wednesday evening, and it all went very well indeed. We spent five fun-filled days on location in a (REALLY) remote house in the countryside, which gave us pretty much every sound environment we needed.

Most of the familiar faces were there, alongside some new people - we're introducing a couple of major new characters this time around. There were also, unfortunately, a few notable absences.

Now we're into the edit, which also involves cutting down each episode for the Radio 4 slots (BBC Sounds and the podcast apps will carry the full versions, which will include a whole story strand that will be absent from the Radio 4 broadcast).

We're expecting the series to be released in October and I'm teasing a major new story for Season 5, but we won't know for a while if we're getting the go-ahead on that from the BBC..."

"Workers will have greater protection against being snooped on by their bosses under plans by the Government to boost employment rights.

Tracking of staff members’ computer and phone activity has increased rapidly since the pandemic, which triggered a rise in people working from home.

But ministers and unions are concerned that surveillance of workers is taking place without their consent, and could breach their privacy if used incorrectly or even be used to discriminate against some staff..."

"Days after Brazilians sweltered under scorching heat, panted through a parching drought and choked from wildfire smoke, scientists anticipate temperatures in Brazil to linger between 35º C and 40º C all week — equivalent to 95º F to 104º F.

The temperatures are expected to reach these blistering heights primarily in the Central West region, which includes large cities like Brasília, Manaus and Belo Horizonte. In addition to putting the residents of these areas at risk of heat stroke and other health problems, the escalating heat creates a risk of wildfires..."

"Summers in Phoenix are notoriously hot. But after two punishing summers of record-breaking heat, the latest milestone, set Tuesday, may be the most ominous yet.

At 11 a.m. local time, temperatures in Phoenix hit 100 degrees for the 100th day in a row. The longest previous 100-degree streak was 76 days in 1993. In other words, this year has seen an uninterrupted stretch of 100-degrees days at least 3½ weeks longer than in any other year since records began in 1896..."

"A British urban explorer claims he has captured an image of a ghost lurking in the hallway of an abandoned school in Japan.

Ben, who goes by the username @places_forgotten on social media, is a content creator with 1.4 million followers on TikTok. He mainly shares videos and photos of abandoned places around the world.

It was while he was on a work trip to Japan that Ben decided to pay the derelict building that used to house the school a visit.

While photographing the abandoned school, which still had homework pinned up on its walls, bags perched on the desks and pictures of the students, Ben claimed to have captured the photographs of a ghost lurking in the hallway.

Chilling images, shared by the content creator who said he was certain was the only person there, show the figure at the far-end of the corridor..."

"The royal residences are no strangers to eerie tales, with Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and Kensington Palace all having their share of ghostly rumours. But it's Sandringham House that takes the crown for one of the most bizarre incidents, as disclosed in the diaries of the late high-society columnist Kenneth Rose, which came to light posthumously.

He wrote about a peculiar "little service" held in a downstairs bedroom of the grand 18th Century mansion back in 2000, after staff reported supernatural encounters. A pastor was brought in to conduct the ceremony, attended by none other than the late Queen Mother and her Lady-in-Waiting, Prue Penn, with the late Queen herself present.

Nestled within a sprawling 20,000-acre estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sandringham House is the traditional festive retreat for the Royal Family. Its storied past is peppered with spectral sightings and unexplained occurrences, but there's one particular tale that's bound to send shivers down your spine..."

"The idea that aliens may have visited the Earth is becoming increasingly popular. Around a fifth of UK citizens believe Earth has been visited by extraterrestrials, and an estimated 7% believe that they have seen a UFO.

The figures are even higher in the US – and rising. The number of people who believe UFO sightings offer likely proof of alien life increased from 20% in 1996 to 34% in 2022. Some 24% of Americans say they’ve seen a UFO.

This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist. What’s more, given the vast distances between star systems, it seems odd we’d only learn about them from a visit. Evidence for aliens is more likely to come from signals from faraway planets.

In a paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, I argue that the belief in alien visitors is no longer a quirk, but a widespread societal problem..."

"A UFO expert has levelled accusations at the Pope, alleging that he is concealing "extraordinary" alien secrets within the Vatican.

Steve Bassett, a UFO lobbyist in Washington, insists that it's evident the Catholic Church is aware of the existence of alien life and has concealed evidence in their archives.

As the executive director of the Paradigm Research Group, Bassett pointed out that the church has subtly suggested the existence of UFOs in religious artwork.

He told The Sun: "The Catholic Church, we have always known, has been aware of this subject going back perhaps hundreds and hundreds of years.

"It's gone so far as to say whoever these beings are, the Church would be happy to baptise them if they wanted to be baptised."

Bassett alleges that the Vatican library houses centuries of knowledge about aliens, with experts attempting to gain access to the Vatican Apostolic Archives.

However, they require permission from the Holy See, the supreme governing body of the Catholic Church. They will then need to sift through thousands of years of records, spanning 50 miles, to substantiate their claims.

This follows last year's statement by former intelligence officer David Grusch at a US congressional hearing, where he claimed the government was concealing evidence of "non-human intelligence".

Grusch suggested that the US has likely been aware of "non-human" activity since the 1930s and possesses fully intact pieces of "craft" of a "non-human origin".

He also mentioned that Italy discovered one of the UFOs in 1933, and Pope Pius XII at the time relayed the findings to President Franklin Roosevelt..."

"A group of Midlothian childhood friends have revisited a terrifying ‘alien encounter’ that left them traumatised for decades.

Anne Calder, 54, Pamela Pollok, 53 and May Brown, 55, were part of a group of five friends, all aged between eight and 10, who believe they encountered a ‘creature not of this world’ when walking together in 1978.

The alleged incident took place on an old railway line which runs underneath the bridge on Suttieslea Road, Newtongrange.

Frozen in fear, they all give matching descriptions of a three foot tall ‘alien’ perched in a tree on a route they had walked hundreds of times before.

All three remember the alien as having bright luminous yellow eyes with greenish brown skin and a synthesised sounding voice but strangely no mouth.

Looking back at the event, they feel the alien may have been communicating with them telepathically.

After the creature ‘spoke’ with the group, they all claim to have blacked out and said they only remember standing in a field around five minutes away - but not how they got there.

Anne, who has suffered from night terrors relating to the incident, believes they may have blacked out as they were taken aboard a UFO..."

"A man has been left stunned after snapping a UFO in Scotland. The picture, which shows what appears to be strange lights, was taken on Friday night.

Gearóid, who often photographs the Aurora Borealis, had gone in search of the northern lights and headed to Coatbridge's St. Ambrose High School.

At around 9.30pm, he went to the football pitch at the North Lanarkshire school with his tripod and dog and took more than 100 images of the night sky.

He then returned home to see if he was successful. On closer inspection, Gearóid spotted what appeared to be a cluster of red and white lights streaking across the sky in several images, Glasgow Live reports.

He immediately posted on social media about the mystery. He said: "I go out most nights with my Canon Camera and tripod with my dog about 9.30pm down the park from my house when I think the Aurora Borealis can be seen.

"That night I took over 100 photos of the sky. When I got home I looked at them on my PC and saw this photo. I said to myself I don't remember seeing that when I took the photo..."