New 10p Coin Features 'At Risk' Warning

The Royal Mint have released a new 10p coin into circulation, and it contains a conservation 'at risk' warning as it features something close to extinction.

Continuing the flora and fauna theme, the reverse side of the new coin features a capercaillie, a type of grouse only found in small areas of Scotland, and the obverse side, or 'heads' side, features King Charles III.

The Royal Family numbers have been dwindling in numbers for the last 100 years or so, starting with the death of King George V and the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936.  Although the population of royalty appeared to have stabilised for a few decades, in the latter part of the 20th century, numbers started to decline again with the deaths of Princess Diana in 1997 and the Queen Mother in 2002.

However, in the last few years, the numbers of Royals have taken another downward trend with the loss of the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry, Not Princess Megan and Prince Andrew and there has always been only rare sightings of the lesser spotted Prince Edward.

'It's a stark reminder that more of these coins will enter circulation than there are members of the Royal Family left in the wild," said Morgan Rebecca, director at The Royal Mint, based at Llantrisant, South Wales.

"We hope that by putting this extraordinary King into millions of pockets and purses, we can spark a nationwide conversation about a species at real risk of vanishing from Britain forever."

Sir Nicholas Witchell of the Royal Society for the Protection of Royals (RSPR) said, 'The UK royalty population has declined so rapidly that it is at risk of extinction for the second time and is on the UK conservation red list. Now, back to the studio.'

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Small child found safe and well in Tesla vehicle.

Following discussions about Tesla's user friendliness, and demands for that sleek look, a tragedy has been averted as a small child has been discovered in the wheel arch of a family's brand new car. The parents tried to explain the mishap.

'It all started with the door handles,' explained dad. 'We were going for a drive, but no door handles were to be seen. As a family, we split into groups to try and find a way to get in the car. In the end, we found one door handle under the bonnet, which we were excited about, but it wouldn't open the door anyway. Apparently Tesla have said that some sort of planetary alignment is necessary to produce the necessary energy to get a result. Some mention of crystals, too.'

Mum continued. `Once we got in, using a claw hammer, we realised we couldn't locate the steering wheel but eventually it was found in the back section of the glove department. I must admit it does make steering awkward at times. Most serious of all, we realised our youngest child was an apparently a casualty of this voyage of discovery, but after a protracted search involving sniffer dogs, the coastguard, several police forces as well as local volunteers, she was located just below the wheel arch in what Tesla describe as the passenger seat. As she didn't seem to mind too much, we thought we could leave her there as long as she keeps her elbows in and doesn't spoil the look.'

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Iran war over as Strait of Hormuz renamed Strait of America

The conflict in Iran is over.  Iran has unconditionally surrendered after hearing about the United States declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is to be referred to, by the US Government but nobody else, as the Strait of America.  This cessation of hostilities is proof that all those who thought Donald Trump's renaming of stuff was just performative willy-waving without any substance were mistaken.

Acknowledging the power of Trump signing an unconstitutional executive order and then posting about it on his Truth Social app, an Iranian spokesman admitted that his country no longer had the means to control the flow of shipping through the waterway. He said, 'We have no choice but to stop all our military action in the face of such a devastating change to paperwork regarding the conflict being issued by the White House.'

Buoyed by this success after only six months of mistreating his servicemen and women, using up most of his military inventory and murdering schoolgirls, Trump is apparently considering whether Greenland should be referred to as the Green Land Of The Free.  Suggestions that Pete Hegseth was to be renamed Pete Competent Hegseth were however dismissed as ridiculous.

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