* Astronomy

A Newsome couple cheated death in a close encounter with a meteorite!

Chris Nolan and his wife Julie were relaxing on holiday in Lincolnshire when the rock plummeted to earth, crashing through their caravan window.
Mr Nolan, a psychiatric nurse at St Luke's Hospital, said when they found the meteorite it was still hot and reeked of sulphur.
The couple were enjoying the afternoon weather while children Luke, 9, and Charlotte, 6, were off riding their bikes.

"We were on holiday caravanning in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. It was about 2.30pm on one of the nice days and we were lying out in the sun. The kids were off cycling in another part of the park. There was this enormous bang and me and my wife jumped up. Our first thought was perhaps a kid had thrown a stone against the window" - Chris Nolan.

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