February 2015 – Page 6 – The Saturn Herald

£3bn investment by Virgin Media for topspeed fibre optic broadband network

Virgin Media are to cater to their five million customer’s demands for top speed broadband, and have announced they are to invest £3bn in improving their fibre optic broadband network, increasing the network’s reach from 13 million to 17 million homes. It is one of the biggest investments in broadband…

A computer glitch which allowed transatlantic flights tickets to be bought for extremely low prices, forced United Airlines to cancel thousands of bookings. The glitch, first spotted by money saving site DansDeals, caused first and business class tickets sold through the airline’s Danish website to be drastically mispriced. For instance, a round trip from Heathrow to…

Intercity train derails kills 12 and 100 injured in southern India

Ernakulam bound Intercity train from Bengaluru in Southern India, derailed and killed 12 passengers died and over 100 injured. Nine coaches of (Train no. 12677) jumped rails at Belagondapalli near Anekal town on the city’s outskirts around 7.35 a.m, after a boulder might have fallen on the track. The train departed from Bengaluru’s main city…

Films which leave you flummoxed! The Kingsman and The Secret Service

Samuel L Jackson and Colin Firth are the big names who feature in this film which I anticipate will defy belief for many. The story follows a group of young people training to work for the Secret Service, most of whom are public-school educated and very affluent and one of whom is a council estate…

Chili peppers and their extracts could prevent weight gain

There is good news for those who find it hard to resist fatty foods. An ingredient found in chili peppers could help you prevent weight gain after eating a high-fat diet, a study involving an Indian researcher has found. Pure Capsaicin (/ 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is a Hydrophobic, odourless and colourless crystalline-waxy compound which is also a vital ingredient…

Valentine’s Day!

Arvind Kejriwal leader Am admi ( Common Man) party and Narendra Modi Indian Prime Minister.

Honesty prevails at last!

” The people of Delhi have done something amazing and voted for truth and honesty”. Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party, annihilated the rivals in the Delhi Assembly election, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow and invite him for the swearing-in ceremony at Ramlila Maidan on February 14. His party which has campaigned against…

New York features the costliest hotel stay in the world, and London the costliest in Europe.

New York is the world’s costliest place to hire a hotel room at £157 with Washington the second at £139 and Rio de Janeiro the third at £128. London Hotels have become the most expensive in Europe and fourth costliest in the world, after toppling Zurich, Sydney, Paris, New York, Stockholm and Oslo ,…

Know your Onions!

In Bedfordshire, British Farmers claim to have grown medium to large in size red onions which are milder, sweeter and tastier and neither create bad breath nor cause tears when chopped. It took 20 years of cultivation to create a new “sweet” variety of red onion. These red onions have a weaker flavour and contain…

Leaked secret bank account files reveals, HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers from 200 countries, dodge taxes and conceal $100millions of dollars of assets, sashing out bundles of untraceable cash and advising clients on how to circumvent domestic tax authorities. The files resulted from efforts from investigative journalists including Washington based international consortium of…