Here is St Pancras station’s Christmas Tree this year! Better late than never! How many Disney films can you recognise from this wonderful display of some of the world’s favourite characters spawned by the Disney enterprise who went through difficulties including Mcarthyism years ago when designers and artists demanded better pay and conditions.
Pope Francis has called for peace and reconciliation around the world in his Christmas message. H prayed for the success of recent UN resolutions for peace in Syria and Libya, and condemned “brutal acts of terrorism” in France, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Mali. Thousands of pilgrims turned out to see the address known as “Urbi…
This year Christmas Eve will have a full moon called Full Cold Moon as it occurs during the beginning of winter. The last time a full moon dawned in the skies on Christmas was in 1977 and won’t happen again until 2034.
A Christmas tree formed by 4030 people at Chengannur, Kerala, India, made to the Guinness Book. The Chengannur tree broke the record set by Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on December 1, 2014, with 2945 person. After Scrutiny, Guinness World Record adjudicator Pravin Patel announced that the Chengannur had set new world record. The Chengannur mission…
Tian Zeming, a 19-year-old man, migrant worker from Chongqing in south-western China, buried in the rubble after the Shenzhen landslide, has been pulled out alive around 4:00pm local time on Wednesday (20:00 hours GMT Tuesday) after 67 hours. The landslide which stuck on Sunday 20th December 2015 morning after heavy rains, collapsed 30 buildings in…
India’s telecoms regulator has asked Reliance Communications, the mobile network that partnered with Facebook to put their Free Basics offer on hold. In India, the data fees are unbelievably expensive and the initiative aims to prevent this being a deterrent. Facebook’s efforts to provide the common man in India with free access to a limited…
A Royal oval astronomical watch with an engraved portrait of King James I made by David Ramsay around 1618, fetched £ 989,000, almost four times the pre –sale estimates at the Sothbey’s auction in London, but the buyer and seller remained anonymous. The cover is engraved with scenes from poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The celebration of…
Ryanair passenger, Ronald Furlong 33, from Esmonde Road Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, has won a payout after claiming his genitals were scorched when an air hostess spilled a boiling cup of tea on his crotch. He was suing Ryanair for £28, 000 after he was badly injured on a flight from Dublin to London in August…
Singer Zayn Javadd Malik (22) from Bradford, English singer and songwriter and a former member of boy band One Direction band has topped the “50 Sexiest Asian Men” list complied by Eastern Eye newspaper, followed by last year’s winner Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and Pakistani signer and actor Ali Zafar. Malik auditioned as a solo…