The biggest disaster test scenario ever run in Europe was staged in London. Titled “Exercise Untitled Response” it simulated the collapsing of a tower block into Waterloo Underground station. The 4 day Exercise Unified Response is designed to test the contingency planning of more than 70 organisations, including police, London Ambulance Service, councils, mortuaries and…
The Saturn Herald is posting a picture of a Moscow scene to go with this story as we do not have a shot of the woman who caused this story. Shouting “I am a terrorist” and threatening to set off explosives, Gyulchekhra Bobokulova from Uzbekistan wearing a hijab was arrested by police after pulling a…
A spooked racehorse with a name to match swam seven miles when he threw his rider during a training run. Rebel Rover who had only recently made a come back after a ban for naughty behaviour in the stalls, was pursued by Brisbane Police who heard from his trainer Brad Smith that horses do not normally…
Fun loving DJ Tony Blackburn has been sacked from the BBC after failing to fully co-operate with the BBC Savile inquiry. BBC Boss Lord Hall said he had “fallen short” of standards the inquiry demanded. A claim that he seduced a 15 year old female after a recording of Top of the Pops has been…
A pair of huge menacing crocodiles – adult size were chosen by a gang of drug dealers in Holland to guard their loot. Police arrested 11 suspects in connection with the crime and seized £240,000 in cash hidden in a cage with the two crocs. “They thought it was safer” said police spokesman Frans Zulderhock…
David Astor, pioneering Editor who loved an underdog and effective proprietor of the Observer from 1948 to 1975, for nearly three decades captures journalistic golden age, protrayed the liberal values in a world of prejudice, suppoorting the anti-colonial liberation movements in Africa and Asia, campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty, discrimination of homosexuality,…
Rather than live on the edge James Bond Style or through illegal toxic substances some brave adventurous and talented people choose to ‘cheat’ death or injury to give us one of the best shows that has ever toured the world – namely Cirque du Soleil – a Canadian company. ‘Amaluna’ marks their 20th year and…
Kozhikode girl Jyothy Karat, an ace photographer,who is one of the first women to venture into an unconventional filed of photography in Kerala and one of the 29 emerging photojournalists in Asia who has showcased her works in Europe, North America and India. Her projects included Gudalur tribes, which will be exhibited at the UN…
A 63-year old man died in a huge gas explosion, about 07:30 GMT that destroyed a house in Springwood, Haxby, North Yorkshire, leaving only a pile of smoking rubble where the house once stood, and also damaging several nearby homes. Inspector Steve Breen of North Yorkshire Police confirmed one fatality, a 63-year-old man found dead…
Alexandre Callet 30, a Paris restaurant owner has banned all bankers from his gourmet eaterie, after he was unjustly turned down for a loan for £55,000. He pleaded with his bank to lend him money to open a second restaurant, but it fell on deaf ears. The refusal by banks to help him explains why…