A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck 62 miles southwest of Coquimbo, Chile according to US Geological survey. No injuries reported so far. The quake came after another one measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale. The quake woke residents of Chilean capital Santiago 186.4 miles, 300km away. Chile has a history of major earth quakes in…
20 people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from the Samarco mining company Iron ore mine in south-eastern state of Minas Gerais Brazil burst on Thursday 5th November 2015 afternoon and send debris into Bento Rodgrigues about 4miles 7km away. The project controlled by BHP Billigton and Vale River water was…
World Travel Market London 2015, now in its 36th year, the leading global 4-day event for the travel industry professionals, attended by 51, 500 senior travel industry professionals and government ministers, ended on a high, with speed networking for buyers and separate session for the world’s top 50 travel bloggers who reach 10.6million audience. WTM…
Family of Late Alan, a senior probation officer and Pat Firth, a secretary, was unaware that their home contained 350-piece collection of ceramics, and could be one of most important collections of pottery in the world. The discovery which was sold for almost 1million at auction. Jason Wood of Adam Partridge auctioneers, was asked to…
Singer Kylie Minogue has officially switched on the Oxford Street lights to declare Christmas 2015 to be officially on the way with all it entails – shopping, singing, parties, fancy clothes, presents, celebrations and general good cheer.
A book written by Andy Weir has been transformed into a film directed by Ridley Scott which covers several levels of survival – the lead character, Mark Watney, for example, being left on Mars when his crew abandon the planet in a spaceship under bad weather conditions, thinking Mark to be dead. Mark – played by Matt Damon, not only…
An Uber driver Zahir Sahikh was arrested with five others by Mumbai Crime Branch, India, in connection with an alleged kidnapping of four-year-old son of Mohammed Asraf Shaikh, an audio system repairer in the Malad Malwani area. According to the Assistant Commissioner of Police Sunil Deshmukh of Mumbai Crime Branch, this gang of six…
The Retail group, Selfridges, owned by Canadian billionaire Galen Weston, reported record sales and operating profits which has risen by 3 per cent to £155 million for the 12 months to the end of January, with gross sales up 4 per cent to £1.3 billion. Selfridges which owns four department stores in the UK, has…
Bestselling chef and author of tens of cookbooks, father of four Jamie Oliver has admitted that though he isagainst the random intake of sugar – which is a good notion – he does give his kids money to spend on sweets every so often. Though he wants a sugar tax, he does give his little…
The “curse” of cyberbullying is being campaigned against by Prince William and Kate – Duchess of Cambridge. They will meet with organisations like Twitter and Facebook and discuss how to prevent it. A royal aide said “The duke definitely wants to meet them (the organisations) and hear what they think can be done, what needs…