The historic locomotive Flying Scotsman is due to arrive into York station on Sunday morning around 8 am, alongside new Virgin Trains Azuma Class 800 train, the HST Class 43 and the InterCity225 Class91. The four trains in parallel display are taking part in a historic specatacle down the line from Tollerton, South of Easingwold.
Super-Earth a rocky, temperate planet orbiting a red dwarf star, located in the constellation Cetus, the Whale, 39 light years from the Sun, could contain liquid water, and life may exist, was discovered by an international team of astronomers. In an article published on Wednesday in Nature magazine, the scientists say the distant planet, dubbed…
A set of rare four ten-rupee stamps of 1948 featuring the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi has been sold for £500, 000 ( $598, 000) by British dealer Stanley Gibbons. The unique strip of four ten-rupee stamps is considered the most important and desirable item of post-Indian independence philately, Jersey, according to UK –based dealer Stanley…
An overcrowded private bus travelling in the morning hours, down a steep, narrow and windy mountain road ravine, veered off and plunged into Tons river in remote Nerwa in Shimla District, North India along the border of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh killing 45. There was a drop over 15 meters from the road…
“The vote is the only way to guarantee certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum and security for years ahead” PM calling for mandate. Although the country is coming together but Westminster is not. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party wanted the election , calling it a chance to get a government…
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya has been arrested in London, by the Metropolitan Police’s extradition unit on behalf of Indian authorities in relation to accusations of fraud. India has been pushing for the extradition of Mallya, who face charges of financial irregularities at his defunct Kingfisher Airlines. Mallya was later granted bail. Last month, the…
Pope Francis held solemn Easter vigil in Vatican City at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican city. Saturday’s service came after Francis presided over the evocative torch-lit Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum, where he repeatedly denounced the shame of the blood spilled by innocent children, women and migrants in the world’s conflicts, shipwrecks and other…
The organisers of the hot air balloon cross-channel record attempt claim 82 balloons successfully cross the channel beating the previous record of 49.
A 4.5 meter deep (15 ft), 5 meters long and 2 meters wide, a sinkhole at Chennai’s Anna Salai Road, near Church Park school, India, trapping a car and passenger bus, around 2 pm on Sunday. This could be natural sinkhole caused over hundreds of years from water forging a cavity in the chalk and then…
Britain triggered Article 50, “an historic moment from which there can be no turning back” Theresa May has aid about departure from the EU. “ I choose to believe in Britain and that our best days lie ahead” Prime Minister Theresa May said speaking after Britain’s EU ambassador formally triggered the two year exit process…