Travel Chaos as Lorry Fire cancels all Eurostar trains!

A lorry fire at the French end of the  Tunnel and  as the carbon dioxide alarm had gone off, Channel Tunnel cancels, all Eurostar trains for the rest of the day. Train operator Eurotunnel spokesman has offered apology and says that if the passengers have booked for cancelled or delayed trains they can get either a…

LOOKING BACK AT THATCHER’S FIGHT WITH “AUNTY”: – OUR BBC

Arguably one of the best loved “institutions” in Britain  – the BBC was involved in constant battles with the Iron Lady and the Conservative Party.  In Hilary Mantel’s book “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher”,  she reports that other political leaders followed her lead and favoured undermining the licence fee by encouraging ITV to “create television…

28th International Kite festival In Ahmedabad, India

Kite flying is one festival which has the potential to give far reaching effective  social messages, awareness information marked on exclusive patterns and designs displaying amazing collections of simple and fancy kites in all shapes and sizes. It also involves a common platform where people from all walks of life can come and display kite flying…

61 goals Ronaldo wins World’s Best Footballer!

  Cristiano Ronaldo for the third time, won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014 on Monday, earning the title of world’s best football player. ‘I want to become one of the greatest players of all time,’ Ronaldo  said through a translator in his acceptance speech. ‘Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope…

Hailed a Hero – the Muslim shop assistant who helped save lives…..

Life saver Lassana Bathily The siege in the Hyper Cacher supermarket near the Porte de Vincennes in Paris involved a life-saver – Lassana Bathily,  who saved at least 15 Jewish customers’ lives, including those of  two children.  He herded them into a basement cold store and hid them from the gunman.  The Mali-born man’s actions…

HARVEY NICHOLS TO FEATURE IN QATAR’S HIGH STREET

With the opening scheduled for 2017, the famous department store Harvey Nichols will be the eighth venture outside the UK and Ireland – in Doha, Qatar – the world’s richest country. 80,000 sq ft will be given over to the department store which will sell fashion, beauty products, homeware and hospitality services and will be…