Asian killer hornets may be on their way back to the UK. The scientific name for them is Vespa Mandarinia. Their venom destroys red blood cells causing kidney failure and they can also cause death. Described by one writer as looking like “the wasp analog of a pit bull”, the killer hornets also kill bees…
17 people have been left injured after a bus crashed into a shop near the junction of Harlesden High Street and Wendover Road, at about 14:00BST, in Harlesden, North West London. Three people were seriously injured while 14 sustained minor injuries according to London Ambulance Service. London Fire Brigade said they rescued 20 people out…
The picture shows Susannah Mushatt Jones last year at a nursing home in Brooklyn. Se was born near Mongomery Alabama on July 6 1899 when William McKinley was president and 18 months before Queen Victoria died. she had ten brothers and sisters and went to an all black girls’ school. She was…
The maximum Friday 13ths in one year is said to be three but this year we had only one:- May 13. The linking of Friday 13 and “bad things” is thought to emulate from the 13 people round the table at The Last Supper. Myths have grown around this even that 13 at a table is…
This film won the Best Picture at the 2015 International Christian Festival and is entertaining, action packed, includes characters who ensure our Christian faith is challenged and has quite a few tear jerking and awe inspiring moments. How does a man who is a professional wrestler, sometimes taking falls for his money hungry boss, making…
Indian businessman and politician and son of Vittal Mallya is ex-Chairman of United Spirits Limited. He also founded Kingfisher airlines and is married to Sameera Tyabjee who is an air hostess for Air India. He served as the National Working President of the Janata Party in 2010. Now Vittal is the suspect of the alleged…
Rodrigo Duterte, dubbed as Donald Trump of the East, the longtime mayor of southern City of Davao, nicknamed “Dirty Harry” last night won the landslide victory in the Presidential elections in the Philippines. His popular policies, pledges and outlandish campaign style including stunning his audiences by cursing the Pope and making shocking remarks about killing…
This exhibition is at The Serpentine Gallery Hyde Park until May 15 – and there is no entrance fee. Hilma af Klint left instructions that her abstract work should not be exhibited in public until 20 years after her death. She lived from 1862 to 1944. She preceded several artists who have manifested a similar style…
Mercury, the Solar system’s innermost and smallest planet, will make a rare transit of the Sun on Monday 9thMay 2016, an event which occurs 13 times in a century. It will resemble a black round dot as it passes in front of the star. The last this event happened was in 2006 when Mercury crossed…
United Nations commemorated its first UN General Assembly resolution 70 years ago calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, on May 3, 2016. 11 artists were honoured by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moom, General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft and Hollywood actor as well as UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas f abd 22-year old Anjali…