Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his Christmas break to visit areas affected by flooding including York in North Yorkshire. Other areas affected cover West Yorkshire and parts of Manchester and Greater Manchester. Locals have almost become accustomed in some towns to the constant “sabotage” of their livelihoods by incessant rainfall. Warnings are out which include Danger…
Here is St Pancras station’s Christmas Tree this year! Better late than never! How many Disney films can you recognise from this wonderful display of some of the world’s favourite characters spawned by the Disney enterprise who went through difficulties including Mcarthyism years ago when designers and artists demanded better pay and conditions.
Pope Francis has called for peace and reconciliation around the world in his Christmas message. H prayed for the success of recent UN resolutions for peace in Syria and Libya, and condemned “brutal acts of terrorism” in France, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Mali. Thousands of pilgrims turned out to see the address known as “Urbi…
A Christmas tree formed by 4030 people at Chengannur, Kerala, India, made to the Guinness Book. The Chengannur tree broke the record set by Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras on December 1, 2014, with 2945 person. After Scrutiny, Guinness World Record adjudicator Pravin Patel announced that the Chengannur had set new world record. The Chengannur mission…
Tian Zeming, a 19-year-old man, migrant worker from Chongqing in south-western China, buried in the rubble after the Shenzhen landslide, has been pulled out alive around 4:00pm local time on Wednesday (20:00 hours GMT Tuesday) after 67 hours. The landslide which stuck on Sunday 20th December 2015 morning after heavy rains, collapsed 30 buildings in…
A Royal oval astronomical watch with an engraved portrait of King James I made by David Ramsay around 1618, fetched £ 989,000, almost four times the pre –sale estimates at the Sothbey’s auction in London, but the buyer and seller remained anonymous. The cover is engraved with scenes from poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The celebration of…
This is a quote from the current Mayor Boris Johnson about the Silvertown tunnel plans, “The overall daily fraffic flows are expected to show little change if the Silvertown tunnel scheme is implemented – at around 48,000 vehicles in each direction.” The plans for the new tunnel will cost £1 billion and many regard it…
41 people killed in a bus crash in a ravine in Salta, north of Argentina around 932 miles from Buenos Aires. The bus carrying 60 border patrol officers, part of a convoy of three plunged 50 feet into a dry riverbed after the driver lost control on a bridge. Gustavo Solis, Mayor of Rosario de…
The final restoration touches are being made in Bury, Greater Manchester, where the world’s best locomotive will be shortly on track. The 96 ton, 70 feet long steam engine is schedule to undertake final test runs on 23rd January 2016, along the East Lancashire Railway and the Railway Tourism Company’s Manchester-Carlisle route, where huge crowds…
An aptly titled film that gives a hint early on about the nature of the main plot and the protagonist, Black Mass is a sober and gripping crime drama based on real life Irish-American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger and his ’unholy alliance’– as called by the makers themselves, between Bulger and FBI. The film is…