A small Twin engine plane carrying crew members from a Tom Cruise movie “Mena” crashed on Friday 11th September 2015, at 5:30 local time, while returning to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin, in cloudy and foggy conditions in the town of San Pedro de los Milagros in the Columbian mountains killing two people aboard…
RAF Tycoon jets intercepted Russian Planes which have recently strayed into British Airspace. The interceptors were from the Lossiemouth Scotland base. A Tuplaov plane “which looked a bit like a Concorde” – from a Russian supply was monitored and Defence Secretary Michael Fallon dismissed the incident saying “These are games, in effect.” Other descriptions of the…
Roger Crowley’s Conquerors: explains vividly how Portugal seized the Indian Ocean and forged the First Global Empire. In the 15th century the greatest maritime feat was Christopher Columbus’s first crossing of the Atlantic in 1492, who took 71 days to sail the 4000 miles to Bahamas. Five years later…
Two British tourists dead and 8 injured after the Kalka-Shimla Railway narrow gauge ( 2ft 6in , 762mm) railway train in North- West India, which covers the mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh, derailed at 12:58pm( 5:28 GMT), close to Taksal station, one mile from Kalka. The toy trains cross the longest tunnel 0.78 miles…
Jeremy Corbyn, The Islington North MP has been elected the Labour party’s new leader by a landslide, as je got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. He was swept to victory on a wave of enthusiasm for his anti-austerity message and promise…
In the Muslim holy city of Mecca, after heavy rain and winds exceeding 51mph (83kmph), a crane has collapsed at 17:23 local time (14:23 GMT) on the Grand Mosque killing 107 and injuring 240 0thers, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Parts of the came tumbling down through collapsed ceiling in on section of the…
When UK government bailed out Royal Bank of Scotland, it retained 74 per cent stake in RBS, which has a 25 per cent stake in Citizen Financial, 13th largest retail bank in the US, they did not realise the full potential of money making. Citizens will now finance iPhone purchase in the US even the…
As a result of the news on refugees coming into Europe over 2,000 Britons have already offered to give a place to stay to asylum seekers. There is a website which was set up by Zoe Fritz who has said “My heart has sung at the extraordinary generosity shown.” Charities have also received a large…
The Californian group, Porteus Digital health has developed the first “digital pill” that tell doctors when their patients have taken them – had its drug application accepted by US regulators. This chip in the pill will ensure patients stick to their prescriptions and reduce the wasteful spending on drugs that are not taken properly. This…
Australia tour of England and Ireland, 4th ODI: England v Australia at Headingly, Leeds, Sep 11, 2015 Australia 299/7 (50 ov) GJ Bailey 75 off 110, 6 fours and 1 six, GJ Maxwell 85 off 64, 10 fours and 2 sixes, MS Wade 50 not out off 26 3 fours and 3 sixes, DJ Wiley…