If your idea of exercise is training to watch the whole of the London Marathon on your television without a break, then spare a thought for Produce World’s action man, group agriculture director Andrew Burgess. He has just returned triumphant after completing the awe inspiring Haute Route Tour, which is arguably the toughest ski tour [...]
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Caroline Spelman MP: The Government was woefully ill-prepared for the severe weather this week – because it sat on a report on contingency plans for five whole months
Caroline Spelman is Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Has anyone got a sense of déjà-vu about the current grit shortages and widespread disruption to the road network? The reason for that, is that this is exactly where we were in February last year. So how can we have got to this [...]
Popular winter holidays in the sun for Brits announced by Holidays-Direct
Holidays-Direct.co.uk has revealed a noticeable increase in the last few months of interest in winter holiday destinations. Many UK holidaymakers want to escape the doom and gloom of dark mornings and cold winter evenings to swap for somewhere hot and sunny. There are many winter holiday bargains as well as city break offers in the [...]
Royal Engineers to build temporary bridge in Cumbria
Defence – News Article As a result of the damage caused to Cumbria’s infrastructure by severe floods last week, Royal Engineers are to begin construction of a temporary footbridge spanning the River Derwent in Workington today, Friday 27 November 2009. Engineers from 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment, bridge the gap over the Vrbas River [...]
UK Parking fines: the £328 million council “cash cow” – Drivers Alliance
The latest research from the Driver’s Alliance partnership with the Taxpayers’ Alliance has been released. They took a hard look at parking fines levied by local councils across the UK and came up with some surprising results. Councils are making £328 Million a year from parking enforcement which is about three times the amount from [...]
Michael Dixon – British Journalist disappears on vacation in Costa Rica
Michael Dixon, a British journalist based in Brussels, disappeared while on vacation in Costa Rica. He was reportedly last seen leaving his hotel walking toward Playa Tamarindo on October 19th. His hotel room was found undisturbed, all of his belongings accounted for. Please help us find him! ———- Missing – Michael George Dixon was reportedly [...]
Broadband in a backpack – An easy way to produce a “Network Relief Kit” – an ultra-portable method of connecting to the internet from almost any location in the world.
Using broadband connections, those worst hit by disasters can transmit pictures and video In the aftermath of a disaster, any connection to the outside world can be life-saving. DIGITAL PLANET – By Dave Lee – BBC World Service When telephone networks inevitably crumble, it can be days before those affected can contact their families or [...]
Yemenia (Yemen Airways) Flight IY626 accident near the Comoro Islands
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A310-300 operated by Yemenia (Yemen Airways) was involved in an accident shortly after 01.50 (local time) near the Comoro Islands. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, flight number IY626, from Sana’a (Yemen) to Moroni (Comoro Islands). The aircraft involved in the accident, registered under the number 70-ADJ was [...]