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Storm Ciaran whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power
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A treasure hunt truly out of this world. A meteorite that appeared as a “fireball” flying over Maine crashed down over the weekend and whoever finds the space rock could...
People smuggling gangs are hiding migrants in abandoned Nazi bunkers before treacherous journeys...2024-04-28
The Daily Mail: Trafficking gangs have been revealed to be hiding migrants in abandoned Nazi bunkers before risking their lives on overcrowded dinghies crossing the Channel. Dozens of desperate Kurds are sheltering within concrete enclaves built by Adolf Hitler's forces...
The Times/The Sunday Times: Beneath a grey sky in a cemetery 30 minutes’ drive from Calais, Mohammed al-Mayali sinks to his knees and sobs. His wife, Nour, stares numbly into the distance as he cries, prays and speaks in Arabic, his halting words barely audible over the roar from...
‘I got a bus from Birmingham and a flight to Belfast’: how Britain’s migrants end up in Ireland2024-04-28
The Times/The Sunday Times: Mohammad Tbishat made a living by cutting hair on the streets of Birmingham before fears of deportation from the UK prompted him to flee to Dublin via Belfast where he now lives in a tent. Tbishat, 24, originally an electrical...
The Times/The Sunday Times: A holiday by ferry can be a wonderful thing, replacing the hassle and guilt of flying with the freedom of no-weight-limit packing (“just throw it in!”), the chance to keep the family together — Fido can come too, as can the bikes and paddleboards — and a...
The Mirror: The concrete forts were part of Hitler's 'Atlantic Wall' built in 1944 to stop the Allies invading France between Calais and Dunkirk......
The Times/The Sunday Times: Ahmed Muhammed confronted many dangers during his three-month journey from the horn of Africa to the north French coast. There was the brutal regime that tried to prevent him leaving his native Eritrea, the no less violent people smugglers who took him across...
AOL: The people from Vietnam trying to get to England on small boats across the Channel stand out from the rest of those drawn to the Pas de Calais coastline. They are notably young, many just teenagers. They tend to stick together and eschew the attention of the...
Inside The Games: The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay will feature some 30 UNESCO World Heritage sites with the opening ceremony on 26 July - for the time in the history of the modern Olympics history - taking place within a UNESCO site. After the Olympic flame was lit in...
The Daily Mail: An apartment dweller desperately wants to buy an electric vehicle but faces an apparently insurmountable obstacle common to many in his living situation. RobertTill, who lives in a strata-managed set of Brisbane units, has nowhere to charge an electric...
Public Technologies: ) Climate change is driving the need for new approaches to mapping floodplains and understanding flooding risks Climate change is causing an increasing number of dangerous and expensive floods across the U.S. - and actions on climate resilience are lagging far...
Rishi Sunak hits back at Emmanuel Macron for criticising his Rwanda plan as ‘betrayal’ of values2024-04-25
The Sun: RISHI Sunak last night hit back at Emmanuel Macron for attacking his Rwanda deportation plan the day it became law. The FrenchPresident sparked a major diplomatic spat yesterday after blasting the flagship immigration scheme as a “betrayal” of European...
Public Technologies: ) PRESS RELEASE GET 24/17 25 April 2024 For release at 7.30CET Getlink : revenue of €391 million for the first quarter of 2024 reflecting the expected normalisation of ElecLink's contribution First quarter 2024 The Group's consolidated revenue for the first...
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