Swansea’s seafront observatory for sale
A five-storey observatory on Swansea’s seafront has been put on the market. The city council, which currently owns it, says it is looking for “imaginative” proposals for the future of the building near the marina. It has been empty since Swansea Astronomical Society moved out two years ago blaming increased rent and other costs. The More...
Thomas Cook set to close 200 high-street shops
Thomas Cook is set to shut 200 of its high-street stores, in a move expected to be part of a wider review of the UK business and its brand portfolio. A source close to the company said the review More...
7th World Strawberry Congress will be in China
The minister applauds the initiative by the consortium of Spanish companies who took the exhibiting space awarded to the European Union. The leader of MARM kept a working meeting with businessmen from the agricultural More...
Cool Cockpit Chat Of Captain Courage
This is the cool-headed captain courage whose textbook landing of a crippled aeroplane with 230 passengers on board made him a worldwide hero. Captain Tadeusz Wrona, 53 – nicknamed Teddy by colleagues – More...
Dreamliner completes first commercial flight
The All Nippon Airlines flight carried its first passengers from Tokyo to Hong Kong. Boeing’s Dreamliner has finally had its maiden commercial voyage, three years later than planned. The All Nippon Airlines More...
Free Match Tickets for Women
Romania’s Football Federation (FRF) announced today (Weds) that free tickets will be given to women, kids under 16 and OAPs for the Euro 2012 football match between Romania and Belarus, scheduled for Friday More...
Thomson Jet Lands on Taxiway
A Thomson Airways Boeing 737, flying from Doncaster to Paphos on flight number BY-3350 on Wednesday of this week, for some reason missed the runway at the airport and landed on a taxiway that runs parallel. Luckily, More...
Danube sand traps cruise ship
More than 100 of tourists had to be rescued from a cruise ship travelling down the Danube after it got stuck on a sandbank. Romanian officials said the Maltese-registered “Primadona” had become wedged More...
Breast bathing beaches
Tourism marketing officials in Romania have launched a breast beach guide – claiming their resorts are number one in Europe for topless sunbathers. A spokesman for the federal tourism ministry said: “There More...
One in Five Brits Travel Uninsured
Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance has reminded UK holidaymakers of the importance of being insured, following a survey which found that one in five Brits go abroad without cover. The company described More...