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Swansea's seafront observatory for sale

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 [...]

Thomas Cook set to close 200 high-street shops

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 of the UK business, which will be announced on Thursday, will include 200 store [...]

7th World Strawberry Congress will be in China

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 sector that are settled in Beijing. Rosa Aguilar, minister for the Environment, Rural and Marine, visited the facilities in the Changping [...]

Cool Cockpit Chat Of Captain Courage

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 – touched down with barely a scratch at Poland’s Warsaw airport when the landing gear on his LOT Polish airline’s Boeing 767 got [...]

Dreamliner completes first commercial flight

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 (ANA) flight carried its first passengers from Tokyo to Hong Kong. The Dreamliner had originally been scheduled for delivery in 2008, but Boeing [...]

Free Match Tickets for Women

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 in the National Arena in Bucharest. The decision was made after Romania’s football team head coach, Victor Piturca, said it was a [...]