Monday, December 24, 2012 Two cars have been involved in a road traffic accident in the Scottish Lothian and Borders region, causing three fatalities and sending three to hospital. The incident occurred on the A68 road approximately 1.5 miles south of the Midlothian village of Pathhead when a Škoda Octavia and a Nissan Note travelling […]
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 1 2 3 4 24 Hour Solo at Stromlo. Eventual race winner Jason English. Image: Hawkeye7. 24 Hour Solo at Stromlo. Solo riders. Image: Hawkeye7. 24 Hour Solo at Stromlo. In mountain bike riding, three riders is practically a peloton. Image: Hawkeye7. 24 Hour Solo at Stromlo. Support crews for the […]
Sunday, July 5, 2009 The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office is to launch an investigation into the collapse of car manufacturer MG Rover. The move follows the conclusion of a four-year enquiry started immediately after the firm became insolvent. The group of four who owned MG Rover — John Towers, Nick Stephenson, Peter Beale and […]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 The British government has announced a £2.3 billion package of aid to attempt to support the country’s car manufacturing industry. Peter Mandelson Image: World Economic Forum / Natalie Behring. Lord Peter Mandelson, the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform announced to the House of Lords that the government […]
Saturday, March 18, 2006 Labour won’t be prosecuted over its election spending, even though police did find a prima facie case. Acting police Deputy Commissioner, Roger Carson, said yesterday that police did find a prima facie case that Labour had breached section 221 of the Electoral Act. Section 221 prohibits advertising promoting a party unless […]
Monday, June 1, 2009 In a televised speech from the White House at 16:00 UTC today, President of the United States Barack Obama presented a reorganization plan following the 12:00 UTC announcement by General Motors that it had filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors, the largest bankruptcy of a U.S. manufacturing […]
Sunday, September 2, 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 London, England — Yesterday at London’s Basketball Arena, the Canada women’s national wheelchair basketball team earned their first victory of the London Paralympics when they defeated the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team 57–50. Canada took a one point lead into the […]
Monday, June 25, 2018 On Saturday, the plastic ban in the Indian state of Maharashtra came into force. In an attempt to minimise pollution, the state government has introduced a ban on single-use plastics. The leader of the Yuya Sena political party, Aaditya Thackeray, said on Twitter, “The ban on single use disposable plastic cups, […]
Friday, July 23, 2021 With five active cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, South Australia begun a one-week lockdown on Monday. Announcing the lockdown, state Premier Steven Marshall declared “we have no alternative but to impose some fairly heavy and immediate restrictions”. The first case out of South Australia’s active cases was presented to […]
Sunday, April 11, 2010 Twelve suspected Taliban insurgents were killed by Pakistani forces in the Orakzai region of the North-West Frontier Province. The attack came a day after nearly 100 rebels died in airstrikes, 54 of them from the Orakzai area. Three hideouts of suspected insurgents were blown up by fighter jets, according to officials. […]