British endurance swimmer and environmental activist Lewis Gordon Pugh will be swimming under the summit of Mt Everest to raise awareness for the importance of protecting the glaciers of the Himalayas. These...
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64th Anniversary of WWII Test Food Drop Flight, April 29, 2009 Early morning, April 29, 1945 Delayed by horrendous weather for two days, a Lancaster bomber finally rumbled down the runway to begin a dangerous...
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A Eurostar train from Gare du Nord to St Pancras broke down below the English Channel last night as the train suffered a catastrophic power failure. The passengers of the 1715 service were left without...
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The British Government have given an American salvage company permission to explore and recover artifacts including an estimated billion dollars in gold from a shipwreck found in the English Channel. The ship...
After a Russian ship was knocked over by a storm yesterday in the English Channel, its cargo, 1,500 tons of timber, has spilled into the water and is now floating on the surface. Scavengers are expected to descend on the channel today attempting to pick up the spilled cargo."...
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A swissair pilot named Yves Rossy crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover with a jetpack strapped to his back, a single fixed-wing jet-propelled device he made himself. After numerous postponements due to...
"Democracy comes to the English Channel as the island of Sark, the last feudal government in Europe, is switching to a semi-democratic system. Previously, only the 40 landowners, out of a population of 500, could vote, and the island was ultimately ruled by a lord, the...
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