Bellway suffers 'avalanche' of cancelled sales

Britains house builder Bellway said the last two months had seen a 45% drop in sales over this time last year. With buyers wanting to wait and see what the Governments woolly approach over stamp duty would be, plus...

Blackouts hit thousands as generators fail

A blackout in the UK has left hundreds of people without power. A number of power stations have suddenyl shut down. The icnident is on a scale not seen for at least a decade according to one power company insider."Hundreds of thousands of people were hit by electricity...

Skydiver's world record attempt postponed

Fournier's project manager would not give the media any specific reason(s) why the jump was postponed. " The capsule was taken back into a hangar late Monday morning after the attempt was called off, The Canadian...

18th confirmed Measles case in Washington State

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Eighteenth "18th" case of measles has been confirmed in Grant County in Eastern Washington, and "it's possible" some people in King County also may have been exposed. Officials can confirm all 18...

BA profits soar, boss refuses bonus

I'm sure every one you was caught up in the T5 disaster feels sorry for Mr Walsh losing out on his bonus."BA profits soar, boss refuses bonus The troubled opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 has...

Canadian Labour Unions: Have given up the fight?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor More aptly put should be "The Death Knell of North American Labour Unions" are due partly by past greed for higher wages and benefits for it's workers. Greed against...

Airline says Heathrow "worst in Europe"

Ouch! A harsh assessment of Heathrow by an American Airlines executive. Although I have to say, having used both BA's facilities and AA's facilities at Heathrow, I don't think it's Heathrow's fault that their...

Seagulls force kids' playtime to be cancelled

"A seagull, waiting to strikeHungry seagulls have forced playtime to be cancelled in Croatian schools after they started grabbing pupils' packed lunches. The protected species have resorted to scavenging owing to an explosion in their numbers. 'It is too dangerous for...

Early typhoon hits southern China

The first typhoon to hit China this year is causing mass evacuations and flight cancellations."More than 100,000 people had to be evacuated as Typhoon Neoguri battered China's southern province of Hainan.The typhoon - the first to threaten China this year - also left 3,000...

Soul Train Music Awards Go Off The Tracks

The Soul Train Music Awards, just like the television show that preceded them, are no more.I'll freely admit that I never watched the broadcast and not having the invited stars show up sounds like reason enough to...

No Kites Fly: Basant Canceled

Basant, Pakistan's famous kite-flying festival, will not be taking place this year due to increased political violence. "The Basant festival brings a springtime buzz to eastern Pakistan and its regional capital,...

Singer Pete Doherty jailed for 14 weeks

After evading justice many times, Pete Doherty is now actually going to jail."Pete Doherty spent the night in Wormwood Scrubs last night at the start of a14-week sentence for breaching a probation order.The...

NBC Fall Lineup: Scrubs is out, Office spin-off is in

Well, at least they've got Knight Rider."NBC has shown it will resort to pretty much anything to claw its way back to former glory next TV season, including spinoffs, remakes and even wizards.Some big headlines...

BA Pulls Terminal 5 Ad Campaign During "Meltdown"

My advice for anyone travelling out of Heathrow's new Terminal 5:  make alternate arrangements. massive delays, cancellations and baggage losses plague the multi-billion-pound terminal; even the elevators are...

Weekend chaos expected for Heathrow's Terminal 5

Update: 17:50 PSTAfter more than 100 flight cancellations in the first two days since opening Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5 in London, British Airways said it expects 58 more over the weekend."Passengers at...

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