That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability tests of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester has climbed a crane vowing to stay put on a gantry outside the crane’s cab at 108 feet high, until he has ‘mild hypothermia’. Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the crane on Duke Street, in Norwich, early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting the climate … Read more
The mother and full-time carer of Britain’s 50-stone fattest man today spoke of her hopes he will ‘switch to salads’ after he was hoisted out of their third-floor flat by a crane after developing a £10,000-a-year takeaway habit. Jason Holton, 30, from Camberley, Surrey, has been housebound for five years and spends £30 a day … Read more
Construction work has started on Gwrych Castle in Wales just days after it was announced it would play host to I’m A Celebrity this year. It was revealed on Friday that the hit show will be filmed in Wales and not the usual venue in Queensland, Australia, because of coronavirus. ITV have instead secured Gwrych … Read more
Firefighters dodge flaming tyre as explodes and flies off a burning crane in dramatic footage Three firefighters were injured in the accident in Kozlany, Czech Republic The flaming tyre narrowly missed the firefighters and hits a nearby building It took forty minutes to tackle the blaze caused by a technical fault on July 30 By … Read more
June Harvey, 85, (pictured) was killed and at least four others injured when a 20-foot crane collapsed through her roof in Bow The family of a ‘loyal and caring’ woman killed when a crane collapsed onto their house in east London said they have been left ‘beyond devastated’. June Harvey, 85, was killed and at … Read more
Tributes have flooded in for a ‘loyal and caring’ 85-year-old woman who was killed when a 65ft crane collapsed on to her home in east London. Specialist firefighters are working to recover the body of June Harvey from the first floor of her house in Bow after it was crushed by the huge rig. The … Read more
The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation after a ‘woman in her 80s’ died and four people were injured when a 65ft crane collapsed on houses in east London. The rig, which had been working on a new block of flats, smashed through the roofs of two terraced homes on Compton Close, Bow, … Read more
Massive 20-metre crane collapses onto terraced home in east London as firefighters try to rescue people trapped inside By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 15:27 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 8 July 2020 A crane has collapsed in east London reportedly destroying two houses and leaving one man seriously injured. Pictures from … Read more