‘What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic!’ Beast from the East storm that plunged Britain to 12°F in 2018 was fuelled by sea-ice loss from the Barents Sea, study finds Researchers from Finland set out to understand the source of the 2018 storm Sea-ice loss in the Arctic potentially supplied 88% of … Read more
Was tragic Ella, 9, killed by the ‘dash for diesel’? Inquest into asthma girl’s death is told policy fuelled rise in pollution Ella Kissi-Debrah died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital The nine-year-old lived 80ft from the South Circular road in south-east London Inquest into her death in 2014 … Read more
New claims Aussie special forces soldiers ‘gloated about torturing and slitting the throats of Afghan civilians and prisoners’ Confidential report revealed covering up of ‘blood lust’ from Australian soldiers Report details the conduct of soldiers in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2015 Some soldiers ‘gloated’ about illegal killings of unarmed civilians and prisoners By Andrew Prentice … Read more
Coronaphobia fuelled property slump: UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March and April making average home worth £234,612 amid fears over rise in Covid cases and lockdown being imposed UK house prices dropped 0.2% between March and April on completed sales Office for National Statistics said average property value stood at £234,612 But there … Read more
Zero-emissions aeroplanes could take to the skies ‘within years’ thanks to British scientists who are developing technology that will allow them to run on ammonia. The collaboration between Oxford-based Reaction Engines and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council could see ammonia replace kerosene as jet fuel. Unlike kerosene-based jet fuel, ammonia is less of a fire … Read more
Michelle Cook, 33, pictured outside Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire A female Sergeant got drunk on a booze-fuelled Army social event at a racecourse and headbutted a male colleague in the face. Michelle Cook, 33, became so incensed when the male soldier accused her of pushing a colleague she lashed out at him ‘in the … Read more
Billionaires’ tower block becomes hub for illegal RAVES: Fury as hundreds cram luxury £1.5m flats for hippy-crack fuelled parties in Canary Wharf skyscraper that’s home to global elite 200 people were attended an illegal lockdown rave at One West India Quay Neighbours claim three flats are involved in short-term letting for party hosts Canisters of nitrous … Read more
The Dominic Cummings furore began with an untruth. ‘Police spoke to Cummings about lockdown breach’ declared The Guardian’s front page headline on May 23. Setting the tone of subsequent coverage, the involvement of the police was an essential element of the story of how the Prime Minister’s top adviser had supposedly flouted his own rules, … Read more
An Iranian airline fuelled the Middle East’s coronavirus crisis by flying infected passengers into Lebanon and Iraq and continuing flights to China, an investigation has found. Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of lying about these passenger flights after Tehran barred all flights to China on … Read more