It is the ghost story that has even skeptics asking questions. In 1956, in a semi-detached home in Battersea, south London, the Hitchings family began hearing strange, unexplained bangs and scratching sounds. Some of the noises were so loud, they could be heard by the whole street. Then, objects began moving without being touched. Pots … Read more
Half of all rail services may be cut due to ‘ghost trains’: Routes could be slashed again amid predicted slump in passengers during third lockdown An emergency timetable would be introduced in a bid to cut service levels Aim is to reduce number of so-called ‘ghost trains’ which carry no passengers Expected number of services … Read more
Office staff largely worked from home today as Britain’s third national lockdown began to clamp shut, but tradesmen, key workers and essential businesses continued to travel in to their jobs. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last night the restrictions, which will come in tomorrow, would allow the virus to be contained and the NHS protected. … Read more
Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town, built to isolate the sick to prevent the spread of leprosy – but never used after a cure was found Sanatorio de Abona, on the southeast coast, was designed in 1943 as a town where the sick could quarantine Following the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, there were around … Read more
Villagers struggling to buy their first home in unaffordable a Dorset ‘ghost village’ filled with holiday homes have been thrown a lifeline after new houses were built for locals only. The nine homes have been built in Worth Matravers on the picturesque Isle of Purbeck, a peninsular in Dorset. Sixty per cent of the 180 … Read more
Stark pictures this morning paint a bleak picture of London as the streets lie empty just days before Christmas. The festive season would ordinarily be in full swing with families out doing last minute shopping and colleagues finishing off their work before getting merry and toasting the year at Christmas parties. But the Capital was … Read more
Elusive ‘ghost particles‘ produced deep within the Sun have been detected for the first time, helping to shed light on the reactions that make massive stars shine. Researchers were able to capture evidence of the particles as they passed through a special detector buried beneath a mountain near the town of L’Aquila, Italy. The rare emissions … Read more
Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter Virginia Lewis-Jones has revealed how she asks her late mother’s spirit for advice following her death, aged 103. The much-loved singer, who will forever be remembered for her ‘magical voice’, morale-boosting songs and risking her own life to visit troops during the Second World War, passed away surrounded by her family on … Read more
It’s the last place that you’d expect to find a designer label, but now you can…bag a Ghost dress for less at M&S Duchess of Cambridge and Carrie Symonds have been spotted wearing Ghost British brand has partnered with M&S for a ten-piece, limited-edition collection Dresses from mainline cost around £150, whereas M&S line costs around … Read more
Australian expats who have stayed in Bali during the COVID-19 pandemic have told how the once bustling tourist mecca is now a deserted ghost town. Footage of the island shows busy markets completely empty and rows of scooters and tuk-tuks that would have once noisily battled for a place on the road parked silently to … Read more