PICTURED: Trump’s mothballed private Boeing 737 lies on tarmac in upstate New York with covers over the engines because he didn’t think he would need it until 2025 (but he still has a Cessna and a helicopter) Donald Trump’s $100 million Boeing 757 is sitting at Stewart Airport in New York The plane has not … Read more
Preparations are now well underway to reopen the mothballed NHS Nightingale hospital in London as a giant mass vaccination centre and facility for patients recovering from coronavirus. Photographs taken this morning showed ambulances lined up outside the ExCeL centre in Newham, East London, as lorries arrived ahead of NHS staff beginning to use the 100-acre … Read more
£19 billion Crossrail project ‘risks being mothballed’ without extra cash as London transport boss demands more funding this week to avoid ‘Doomsday scenario’ Transport for London boss Andy Byford has written to Department for Transport Line, from Berkshire to Essex via London, originally expected to open in 2018 Update said railway, called Elizabeth Line, not … Read more
English airports could be mothballed amid looming ‘hammer blow’ from lockdown – as ministers face renewed demands to support the travel industry England’s looming lockdown includes a ban on foreign holidays and staycations This has been described as a ‘hammer blow’ to an already hard-hit travel sector Industry figures have called for measures including abolition of … Read more
Will empty Nightingale hospital be moved into hibernation? ExCel Centre facility could be mothballed within days after it treated just 51 patients in three weeks The ExCel Centre, which opened on April 3, has the capacity for 4,000 beds But it faces closure after remaining largely empty, with just 51 patients treated Staff told that … Read more