Turnaround specialist Melrose Industries was a steady riser on the FTSE 100 leaderboard as investors cheered a bullish update. Aggressive cost-cutting and a rebound in demand for car parts has helped steady the ship after a tumultuous start to the year. Melrose, which bought prestigious engineer GKN in 2018, was hit harder by Covid than … Read more
Shifting sands on Florida‘s Crescent Beach revealed the wreckage of a sailing vessel that crashed some 200 years ago. Beachgoers spotted timber and metal spikes poking from the sand and after a closer look, they realized it was more than just discarded trash. Archaeologists say the wreckage is from a 19th century cargo ship that … Read more
Pfizer Inc says it will ship its experimental coronavirus vaccine to most places in the US overnight once it is approved. Recently, the New York-based company and its German partner BioNTech SE announced their immunizations was more than 90 percent effective at protecting against COVID-19 infection. However, Pfizer says its vials, which use messenger RNA … Read more
Pete Evans has been dropped by 15 sponsors and companies after posting a neo-Nazi meme to his Instagram over the weekend. The list includes his publisher, Pan Macmillian, Dymocks bookstore, BIG W, Coles, kitchenware company Baccarat, Woolworths, House homeware, Target, Kmart, Booktopia, David Jones and Channel Ten’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Also reportedly severing ties … Read more
At least five people aboard the first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic have tested positive for coronavirus, just one day after the liner’s first case was reported. Passengers on the Sea Dream 1 were informed of the first case aboard – five days into the week-long voyage – … Read more
A Viking ship burial, feast hall and cult house have been found by archaeologists in Norway without having to dig into the soil – only using ground penetrating radar. The discovery was made by experts from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) at Gjellestad in southeastern Norway. Gjellestad is home to the Jell Mound, … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Take a sailing ship to Iceland and meet TV’s Kate Humble By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 7 November 2020 If you need something to look forward to next year, Iceland makes a stunning destination. Its landscapes featuring towering waterfalls, … Read more
Let’s face it, car ferries are hardly laden with glamour — but there is an exception, and it’s just been launched on the Liverpool-to-Belfast route. As a die-hard cruise fan, I was first in line for a ticket and can report that it’s an ideal way to reach Northern Ireland; the eight-hour sailing across the … Read more
A letter written aboard the Titanic by a pastor who went down with the ship is going up for auction this month. John Harper, a widowed Baptist minister from Scotland, was traveling from London to Chicago on April 14, 1912 when the doomed liner struck an iceberg and sank. Harper’s sister and daughter were put … Read more
Watch P&O’s biggest-ever cruise ship being assembled in mere seconds thanks to mesmerising timelapse footage Speeded-up footage shows the vessel, called Iona, coming together over two years The huge ship weighs 185,000 tonnes, measures 1,131ft in length and boasts a total of 17 guest decks P&O says the ship will have ‘a cool gin distillery, exciting … Read more