Investigators will probe how Britain’s worst rail tragedy for a decade went unnoticed for a ‘significant’ period of time due to poor mobile phone signal. Passenger Chris Stuchbury, 62, train driver Brett McCullough, 45, and conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, were killed after a ScotRail 6.38am service from Aberdeen to Glasgow derailed and slid down an … Read more
An off-duty conductor climbed out of the wreckage of a derailed ScotRail train and walked a mile to the nearest signal box to raise the alarm, it emerged last night. The unnamed staff member managed to escape a carriage and run to alert operators after the service derailed on Wednesday morning close to Carmont Railway station, … Read more
As motor firms continue to develop their autonomous vehicle technology, the safety of driverless cars has been dragged into the spotlight as expert fear they could experience signal blackouts in built-up cities. Autonomous cars require a GPS signal in order to identify where other autonomous vehicles are around them. However, ‘urban canyons’ caused by high-rise … Read more
Britain ‘faces phone signal blackouts lasting TWO DAYS if it bans Huawei’, telecom chiefs warn Any tightening of restrictions could lead to higher prices and delay in faster 5G Boris Johnson expected to announce U-turn on allowing Huawei to build network Ministers considering axing company amid fears network could be used to spy It comes … Read more
Cinemas, pubs and hairdressers will today get the green light to reopen on July 4 – dubbed ‘Super Saturday’ by some MPs – as Boris Johnson signals the end of lockdown. In a calculated gamble designed to rescue Britain’s economy, the Prime Minister will announce that key sectors including tourism and hospitality will be allowed … Read more
Scientists have discovered a unique mutation to coronavirus in Arizona – and it’s a pattern that they’ve seen before. One of the 382 samples they collected from coronavirus patients in the state was missing a sizeable segment of genetic material. In the middle and late stages of the SARS epidemic of 2003, this very same … Read more