One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more
One of Britain’s new £3billion aircraft carriers could be sent to the Far East under new plans drawn up by military chiefs, reports today suggest. The class leading HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to visit the region during its maiden grand voyage next year. The aircraft carrier is set to be involved in joint military … Read more
Police arrest 21-year-old man on suspicion of murder after teenager, 19, was stabbed to death in east London on weekend of bloodshed in capital A 19-year-old man and a second male were stabbed in Poplar on Friday evening The teenager died at the scene while the second is still being treated in hospital A 21-year-old … Read more
Murder investigation is launched after double stabbing in east London leaves one man dead and another in hospital Metropolitan Police were called to Alexia Square in Poplar, after 6pm today A man, who was found with stab wounds, was pronounced dead at the scene Second man taken to an east London hospital and his condition … Read more
Terror police arrest four men, aged 17, 27, 31 and 32, in east London and Leicestershire on suspicion of plotting attacks in UK By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 15:55 BST, 9 July 2020 Four men have been arrested in London and Leicestershire on suspicion of plotting terror … Read more
An 85-year-old woman who died when a 65ft crane collapsed on to her home in east London is still buried beneath the rubble. Specialist firefighters are working to recover the body of June Harvey from her house in Bow after it was crushed by the rig. The rig, which had been working on a new … Read more
One person has died after a 65-foot-high crane collapsed in east London this afternoon, injuring at least four others, as firefighters continue to search for any others who might be trapped in the rubble. Pictures from the scene at a building site on Gale Street in Bow show gaping holes in the roof of houses … Read more
Massive 20-metre crane collapses onto terraced home in east London as firefighters try to rescue people trapped inside A 20-metre-high crane collapsed onto houses on Gale St in Bow, east London One man who was ‘stuck’ under the crane has been rescue by fire crews Several vehicles and buildings have damaged – Police say to … Read more
Thousands of artefacts recovered from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company sailing ship will be scanned using new X-ray equipment to reveal hidden details. The ‘Rooswijk’ — a so-called ‘retourschip’ built for long journeys — sank off of the coast of Kent in January 1740 after running aground on Goodwin Sands. Archaeologists visited the wreck … Read more
Thousands of artefacts recovered from the wreck of a Dutch East India Company sailing ship will be scanned using new X-ray equipment to reveal hidden details. The ‘Rooswijk’ — a so-called ‘retourschip’ built for long journeys — sank off of the coast of Kent in January 1740 after running aground on Goodwin Sands. Archaeologists visited the wreck … Read more