Amnesty lets IRA dodge justice for attacks on mainland

Amnesty lets IRA dodge justice for attacks on mainland as plans to ban all prosecutions relating to the Troubles would cover unsolved terror attacks IRA terrorists who carried out attacks on UK mainland would not be prosecuted The proposed amnesty would apply to incidents outside of Northern Ireland  This includes the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings … Read more

Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time

Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies  The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more

Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time

Tonic boom! Drone successfully flies NHS supplies from the mainland to the Isles of Scilly for the first time – before being sent back with local GIN It marks the first drone freight delivery between commercial airports in the UK Drones could potentially now carry items including medical supplies  The aircraft was returned back to the … Read more

Hawaiian Airlines resumes services to Boston, New York and the rest of its 13-city mainland network

Longest regularly scheduled domestic route in US is back as Hawaiian Airlines resumes services to Boston, New York and the rest of its 13-city mainland network in time for the holidays The airline, Hawaii’s flag carrier, announced Wednesday those services would resume in December  Hawaiian Airlines first introduced the arduous 5,095-mile journey between Honolulu and … Read more

Italy, Denmark and mainland Greece could be added to coronavirus quarantine list this week

Italy, Denmark and mainland Greece could be added to coronavirus quarantine list this week following surge in infections Denmark’s number of cases in seven days is 28.7 infections per 100,000 people This is above the Government’s threshold of 20 but less than the UK’s 31.5 Italy yesterday logged 16.5 cases per 100,000 residents and Greece … Read more

Italy, Denmark and mainland Greece could be added to coronavirus quarantine list this week

Italy, Denmark and mainland Greece could be added to coronavirus quarantine list this week following surge in infections Denmark’s number of cases in seven days is 28.7 infections per 100,000 people This is above the Government’s threshold of 20 but less than the UK’s 31.5 Italy yesterday logged 16.5 cases per 100,000 residents and Greece … Read more

Lost Viking waterway running across mainland Orkney revealed 

A lost Viking waterway that ran across Orkney and connected the North Atlantic and Scapa Flow 1,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists. The canal-like network would have provided a shallow water routeway through which the Norse/Vikings were able to haul both their boats and heavy goods, such as grain. Similar navigable waterways are … Read more

600 asylum seekers in Lesbos are moved to Greece’s mainland as 200 others are quarantined on Kea

A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more