Victorian Great Western Railway train carriage left to rot for nearly 100 years goes up for auction

Branch line! Victorian Great Western Railway train carriage left to rot under trees in field for nearly 100 years goes up for auction for £10,000 The Great Western Railway First Class carriage has now gone up for auction with Charterhouse for £100,000 Carriage was towed behind a family’s traction engine for use as their living quarters in the … Read more

Lockdown ‘has helped to rot kids’ teeth’: Number of children with dental decay is set to soar

Lockdown ‘has helped to rot kids’ teeth’: Number of children hospitalised with dental decay is set to soar due to reduced access to dentists during pandemic and disrupted routines Dental decay is the biggest reason for youngsters being admitted for surgery Levels are runnin gmore than double rate for tonsillitis and is set to get worse … Read more

Lockdown ‘has helped to rot kids’ teeth’: Number of children with dental decay is set to soar

Lockdown ‘has helped to rot kids’ teeth’: Number of children hospitalised with dental decay is set to soar due to reduced access to dentists during pandemic and disrupted routines Dental decay is the biggest reason for youngsters being admitted for surgery Levels are runnin gmore than double rate for tonsillitis and is set to get worse … Read more

Four whales that washed up dead on beach last year have been left to rot in ‘horrendous stench’

EXCLUSIVE: Four sperm whales that washed up dead on beach last year have been left to rot by as locals in nearby town complain of ‘horrendous stench’ Ten whales washed up in Withernsea, East Yorks, on Christmas Eve, 2020 One has been removed but four still remain and are stinking families out of town Local … Read more

Derelict British Airways training centre at Heathrow is left to rot

The wide body, four-engine Boeing 747-400 is an iconic part of British Airways’ fleet.  BA, the world’s largest operator of the Boeing 747, describes the 747-400 as ‘a proven performer with high reliability’ which boasts high reliability and has incorporated major aerodynamic improvements over earlier 747 models, which have a history stretching back 50 years. The … Read more

Fishermen blast post-Brexit ‘brick wall of bureaucracy’ that is seeing British fish left to rot

A major parcel courier halted deliveries to the EU today as firms complained of a ‘perfect storm’ of post-Brexit changes hitting business.    DPD UK said today it was pausing its road delivery services into Europe, including Ireland, until at least Wednesday, citing issues resulting from the EU-UK trade deal agreed last month, which came into … Read more

Fishermen blast post-Brexit ‘brick wall of bureaucracy’ that is seeing British fish left to rot

A major parcel courier halted deliveries to the EU today as firms complained of a ‘perfect storm’ of post-Brexit changes hitting business.    DPD UK said today it was pausing its road delivery services into Europe, including Ireland, until at least Wednesday, citing issues resulting from the EU-UK trade deal agreed last month, which came into … Read more

Mansion left to rot after man killed his wife in 2005 goes up for sale for £3.25m after restoration

A once derelict Victorian mansion which was once the site of a horrific murder has been put up for sale for £3.25m after a restoration project spanning up to ten years. Oakleigh had been left to rot after it became infamous as the luxury home of a top lawyer who stabbed his wife to death … Read more

Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away within a year 

The end of plastic bottles? Coca-Cola and Carlsberg back new all-plant drinks containers that will rot away to nothing within a year Dutch biochemical company Avantium are developing a new plant-plastic The material would form a protective, recyclable layer inside a cardboard bottle  Avantium hopes to have their new drinks containers on shelves by 2023 By … Read more