In 2002 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted as Britain’s second best person after William Churchill in a BBC poll In 2002 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted as Britain’s second best person after William Churchill in a BBC poll. The engineer was born on April 9, 1803, in Portsmouth. His father was a French engineer who … Read more
The Channel Tunnel has remained open despite France battling an ‘extremely high surge’ in Coronavirus cases with 319 new diagnoses in just 24 hours. Trains between London and Paris were still running after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the ‘epidemic wave’ was sweeping his country with ‘remarkable strength’. France’s coronavirus death toll today hit 2,314 and the number of … Read more
The Channel Tunnel has remained open despite France battling an ‘extremely high surge’ in Coronavirus cases with 319 new diagnoses in just 24 hours. Trains between London and Paris were still running after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the ‘epidemic wave’ was sweeping his country with ‘remarkable strength’. France’s coronavirus death toll today hit 2,314. Mr Philippe added: ‘It … Read more