The partner of Nicola Bulley texted her, “Have you got lost?” on the morning she went missing, her inquest has heard.After carrying out the school run, the 45-year-old mother-of-two disappeared on January 27 while walking her dog along the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.Her disappearance sparked a massive police search before her body was found on February 19 by walkers.On...
The noise from wind farms is no more disruptive to sleep than road traffic, researchers have found.Campaigners have previously claimed that low-frequency noises – including ‘infrasound’, or below our hearing range – affect human sleep.Now scientists have analysed 460 sleep nights with 68 participants over five years.The study by Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, found that wind...
Londoners who spotted swimmers bathing in a busy section of the River Thames on Sunday evening screamed at them to get out before somebody was hurt.Shortly after 7 pm, two women entered the water at Folly House Beach, on the section of the river opposite the Greenwich Peninsula Golf Range.The swimmers – believed to have been tourists – swam around 20 metres from the shore, leaving onlookers...
The Met Office is not ruling out that there will be more heatwaves this summer.Forecasters say there is a “greater than normal chance of heatwaves” between the middle and the end of July.Sunday was the joint hottest day of the year, with temperatures reaching 32.2C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.This matched the previous high set on 10 June in Chertsey, Surrey.Temperatures are set to cool somewhat in...
The excellent Glastonbury clean-up is underway as thousands return home after a weekend of music.About 1,000 volunteers picked up litter on Monday morning to restore the 800-acre site at Worthy Farm to its normal state when revellers don’t populate it.It is thought that 210,000 people attended the festival from Wednesday until Sunday, headlined by Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John...
On Thursday, after a massive search operation, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the worst news: the five people on board the Titan submersible had died after debris was found near the wreck of the Titanic. The vessel had suffered a “catastrophic implosion”. The U.S. Navy had detected a sound consistent with an implosion when communications were lost with the Titan an hour and 45 minutes into its...
King Charles has paid tribute to the 75th anniversary of HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain.Last year, while Prince of Wales, he commissioned a series of 10 portraits that will be part of the Royal Collection and act as a tribute to the contributions of the Windrush generation — he also attended a service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor in recognition of the anniversary on 22 June.The...
Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky.Cameron became a deep-sea explorer in the 1990s while researching and making his Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic. He owns Triton Submarines, which makes submersibles for...
This morning, an ROV, or remote-operated vehicle, from the vessel Horizon Arctic discovered the tail cone of the Titan submersible approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic on the seafloor. The ROV subsequently found additional debris. In consultation with experts from within the unified command, the waste is consistent with the catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber.Upon this...
As music fans descend on Somerset for Glastonbury Festival 2023, eyes are on the weather as much as the bands.An estimated 210,000 music fans will descend on the 900-acre site to see Elton John, the Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, Lewis Capaldi, and Lizzo perform at the UK’s most famous festival.Fortunately for those attending this year, forecasters have given a relatively good outlook for 2023...