29th
December
2009
All holiday season, Britain has seen ill travel conditions thanks to bad weather. Well it now seems that these bad weather conditions do not plan to stop just because the New Year approaches. In fact, Brits can expect snow and freezing weather to start out a very icy 2010.
Forecasters are expecting to see temperatures of 28°F in most of England and Wales as of Thursday night. Although that is pretty cold, Scotland is going to be looking at temperatures that fall just below 17°F accompanied by widespread snow.
New Year’s day is also expected to be very chilly. With the northern [...]
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29th
December
2009
It now seems that the family of a British tourist, who has gone missing in the Swiss Alps since last Tuesday, says that it seems he has vanished into thin air. Posters have been put up around the Swiss town of Wengen in an attempt to find Myles Robinson, age 23.
Police have taken DNA samples from his parents, Sarah and Michael, to help with identification. The Swiss army is also getting involved in the search and have included helicopters, sniffer dogs and infrared cameras.
Mules Robinson is from south London and has been staying in a ski resort with his family. [...]
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29th
December
2009
Travelers that are heading off to the airport need to be ready for some big delays. This news comes as airports across the world are facing tougher security measures after a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist came within mere moments of blowing up a transatlantic jet carrying 254 people on board.
The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, interrupted his Christmas holiday to order two anti terrorism reviews as aviation leaders attempt to close off these loopholes that failed to stop Umar Farouk Abdulmutalloab, who is a Nigerian extremist, from smuggling in explosive materials onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from [...]
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29th
December
2009
The weekend saw the unleashing of what has been called the fastest ever high-speed train in China. The new passenger carrier can achieve an average speed of some 217mph with a top speed of close to 250mph.
The new train will operate from the central Chinese city of Wuhan to Guangzhou in the south and will reduce the travel time for the 664 mile journey from 9 hours to just 3. The link will provide vital transport services to and from the south coast, Hong Kong in particular.
The new high speed line is expected to serve as a catalyst for Chinese [...]
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29th
December
2009
The leading remarketing and vehicle auction company in Europe, BCA, has been acquired by Clayton, Dublier & Rice (CD&R) from current owners Montagu Private Equity.
Spread across some twelve countries and comprising 45 remarketing centres the BCA group sells more than £4 billion worth of used vehicles each year. These range from ex-rental stock to nearly new and some older models. As well as income generated from its physical auctions BCA also makes a significant profit through its online services. BCA has seen steady financial growth of late with analysts forecasting the trend to continue.
BCA sells on behalf of various operators [...]
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29th
December
2009
The U.S. reaction to the attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day could result in delays at U.K. airports for many months to come. Just hours after the man was taken into custody on the tarmac the U.S. authorities demanded that all [...]
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