Heathrow Airport forced to close after fire at substation causing global travel chaos
by Mick the Ram A fire at an electrical substation 2 miles from London’s Heathrow Airport, has caused global chaos after it was forced to close for the entirety of Friday 21 March. The high-voltage facility at the west London suburb of Hayes, was subject of a...Frenchman detained in Iran for over two years surprisingly released
by Mick the Ram In a surprise announcement by France’s President Emmanuel Macron, French citizen Olivier Grondeau, who had been held in an Iranian prison for almost 900 days, has been freed by his captors. The 34-year-old was detained in southern Iran in...
The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot has died aged 105
by Mick the Ram The group of airmen who became known as “The Few” for their heroic exploits in the Battle of Britain, has lost its last surviving member with the death of John “Paddy” Hemingway, who has sadly passed away peacefully at the age of 105. The...
“Stranded” astronauts safely return to earth after nine months on space station
by Mick Burrows The two NASA astronauts who travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) for what should have been eight days, but ended up being nine MONTHS, are finally back on earth. Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams became “stranded” after the...
