Paris on alert over ‘specific threat to beach festival’ Paris police and intelligence officials have held an emergency meeting over a specific threat to attack the beach festival, reports in France say, as police in the capital are also searching for an Afghan asylum seeker. According to Le Point news site authorities called the […]
This is the moment a mentally ill Norwegian of Somali origin was pinned to the ground after he murdered an American woman and injured five pedestrians on a knife rampage in Russell Square last night. His victim, a US citizen in her 60s, said ‘he’s still here’ as she used her final words to warn others […]
KLM Baggage Handlers threaten strike Aug 4 19:30-21:00 Travellers are expected to face delays on Wednesday night as KLM baggage handlers at Schiphol airport are poised to go on strike. Strike action will take place between 7.30pm and 9pm and dozens of flights will be affected. Other ground services, such as towing planes to […]
ScotRail services either reduced or cancelled as fresh 24-hour strike goes under way, today. The RMT Union has confirmed its intention to strike on Sunday 7 August, Monday 8 August, Thursday 11 August, Saturday 13 August, and Sunday 14 August. ScotRail are planning to run as many services as possible over the strike period, and […]
Atlantic flights disrupted by Iceland air traffic glitch – back to normal July 27, 2016 Iceland’s airport authority says the country briefly closed its airspace to flights because of a technical problem at its air traffic control center. Gudni Sigurdsson of airport operator and air navigation service Isavia says Wednesday that “we did not […]
A SUSPECTED suitcase bomb has been detonated outside an immigration office near the German city of Nuremberg this afternoon. German media said the explosion occurred near the Federal Office for Migration in Zirndorf, Bavaria, where newly arrived refugees are processed. According to media reports, a suitcase packed with highly flammable aerosol canisters was detonated around […]