WHEN flag carriers such as British Airways (BA) ruled the skies, only the rich could afford to fly across the Atlantic. That was until Freddie Laker, a British entrepreneur, came along. His dream was to open long-haul travel to the masses. In 1977 he launched Skytrain, the first low-cost long-haul flights between London and New York. “Thanks to Freddie Laker ...
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Florida high school shooting leaves one student injured; suspect in custody
Authorities identified the suspect as 19-year-old Sky Bouche. (Marion County Sheriff’s Office) A suspect was in custody following a shooting at a Florida high school Friday that injured one student, police said. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred at Forest High School in Ocala. Authorities said the suspected shooter, identified as 19-year-old Sky Bouche, was not a ...
Read More »Nick Saban deals with talk that Jalen Hurts might leave Alabama Crimson Tide
Alabama head coach Nick Saban reacted to a story that junior quarterback Jalen Hurts would transfer if he is not the Crimson Tide’s starter by saying his conversations with Hurts and his family have been nothing but positive. Hurts started all last season, but Saban replaced him at halftime of the National Championship Game with freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who led ...
Read More »Swedish house DJ Avicii dead at 28
In this Aug. 30, 2013 file photo, Swedish DJ-producer, Avicii poses for a portrait in New York. Swedish-born Avicii, whose name is Tim Bergling, was found dead, Friday April 20, 2018, in Muscat, Oman. He was 28. (AP) Swedish EDM star Avicii died in Muscat, Oman on Friday, a rep for the star told Fox News. He was 28. “The ...
Read More »Build a better bog roll
A REPORT published last year by Water UK, an industry body, said that more than 90% of sewer-pipe blockages in Britain were caused by “non-flushable wipes”. Accumulations of these can clog up pumps. Worse, when they are gathered together by the adhesive power of kitchen grease, they can form giant “fatbergs” that choke the passage of effluent. Some of the ...
Read More »How a bizarre Nazi military machine left a lasting mark on the environment
The Germans release a colossal smoke screen in an effort to hide their battleship Tirpitz, moored in Kaa Fjord, Norway, as it’s attacked by a Lancaster on Sept. 15, 1944. (Credit: No. 5 Group RAF/IWM) VIENNA —The Tirpitz was the Nazis’ most imposing warship and the largest battleship ever built by a European navy. It should have been an easy ...
Read More »'Preventative Botox' rising trend among millennials
There’s a rising trend among young people in their 20s and 30s to get preventative Botox. (iStock) While Botox is most commonly associated with middle-aged people looking to turn back the clock, there’s a growing trend among the younger set who want to fight off signs of aging before they ever show up. And in a social-media obsessed world flooded ...
Read More »Sir Martin Sorrell leaves WPP in a sorry state
DURING his spectacular rise from London beancounter to the globe-trotting boss of WPP, the advertising powerhouse he created out of a backstreet wire-basket and trolley company, Sir Martin Sorrell was rarely sentimental. The man who helped turn a ramshackle but chic industry into a global force poached accounts mercilessly and often pitted his own firms against each other in the ...
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