Greenpeace builds ‘boulder barrier’ to protect marine protected area

Greenpeace activists have built a new underwater ‘boulder barrier’ in a protected area of the English Channel to stop a hugely harmful fishing practice.  In total 18 boulders, each weighing about three tonnes and carrying the name of a celebrity endorser, were dropped this week from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza in the Offshore Brighton marine protected … Read more

Millions hear sonic boom as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier

Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier while soaring over Cambridge and London Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London  Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter plane breaking the sound barrier By Amie … Read more

New lockdown could send Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme soaring through £50billion barrier

New lockdown could send Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme soaring through £50billion barrier as union calls for parents to be paid to stay at home with their children while schools are closed The job retention scheme (JRS) reached £46.4billion before Christmas  There was a sharp upturn in payouts following November lockdown Likely to reignite the row … Read more

Miles Teller and wife Keleigh Sperry enjoy tropical retreat to the Great Barrier Reef for Christmas

Miles Teller and wife Keleigh Sperry enjoy a tropical retreat to the Great Barrier Reef for Christmas holiday By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 15:14 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 15:14 GMT, 28 December 2020 He recently celebrated one year of wedded bliss with a tropical retreat to Bora Bora. And Miles Teller clearly … Read more

Joe Biden to stop building Trump border wall, keep current barrier

Joe Biden will immediately halt construction of Donald Trump’s southern border wall as soon as he is sworn into office, but will leave whatever has already been built in place. So far, Trump’s administration has spent $15 billion on adding to and reinforcing areas with existing barriers and building brand new 30-foot-tall bollard fencing. While … Read more

Melbourne: Driver, 46, crashes through safety barrier and gets car stuck between two storeys

Woops! Car crashes through a barrier and is left dangling by its rear wheels in a spectacular parking fail Emergency services called to a car park in Melbourne at 8pm on Wednesday Driver, 46, believed to have confused the accelerator and the brake on the car His car has been left hanging between first storey and … Read more

Russell Crowe to narrate a documentary about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Russell Crowe is set to narrate a new documentary series about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:16 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 5 November 2020 Russell Crowe will narrate a documentary series about Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The 56-year-old actor has lent his rich and expressive … Read more

Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station – and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air 

Quite a tail to tell! Train crashes through barrier at Dutch station – and lands on giant whale sculpture 25ft in the air The train ran through the station buffer at 30 minutes past midnight last night, at De Akkers metro station  The train shot through the end of the track and came to rest … Read more

Sold out flight touring Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Gold Coast and Uluru jets away from Sydney

‘Flight to nowhere’ that sold out in 10 MINUTES takes off carrying 150 desperate-to-fly passengers over iconic Australian landmarks – before returning back to where it started A Qantas ‘flight to nowhere’ has jetted off from Sydney on Saturday morning   The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will fly over Australian landmarks in scenic route  Passengers snapped up … Read more

Greenpeace builds boulder barrier in the North Sea to stop industrial bottom trawlers

Greenpeace activists drops boulders in the North Sea to stop industrial bottom trawlers fishing in the Dogger Bank protected area Granite boulders were dropped at select locations covering 50 square miles They were all in the Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation protected region  Greenpeace commissioned an independent review to ensure it was done safely The … Read more