The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
Can I burrow some bullets? Badger sparks security scare by breaking into ammunition compound at army base Plucky badger broke into Ministry of Defence base after digging under fencing Animal sparked a security scare at undisclosed ammo compound in Wiltshire Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital confirmed it safely rescued the ‘determined’ badger By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more
Moment daring Coastguard helicopter crew rescued base jumper whose parachute failed to open as he plummeted 340ft from Beachy Head cliffs By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 00:20 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 7 April 2021 Footage has revealed the moment Coastguard paramedics come to the rescue of a basejumper who was left … Read more
Base jumper is rushed to hospital after parachute fails to open when jumping off 530ft cliff at Beachy Head The alarm was raised at about 9.15am today when the parachute failed to open The casualty was rescued from the base of the cliffs by a Coastguard paramedic Others from the team of basejumpers were taken … Read more
Easy-access savings rates have fallen by seven tenths, but many mortgage borrowers have barely benefited since the Bank of England cut its base rate to an all-time low last year, data suggests. Savings rates have plummeted but some of Britain’s biggest lenders have failed to pass on the full 0.65 percentage point cut since last … Read more
Russia and China are joining forces to build a base on the MOON to rival NASA’s Lunar Gateway The two powers signed a memorandum officially launching the project today The program will be open to cooperation from other nations, Roscosmos said A timeline for the project and the exact nature of the base have not … Read more
British soldier who was held hostage at gunpoint in Nigeria gets fined £500… for returning LATE to base Sergeant Samuel Galloway claimed he was late as he was being held at gunpoint He said he was held for several hours with an AK-47 rifle pointing at him in Abuja British soldier was fined £500 for … Read more
British soldier who was held hostage at gunpoint in Nigeria gets fined £500… for returning LATE to base Sergeant Samuel Galloway claimed he was late as he was being held at gunpoint He said he was held for several hours with an AK-47 rifle pointing at him in Abuja British soldier was fined £500 for … Read more
Cabinet minister sent to the Midlands: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will set up base in Wolverhampton as part of government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to be partly based at new Wolverhampton HQ The announcement forms part of Government’s pledge to ‘level up’ the country First ever ministerial HQ outside of Whitehall will create … Read more
A suspected Chinese spy has been found hiding in a wardrobe at a Navy base, where she had been staying for a fortnight with her aircraft technician lover, according to reports. The woman is said to have been caught hiding among her lover’s jumpsuits at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset. The Navy base is home to … Read more