How do you visit historic Stratford-upon-Avon without feeling like you’re on a school trip? Check-in at the town’s ‘time tunnel’ 16th-century Hotel Indigo for starters… Formerly one of Stratford’s oldest pubs, the Falcon Inn, the 93-room boutique hotel opened last year It has walls lined with wooden panels salvaged from Shakespeare’s final home across the … Read more
The planned Stonehenge road tunnel which would divert traffic from the ancient monument threatens to become a ‘hugely expensive white elephant’ as costs exceed £2billion, the Government has been warned today. For decades motorists on the A303 in Wiltshire, which passes the stone circle, have endured severe congestion on the popular route to and from … Read more
Elon Musk envisions tunnels deep in the ground to solve ‘soul-destroying traffic’ – but now he needs your help. The billionaire is hosting a competition through The Boring Company that challenges the public to dig a 98-foot deep tunnel with a circular opening of 19.7 inches. According to The Boring Company’s site, the main objective … Read more
Dirty work! Giant tunnel boring machine arrives in London to complete the last stretch of the capital’s 15-mile long ‘super sewer’ The tunnel boring machine is set to create the final 5.5km stretch of the project Cylindrical device was delivered to Cambers Wharf in Bermondsey earlier today The sewage project by Tideaway will stretch all … Read more
Tesla may build 12-seat electric VANS capable of carting passengers at 127 mph through an underground tunnel The electric vans would be used in a plan in San Bernardino County A project would develop a nearly 3-mile tunnel between Rancho Cucamonga and the Ontario International Airport The vans would zip passengers between the points at 127 … Read more
David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly amping up their security at their Cotswolds home by building a secret getaway tunnel. The plans come just weeks after footballer Dele Alli was robbed at knifepoint at his North London home and Robbie Williams spoke about his break-in fears. According to planning documents obtained by the Express, the family are … Read more
Revealed: First pictures of two 2,000-tonne boring machines that will dig giant tunnels 260 feet below the ground for the HS2 railway line The 34-feet-long tunnelling machines are currently being assembled in Germany They will be shipped to Britain and commence drilling operations later this year The public can vote on the machine names — … Read more
Joan As Police Woman Cover Two Out now Rating: Out of this strange suspended spring, patterns are emerging. If an album isn’t postponed, it’s quite likely to … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: UK manufacturing slides to seven-year low; Channel tunnel firm ‘ready for a no-deal Brexit’; US-China trade war escalates Channel tunnel operator GetLink insists it is ‘ready for a no-deal Brexit’ There was a marked escalation in the US-China trade war overnight The latest UK manufacturing figures show activity slid to a 7-year low … Read more
In 2002 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted as Britain’s second best person after William Churchill in a BBC poll In 2002 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted as Britain’s second best person after William Churchill in a BBC poll. The engineer was born on April 9, 1803, in Portsmouth. His father was a French engineer who … Read more