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All that Glitters is not gold

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Bre-X Minerals, a Canadian mining company claimed that it had discovered a huge deposit of gold, deep in the Indonesian jungle, which triggered a scramble to invest in the firm.  But question remains about the mysterious death of  Michael de Guzman, the company’s chief geologist, as on the morning of 19 March 1997 he boarded a helicopter flight to travel to a remote jungle site in Indonesia. This journey he has previously made many times, to a place where he had reported finding huge deposits of gold. But this time he never arrived. Twenty minutes into the journey, a rear door on … Continue reading All that Glitters is not gold

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Past pains follow present pleasures: Tangled-colonial roots

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Do you cherish British countryside, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Historian and professor of colonialism and heritage at the University of Leicester, Corrine Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results, through ten country walks, roaming the island with varied companions. She connects the Cotswolds to Calcutta. Dolgellau to Virginia and Grasmere to Canton. Empire transformed rural lives for better and for worse, whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, it offer both opportunity and exploitation. Flower shows how the booming profits of overseas colonial activities, and the select … Continue reading Past pains follow present pleasures: Tangled-colonial roots

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The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform have been helping people navigate the  best hotel  from Scotland to Cornwall and location, location, is not necessarily the mantra for the best Hotel as a dull London Hotel has been voted the “best Hotel in Britain” without a restaurant, gym, or spa. Hotel preference is a matter of personal taste if Resident, Covent Garden, is the UK’s Best Hotel, Toulson Court in Scarborough is the UK’s best B&B, Brazil’s French-inspired Hotel Collins de France in Gramdao the best hotel in the world according to winners of Trip Advisor’s Annual Traveller’s Choice. … Continue reading The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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Boeing loses £285m in the first Quarter

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Boeing reported a net loss of £285m ($355m) in the first quarter amid a critical crisis sparked by a mid-air blowout of one of its planes in January. The US plane maker said production on its 737 programme has slowed to below 38 aircraft per month,  as revenue dipped to eight per cent to £13.3bn ($16.6bn). Boeing which has head office in Arlington, Virginia, had faced huge backlash after part of the fuselage on an Alaska Airlines 737-9 aircraft fell off mid-air earlier in the year, triggering an emergency landing. Boeing is under investigation by the US Department of Justice … Continue reading Boeing loses £285m in the first Quarter

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How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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Alex Fernandes gives an evocative account of the events leading to the fall of Portugal’s madcap democratic coup in its 50th Anniversary in The Carnal Revolution. On 25 April 1974, Lisbon, over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls.  When the Galeto snack bar in Lisbon opened in 1966 it became an institution for Lisboans, as it offered sandwiches rather than bacalhau as customers sat along the counter rather than fussy small tables. On 24, April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By 6:20pm the next day, Europe’s … Continue reading How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon

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A 25-year-old Boeing 737-800 plane United Airlines flight 433, from San Francisco landed at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford, Oregon, at 11:30 (8:30GMT) on Friday, without one of its fuselage panels. The plane was carrying 139 passengers and 6 crew, landed safely as no one was injured. Boeing is under extreme scrutiny after a series of high profile safety incidents.  According to Amber Judd a senior official at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport, the plane landed safely and the external panel was only discovered missing during a post-flight inspection. The missing panel was adjacent to the landing gear, … Continue reading United Airlines Boeing landed without panel in Oregon

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50 passengers injured in Latham Boeing 787 mid-air freefall

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A Chilean-Brazilian carrier, Latham Airline Boeing 787 Dreamliner scheduled to fly from Sydney to Auckland to Santiago, the capital of Chile, lost altitude about two hours into the three-hour flight  between two cities as people hit the roof of the plane throwing some out of their seats. Fifty were hurt and 12 were taken to hospital on landing safely in Auckland. Emergency services said one person was in serious condition. Latham Airlines said it “deeply regretted any inconvenience and discomfort this situation may have caused its passengers”. According to a passenger people had hit the ceiling with such force “some … Continue reading 50 passengers injured in Latham Boeing 787 mid-air freefall

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Boeing whistleblower dead

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John  Barnett who had worked for Boeing for 32 years until 2017, who raised the concerns about the firm’s production standards has been found dead in his truck in the hotel car park in the US according to the Charleston County Coroner. The police are investigating the 62 year-old’s death who had died from a self-inflicted wound on 9th march . In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr. Barnett’s death. From 2010, he worked as quality manager at the North … Continue reading Boeing whistleblower dead

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Ayodhya Ram Mandir inaugurated

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Thousands of invited guests including top film stars, and cricketers including Amitabh Bachchan and cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar attended  the inauguration of a grand temple to Hindu god Ram, his birth spot in Ayodhya, the tranquil pilgrim town on the banks of river Sari, a tributary of the Ganges, by Indian PM Narendra Modi. The temple has been constructed at a cost of £ 170m ($217m), funded from private donations. Mr Modi performed religious rituals Pray Partishtha, “establishment of life force” inside the temple’s sanctum along with priests and Mohan Bhagwat head of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) an extremist Hindu … Continue reading Ayodhya Ram Mandir inaugurated

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City of London: Built for Business

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London’s Zenith was the era of Georgian town squares, during 1700-1800, an imperial city which finds itself at the centre of world’s trade, empire, finance and manufacture. Andrew Saint, an architectural historian, conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was at the height of its power, uniqueness and attraction. Balancing the social, topographical and the visible aspects of the great city, Andrew Saint uses buildings, architecture, literature and arty as a way into understanding social and historical phenomena. He also focuses volumes on poverty of Victorian London, he provides a broader picture of … Continue reading City of London: Built for Business