England Ashes fans set to top up Australia’s coffers months after bumper British and Irish Lions tour
England Ashes fans set to top up Australia’s coffers months after bumper British and Irish Lions tour
Blood moon eclipse 2014: What is a blood moon? Last night’s total eclipse was part of a lunar tetrad October 9, 2014 Yesterday, the moon turned a reddish-orange colour as the Earth passed in front of it and blocked rays of sunlight from giving it its usual silver glow. While this “blood moon” phenomenon was not visible from the UK or anywhere else in Europe, it brightened up American, Asian and Australian skies for a few hours. [...]
From floods and snowstorms to balmy December days: Why UK winter weather is about to get even more extreme September 10, 2014 If you thought British winters were bad, get ready for even more unpredictable weather. Conditions will swing from very mild and wet to extremely cold and snowy in the decades to come, according to a new report. By looking at the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a seasonal measurement of barometric pressure variations over the [...]
Return of the ash cloud? The Icelandic met office has outlined three scenarios for the Bárðarbunga volcano August 28, 2014 Grumbling Icelandic volcano Bárðarbunga has had the airline industry on tenterhooks since mid-August as it continues to hint at a possible eruption. Now it looks like it might be getting ready to blow, after "cauldrons" of water began to appear on the ice sheet above it. The volcano, pronounced "Bowr-tha-boon-ga", is below the 500m-thick Vatnajökull [...]
Aviation alerts hit red as Iceland met office says eruption cannot be excluded August 24, 2014 Aviation alerts have been set to red in Iceland as rumblings beneath a glacier betray the some geological malcontent. Although some sources are reporting that eruptions are ongoing, that is not what was on the Icelandic met office's website at pixel time: Presently there are no signs of ongoing volcanic activity. The aviation color code [...]
North Pole winter floods into summer for this City veteran August 8, 2014 It’s silly season in the City as its workers jet off to hotter climes – Ibiza, Tuscany and the South of France are destinations The Capitalist has heard time and time again. But Winterflood Securities’ founder Brian Winterflood had different ideas this summer. He’s just back from the North Pole. “It was on my bucket [...]
Heatwave hits London: Here’s how the City’s soaking up the sun July 18, 2014 London is set for a scorcher today with temperatures expected to hit a sweltering 30C so grab a pair of sunnies and head outside if you can handle the heat. City workers look like they're mainly cooling down with a classic Mr Whippy topped with a 99 flake from a well placed ice cream van (cheaper [...]
Winter floods City at annual Christmas bash April 10, 2014 WITH May fast approaching you might think festive parties are a distant, mulled wine-filled memory but not for Winterflood Securities, which held its annual and undeniably epic Christmas party last night. The Old Billingsgate building down on the Thames provided a new but bountiful platform for the do. This year’s theme was old school City [...]
How much will the floods costs insurers? March 3, 2014 The recent soaking that considerable chunks of the country received will cost the insurance industry around £1.2bn, according the ratings agency Fitch. The losses relating to the floods will be “manageable”, Fitch said this morning, with the hit to insurers’ earnings remaining “limited”. It stressed firms are prepared for such events: These insurers are typically [...]
Row as tennis stars faint in 42C heatwave January 14, 2014 AUSTRALIAN Open tennis chiefs were forced to defend their refusal to implement an extreme heat policy yesterday after players and ball boys fainted on court as temperatures in Melbourne rocketed past 42C. Canadian Frank Dancevic called the decision to allow matches to continue “inhumane” after he passed out from heatstroke during his first-round defeat, adding: [...]
Gatwick says sorry for chaos after biblical Christmas floods January 7, 2014 GATWICK has made a fresh apology to passengers left stranded on Christmas Eve, after it emerged that the airport’s chief executive was on holiday in Newcastle as staff struggled to find enough bus drivers to move passengers. Chief executive Stewart Wingate said the airport had just half an hour’s warning of the “biblical” flooding that [...]