When do the clocks go forward? British Summertime begins by springing forward on March 29 March 26, 2015 Sad news folks. This weekend we all get one hour less asleep because on March 29 the clocks go forward, meaning we lose an hour on Sunday morning. It's not all bad news – the fact we are “springing forward” means it is the official start of British Summertime, which after a winter of weatherbombs, [...]
Germanwings flight 4U9525 Airbus A320: First black box yields “usable data” say crash investigators March 25, 2015 French investigators have made a breakthrough in the investigation into what caused Germanwings flight 4U9525 to crash yesterday, they have announced. The team has managed to access the first “usable data” from the black box from the Airbus A320 that was discovered yesterday afternoon at the crash site in the French Alps. "We [...]
Southwark Council dismisses Simon Hughes MP’s calls for pan-London bomb strategy as “massive overreaction” March 25, 2015 Southwark Council has dismissed Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes' call for a London-wide strategy around unexploded bombs as “a massive overreaction”. Council leader Peter John told City A.M that across London emergency response plans were “well oiled and well drilled” – and that any further measures were “unncessary”. An unexploded Second World War bomb was [...]
Chinese government cyber division accused of hacking Google March 25, 2015 A wing of the Chinese government has been accused of being behind a recent attack on Google, as well as previous hacks on Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo. Anti-censorship organisation GreatFire.org today highlighted a recent admission by Google that it had been the subject of a “man in the middle” (MITM) attack which it traced [...]
Life on Mars? Nasa scientists discover nitrogen on Red Planet March 25, 2015 The possibility that there was once life on Mars seems ever more likely, after Nasa scientists discovered “biologically useful” nitrogen. The Curiosity Rover, which has been on the Red Planet for nearly three years, found the molecule that is essential for life in the form of nitric oxide released during heating of Martian sediments. [...]
Germanwings 4U9525: Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr says crash site is “harrowing” March 25, 2015 Lufthansa's chief executive Carsten Spohr has said seeing the site of the crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 was “harrowing”. Lufthansa, which owns budget airline Germanwings, held a minute's silence this morning at 10:53 local time (9:53 GMT) exactly 24 hours after contact between French air traffic control and the Airbus A320 broke off. Spohr's [...]
Germanwings flight 4U9525 search continues as officials confirm three British passengers on board March 25, 2015 At least three Britons are believed to have been on board Germanwings flight 4U9525, the foreign secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed. Initial reports suggest the victims were mother and her seven-month-old baby from Manchester and a father of two from Wolverhampton. "We currently believe three British people have been killed, but we can’t rule [...]
Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes calls for London-wide plan to deal with further bombs after WWII device removed March 25, 2015 Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes has called for a London-wide strategy to put together contingency plans in case more unexploded bombs are found. Hughes, who has been keeping residents informed of the bomb through his website, praised the work carried out by “hundreds” in disarming the bomb, which was found on a building site in Bermondsey, [...]
Airbus A320 Germanwings Flight 4U9525: British nationals among those killed says defence secretary Phillip Hammond March 24, 2015 Foreign secretary Phillip Hammond has said it is "sadly likely" British National were among those killed in the Germanwings A320 passenger plane crash in France today. Hammond said he would not speculate as to how many Britons may have died before the information could be confirmed. This came after French rescue workers discovered a flight recorder [...]
Mayor Boris Johnson and London Underground pledge “faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys” for passengers using District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines March 24, 2015 London Underground and mayor Boris Johnson are promising commuters “faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys” for millions of passengers who use the District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines. The two have parties have unveiled plans to modernise the creekiest parts of the Tube network, introducing a modern train control system across [...]
