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Plane Blown Off Runway At Stornoway Airport

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 02 Januari 2015 | 18.54

A plane carrying 28 people has been blown off the runway at Stornoway airport in the Isle of Lewis.

The Loganair Saab 340 aircraft had been trying to take-off for Glasgow when its wheel collapsed in heavy winds and it veered off the runway.

Two passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries, according to the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Stornoway Airport management issued a statement saying: "Efforts to remove the aircraft from the runway are ongoing and investigations into the cause of the incident are under way.

"It is it our intention to resume normal operations as soon as the aircraft is safely removed from the runway. There are no scheduled arrivals or departures at Stornoway until later this afternoon."

Meanwhile, a Blue Island Airways plane had to be diverted from London City Airport to Southend Airport in Essex this morning after an engine fire.

The plane had been travelling from Jersey.

The fire was put out by the plane's automatic systems before it landed safely around 8.30am.

There were no injuries to the 28 passengers and three crew on board, according to Essex Fire and Rescue.

Divisional officer Neil Fenwick, who attended the incident, said: "This had the potential to be an extremely serious incident but everything which should happen in a situation like this did and the plane was able to land safely."

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Patient Assessed For Ebola Symptoms In Truro

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 30 Desember 2014 | 18.54

A patient is being assessed for possible symptoms of Ebola at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.

The person is being kept in isolation and the result will be known in around 24 hours.

The patient had recently been in a high-risk Ebola area, although the exact location has not been revealed.

The tests are thought to be precautionary - more than 100 patients have tested negative in similar circumstances over the last few months.

Symptoms of Ebola are very similar to other tropical diseases, such as malaria.

It comes as the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK - a Scottish nurse - arrives in London for specialist medical care.

In a joint statement, the hospital and Public Health England said: "A patient has been admitted to Royal Cornwall Hospital and is currently undergoing a series of tests - one of which is for Ebola.

"We do not expect the results to be known for at least 24 hours and in the meantime the patient is being looked after in isolation, following nationally agreed guidelines and protocols to protect the health of our staff and other patients.

"Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has been following national guidance around Ebola and made plans in line with advice from Public Health England and NHS England."


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Ebola Patient Being Treated London Hospital

A nurse who fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone has arrived at a specialist infectious diseases unit in London.

Meanwhile, a second person in Scotland is being tested for Ebola, although the healthcare worker recently returned from West Africa is said to be "at low risk" of having the virus.

It is understood that worker had been staying at a youth hostel at Torridon in the Highlands and was being transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Another patient at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, has been placed in isolation and is also being tested for Ebola. 

The Scottish nurse who has become the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the UK is receiving specialist medical care at the Royal Free Hospital.

The woman returned to Scotland after a spell working in Sierra Leone and arrived at Glasgow Airport on a British Airways flight at around 11.30pm on Sunday. She was showing no symptoms at the time.

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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the risk to the general public is "extremely low to the point of negligible".

Apart from the other passengers on the flight and hospital staff the patient is thought to have had contact with only one other person in Scotland - her partner. All those contacts are being traced and will be closely monitored.

The patient, who had been working with Save The Children at the Ebola Treatment Centre at Kerry Town, Sierra Leone, was admitted to hospital early on Monday after feeling unwell and was placed into isolation at 7.50am. She is in a stable condition.

She was isolated and received treatment in the specialist Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel Hospital campus, before the operation to move her by plane and RAF ambulance to the Royal Free Hospital in London began in the early hours.

Workers in full protection suits were seen loading her quarantine tent on to an RAF C-130 plane at Glasgow airport soon after a convoy of ambulances and police cars left Gartnavel.

The north London hospital's infectious diseases unit is run by a dedicated team of doctors and laboratory staff and access is restricted to trained medical staff.

A specially designed tent is set up around the patient's bed so the infection can be contained while they are treated.

The unit successfully treated another British nurse, William Pooley, who was flown home from Sierra Leone in August after being diagnosed with Ebola.

Ms Sturgeon has chaired a meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience Committee and has also spoken to Prime Minister David Cameron.

She said: "Our first thoughts at this time must be with the patient diagnosed with Ebola and their friends and family. I wish them a speedy recovery.

"Scotland has been preparing for this possibility from the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa and I am confident that we are well prepared."

The woman travelled home via Casablanca and London Heathrow, spending around six hours in each airport before catching connecting flights.

She was vetted twice, in Sierra Leone and at Heathrow, without any signs of Ebola being detected.

Anyone who was on the Heathrow to Glasgow flight last night is asked to call 08000 858531.


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Network Rail Boss Mark Carne To Turn Down Bonus

Network Rail Boss Mark Carne To Turn Down Bonus

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Network Rail's Mark Carne has told Sky News he will not take his bonus after travellers endured travel chaos at Christmas.

The chief executive was criticised after travellers were left stranded when engineering works over-ran.

London King's Cross had to shut and all trains to and from the station were cancelled.

Travellers then complaining of "being locked" in by overcrowding when diverted to Finsbury Park station. Other people were left waiting for hours - even after the station reopened.

Paddington station also closed for several hours on Saturday.

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Thousands of people had been diverted from London King's Cross which was closed due to overrunning engineering works

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All trains to and from the station were cancelled

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The engineering works also forced the closure of Paddington station

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Police Make Appeal Over Christmas Eve Murder

Written By Unknown on Senin, 29 Desember 2014 | 18.54

Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 51-year-old man was found in Bath city centre on Christmas Eve.

A member of the public discovered Thomas Downey under a railway arch on Lower Bristol Road, near Bath railway station just after 1.30pm on Wednesday.

The area was cordoned off and a detailed search of the area continues.

A post mortem examination has been carried out and confirmed that Mr Downey died from significant head injuries.

His family have travelled down from Manchester and are helping investigating officers with the inquiry.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "They are being supported by a police family liaison officer and our thoughts are with them at this sad time."

Mr Downey is known locally as "Manchester Tommy".

Officers have urged anyone with information to share it with police to help them piece together what happened on Christmas Eve.

Two men in their thirties have been arrested on suspicion of murder and continue to be questioned.

The spokesman added: "The neighbourhood policing team are working with the local community to provide support and reassurance and to assist with the investigation.

"However, we are still keen to speak to anyone who was in the area near to the station in Lower Bristol Road around lunchtime on Christmas Eve.

"We believe the area would have been busy with shoppers and people leaving work early."

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Major Crime Investigation Team on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Sheffield Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder

A man has been charged over the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in Sheffield.

Asif Yousaf, 32, has been charged with the murder of Jordan Thomas and with the attempted murder of a 27-year-old who was seriously injured in the shooting last Sunday.

The 27-year-old man has since been released from hospital.

Mr Thomas was sitting in the passenger seat of a Ford Mondeo when he was shot in what detectives believe could have been a targeted attack. 

The silver Mondeo was shot at while stationary at traffic lights on the A61 Derek Dooley Way about 10.15pm last Sunday.

In a statement, Mr Thomas' family had described the shooting as an "act of cowardice" and appealed to anyone with information to come forward.

"Jordan was such a likeable, caring, loving individual with a larger-than-life personality who really did brighten up any room he entered," they said.

"He truly was full of life, with his cheeky grin and quick wit, he was a charmer, anyone lucky enough to have met Jordan will attest to this and those that have met him truly did love him."

A statement released by South Yorkshire Police said: "Jordan, from the Waterthorpe area of Sheffield, was a passenger in a silver Ford Mondeo, when the car was shot at while stationary on Derek Dooley Way.

"He was taken to hospital but died a short time later. A post-mortem examination revealed he died from gunshot injuries."

Yousaf has been remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates on Monday.

A 25-year-old who was also arrested on Thursday has been released on bail pending further enquiries.


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King's Cross Station Hit By More Problems

London's King's Cross station was hit by more problems today as an investigation was launched into disruption caused by overrunning engineering work.

A number of trains out of King's Cross were cancelled and other services delayed after a signalling failure this afternoon.

The failure meant that some Great Northern services from the station were cancelled, while incoming trains ended their journeys at Finsbury Park.  

A Great Northern spokeswoman said: "At approximately 13.30 this afternoon signalling problems were experienced in the Finsbury Park area, resulting in no trains being able to run in and out of London King's Cross.

"Several trains terminated at Finsbury Park and Welwyn Garden City. Rail replacement buses were organised for passengers to transport them across to the Thameslink route, where ticket acceptance was in place.

"Signalling was restored at 14.15. Customers may have been affected by residual delays of up to 60 minutes whilst the service recovered.

"We would like to apologise for any inconvenience that Great Northern's customers may have experienced."

Today's problems follow major disruption yesterday when King's Cross and Paddington stations were closed because engineering works ran over schedule.

Both stations have since reopened and services from Paddington were running as planned, a Network Rail spokeswoman said. 

Network Rail's Robin Gisby, managing director of network operations, apologised for yesterday's disruption which led to extra police being brought in to control crowds.

"I'm deeply sorry for the delays, upset and upheaval caused... to passengers impacted by our overrunning improvement work outside King's Cross," he said.

"We've had an army of 11,000 engineers out over Christmas Day and Boxing Day at 2,000 locations nationwide.

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City Link Owner 'Disappointed' By Collapse

The investment firm behind collapsed parcel delivery service City Link has said it is "disappointed" staff found out over Christmas that they may lose their jobs.

Better Capital issued its first public statement as administrators Ernst & Young (EY) continued efforts to save some of the 2,760 jobs threatened by City Link's demise - revealed by Sky News on Christmas Day.

The RMT union has claimed that EY plan to make more than 2,000 staff redundant on New Year's Eve, with the rest being kept on to help wind down the company.

City Link depots opened today to allow customers and those expecting deliveries to collect parcels.

Better Capital's statement said: "The board of Better Capital PCC Limited is disappointed to report that it was advised ... that the City Link group ... has been placed into administration.

"This statement is being released at the first available opportunity following the Market closure.

"Unfortunately the appointment of an administrator was leaked to the media ahead of the intended announcement.

"The directors very much regret the impact on the employees of City Link receiving such bad news on Christmas Day.

"In the Company's Interim Financial Report as at 30 September 2014, the Board reported that City Link was experiencing a continued lack of profitability and that various options to maximise the value of the investment were being considered.

"At this time, the investment was written down by 50% from £40m to £20m, such value being determined on an estimated liquidation valuation basis.

"Following a very detailed review of City Link's strategy and prospects, including unsuccessful discussions with a number of counter-parties to effect a sale on a going concern basis ...(it was) concluded that it was inappropriate to commit further capital.

"Accordingly, in light of continued substantial losses, City Link could not continue as a going concern."

Sky News reported on Saturday that rival delivery companies Royal Mail and DX Group were two firms approached about a pre-Christmas rescue but neither was able to agree a deal.

The founder of Better Capital, the veteran venture capitalist Jon Moulton, told the Financial Times on Monday he had lost "several million pounds" of his own money in City Link and had explored "every possible way" to save it.

The newspaper added that taxpayers were set to foot the looming redundancy bill because City Link was insolvent.


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Man Charged With Grandson's Murder In Lincoln

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 25 Desember 2014 | 18.55

A 64-year-old man has been charged over the murder of his nine-year-old grandson in Lincolnshire.

Stewart James Greene, of Grimoldby, was charged following the death of Alex James Robinson on Tuesday.

Lincolnshire Police were called to Pennell Street, in Lincoln, just before midday on Tuesday.

The boy was taken by ambulance to Lincoln County Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police initially described the boy's death as "suspicious", adding that a 64-year-old man was "helping police with inquiries".

Police say Greene was charged with murder after a post-mortem was carried out on the boy's body.

Greene is due to face Lincoln Magistrates Court on Boxing Day.


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Online Shoppers To Break Xmas Day Records

Christmas Day online shoppers are predicted to set a new spending record splashing out an estimated £636m today.

Shoppers are expected to make 142 million visits to retail sites today - a 25% increase on last year.

Research by Experian and online retailing trade association IMRG found Britons will spend around £441,000 a minute.

"The ease of shopping online via connected devices raises the prospect of a very large amount of shopping activity on Christmas Day itself," said Experian general manager of consumer insight Giles Longhurst.

Dominic Trigg, managing director for Europe of digital advertising technology company Rocket Fuel, said: "Shopping online on Christmas Day is now a normal part of UK consumers' holiday experiences every year.

"It is clear that UK consumers now see shopping from the comfort of their own home, following Christmas Day dinner, as much of a tradition as a turkey and ham dinner."

Shoppers have already been enjoying heavy discounting as some stores began their traditional Boxing Day sales up to two days early.

Britain's retail sector has already been celebrating a record-breaking year as official figures are projecting an all-time high for sales in 2014.

The forecast from the Office of National Statistics shows that sales for the year are expected to reach £342bn - a £48bn increase since 2010.

Pre-Christmas sales are up by 5.2% compared with last year.


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