Russia and China reveal their roadmap to build a base on the MOON

The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more

Badger sparks security scare at MoD ammunition base in Wiltshire after digging its way into base

Can I burrow some bullets? Badger sparks security scare by breaking into ammunition compound at army base Plucky badger broke into Ministry of Defence base after digging under fencing  Animal sparked a security scare at undisclosed ammo compound in Wiltshire Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital confirmed it safely rescued the ‘determined’ badger By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more

Video shows wounded sailor pleading for help after shooting near Fort Detrick Army base

Surveillance video shows a sailor who was shot near the Fort Detrick Army base in Maryland entering a business and pleading for help while covered in blood.   The footage sheds new light on what happened in the moments after Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet, a 38-year-old Navy hospital corpsman, shot and injured two sailors at a business … Read more

Moment daring Coastguard helicopter crew rescued base jumper whose parachute failed

Moment daring Coastguard helicopter crew rescued base jumper whose parachute failed to open as he plummeted 340ft from Beachy Head cliffs By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 00:20 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 00:39 BST, 7 April 2021 Footage has revealed the moment Coastguard paramedics come to the rescue of a basejumper who was left … Read more

Base jumper rushed to hospital after parachute fails to open when jumping off Beachy Head 

Base jumper is rushed to hospital after parachute fails to open when jumping off 530ft cliff at Beachy Head The alarm was raised at about 9.15am today when the parachute failed to open The casualty was rescued from the base of the cliffs by a Coastguard paramedic Others from the team of basejumpers were taken … Read more

BASE jumper plunges to his death from a 14th floor balcony at a Florida hotel

BASE jumper plunges to his death from a 14th floor balcony at a Florida hotel after his parachute failed to open in time A man, believed to be in his 20s, died after BASE jumping from a hotel balcony Police said his parachute didn’t open in time after jumping from the 14th floor Officers called … Read more

US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter makes emergency landing at Florida base

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet crashed at a Florida base on Monday and ended up nose down on the runway after an emergency landing. The F-22, which costs an estimated $150 million, crashed at Eglin Air Force Base at around 3.30pm on Monday.    The Air Force said the jet experienced an emergency during … Read more

At least five rockets slam in to base housing US troops in Iraq in latest rocket attack

An American drone strike on Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020 killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force and one of the country’s most powerful men, and brought Washington and Tehran to the brink of all-out war. While the strike marked a sudden and violent escalation of tensions between the two countries, trouble has … Read more

What has happened to mortgage and saving rates since the base rate cut?

Easy-access savings rates have fallen by seven tenths, but many mortgage borrowers have barely benefited since the Bank of England cut its base rate to an all-time low last year, data suggests.  Savings rates have plummeted but some of Britain’s biggest lenders have failed to pass on the full 0.65 percentage point cut since last … Read more

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will set up base in Wolverhampton as part of ‘levelling-up’ agenda

Cabinet minister sent to the Midlands: Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will set up base in Wolverhampton as part of government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to be partly based at new Wolverhampton HQ The announcement forms part of Government’s pledge to ‘level up’ the country First ever ministerial HQ outside of Whitehall will create … Read more