Morbidly obese French man who weighs 661lbs is lifted out of his house by CRANE after being trapped upstairs for a year following fall Alain Panabière has been stranded in his house after a fall over a year ago The 53-year-old has since been fed and washed by his brother Jean-Claude Today, the French man was … Read more
That’s what you call HIGH safety standards: Volvo drops ten of its cars from a 100-foot crane in extreme durability test of its latest models Volvo performed the stunt to better understand how well its cars can withstand collisions at very high speeds The Swedish brand has its own crash test facility but says it’s … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester who is camped on top of a crane in Norwich says he is ‘cold but in good health’ 24 hours after climbing the structure. Alex Sidney, 17, from Dereham, in Norfolk, scaled the crane on Duke Street early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting … Read more
A teenage Extinction Rebellion protester has climbed a crane vowing to stay put on a gantry outside the crane’s cab at 108 feet high, until he has ‘mild hypothermia’. Alex Sidney, 17, scaled the crane on Duke Street, in Norwich, early on Saturday morning carrying a sleeping bag, supplies and several banners promoting the climate … Read more
Britain’s 50-stone fattest man is hoisted out of his flat by CRANE for treatment after takeaway addict’s 10,000-calorie-a-day eating habit left him stuck inside for five years Jason Holton from Camberley, Surrey, began £30-a-day takeaway habit in 2014 Ballooned in weight and became depressed so ‘waited for my heart to give up’ But eventually called emergency … Read more
Construction work has started on Gwrych Castle in Wales just days after it was announced it would play host to I’m A Celebrity this year. It was revealed on Friday that the hit show will be filmed in Wales and not the usual venue in Queensland, Australia, because of coronavirus. ITV have instead secured Gwrych … Read more
Firefighters dodge flaming tyre as explodes and flies off a burning crane in dramatic footage Three firefighters were injured in the accident in Kozlany, Czech Republic The flaming tyre narrowly missed the firefighters and hits a nearby building It took forty minutes to tackle the blaze caused by a technical fault on July 30 By … Read more
An 85-year-old woman who died when a 65ft crane collapsed on to her home in east London is still buried beneath the rubble. Specialist firefighters are working to recover the body of June Harvey from her house in Bow after it was crushed by the rig. The rig, which had been working on a new … Read more
The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation after a woman died and four people were injured when a 65ft crane collapsed on houses in east London. The rig, which had been working on a new block of flats, smashed through the roofs of two terraced homes on Compton Close, Bow, at around 2pm … Read more
One person has died after a 65-foot-high crane collapsed in east London this afternoon, injuring at least four others, as firefighters continue to search for any others who might be trapped in the rubble. Pictures from the scene at a building site on Gale Street in Bow show gaping holes in the roof of houses … Read more