Covid road closure chaos ‘helps crooks flee police’: Measures brought in to make way for low traffic neighbourhoods fuel crime and hold up ambulances, report claims Hundreds of roads across the country are being closed to make way for LTNs Officials say that the Government schemes have cut pollution on busy streets Schemes have also … Read more
Former Syrian spy chief ‘who is wanted for war crimes was able to flee to Austria with the help of Mossad after being refused asylum in France’ Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi,served as chief of Syrian intelligence He reportedly escaped Syria for Austria where he was granted asylum He was refused asylum in France in 2014 … Read more
Indonesian volcano erupts forcing thousands to flee their island homes as giant cloud of deadly gas fills sky and avalanche of lava roars down mountainside The Mount Ile Lewotolok volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Lembata Area near the volcano is likely to be inundated with ‘hot clouds and lava stream’ No casualties have … Read more
England’s airports have seen waves of holidaymakers rush to leave the country before the latest lockdown rules come into effect on Thursday. The new rules, which will see both international travel and travel inside the UK banned for a month, have sparked a stampede of people rushing to the departure gates before they are slammed … Read more
Tens of thousands of Parisians tonight caused massive traffic jams in a desperate attempt to flee the French capital ahead of the start of Emmanuel Macron’s month-long shutdown. Video posted to Twitter shows huge numbers of Parisians attempting a mass exodus out of the mega-city in a bid to avoid the 9pm curfew and the … Read more
Ex-Grenadier Guardsman Robin Berlyn, who is trapped in Dubai after being caught up in a fake cheque scam made a dramatic attempt to flee the country by swimming two miles across the Persian Gulf A former British soldier trapped in Dubai for seven years after being caught up in a fake cheque scam made a … Read more
More people are leaving the US state of California than arriving as it reels from devastating wildfires, power outages and the burgeoning cost of living. The California dream may be fading as the idyllic oceanfront state sees warming temperatures, burning blazes, challenges in controlling the coronavirus pandemic, and sky-high real estate prices. The most recent … Read more
How to get rid of seagulls: Staring at the birds makes them MORE likely to flee, study finds Researchers from Exeter studied the behaviour of 155 gulls in Cornwall, England They approached the seabirds while either looking down or directly at them The team found they could get around 6.5 feet closer if not staring at … Read more
A large group of demonstrators caused diners to flee when they surrounded a New York restaurant during a protest over the death of Daniel Prude in New York. More than 1,000 anti-racism supporters gathered together in downtown Rochester, where 29-year-old Prude suffocated to death while in police custody. The huge crowd surrounded a restaurant where … Read more
New York City residents with cash are fleeing the Big Apple in droves and moving to nearby suburbs as the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled them to work from home while Manhattan office buildings stay largely empty. Real estate brokers in the surrounding areas of the city including the Hudson Valley, Westchester County, New Jersey, and … Read more