The company would not say how much oil may have been spilt from the Gannet Alpha platform though it said it had "stemmed the leak significantly".One of the wells at the Gannet oilfield has been closed, but the company would not say if production was reduced.The company says it has sent a clean-up vessel to the location and has a plane monitoring the ...
Friday, 12 August 2011
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has said it is working to stop a leak at one of its North Sea oil platforms.
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FOUR riot louts have gone on camera to compare their orgy of looting to a "shopping spree".
The group confessed to stealing iPads, Blackberry tablet computers, games consoles, laptops, clothes, trainers and even NAPPIES.Their looting campaign was so well organised the group said they had a van to courier them and their booty around flashpoints in the capital.The gang - aged 16 and 17 - stole so much the van had to be emptied between crime ...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Wandsworth tower block flats fire: Man critical
A man is said to be in a critical condition in hospital after a fire broke out in a high-rise block of flats in south London.The man is suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation as a result of the fire at the 15-storey block in Linstead Way, Wandsworth.About 150 people were evacuated after a fire broke out on the ninth floor at about 00:30 BST, ...
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson cheated death tonight after crashing his high-powered McLaren F1 supercar.
Atkinson, 56, was driving the £650,000 car, which has a top speed of 230mph, when it is believed he lost control and spun it several times before smashing into a tree and then a lampost.The car came to rest at the side of the carriageway before catching fire.The actor managed to get himself out of the driver's seat and it's ...
Trading in the shares of Lloyds and Barclays had to be suspended because their values fell so much
José Manuel Barroso’s warning came as stock markets plunged around the world amid growing fears of another global recession.Mr Barroso called for an emergency strengthening of Europe’s bail-out mechanism. He said he had “deep concerns” about the faltering Spanish and Italian economies.The stark message was delivered as the FTSE 100 suffered a 3.43pc ...
The drought that has turned Texas and parts of the Plains into a parched moonscape of cracked earth could persist into next year,
The drought that has turned Texas and parts of the Plains into a parched moonscape of cracked earth could persist into next year, prolonging the misery of farmers and ranchers who have endured a dry spell that is now expected to be the state's worst since the 1950s.Texas State Park police officer Thomas Bigham walks across the cracked lake bed of ...
