For decades, the towering pass has been slowly sinking into the forest as trees and shrubs reclaim the abandoned train track that leads to it. Walk towards its mouth and you can feel the temperature drop. The air turns from a woody to an earthy scent and the sounds of the surrounding forest fade away, replaced by the echoes of water dripping into the cave. WATCHES | Go deep into New Brunswick’s abandoned train tunnel...
Hunger stones in the Czech Republic and Germany “If you see me, cry,” reads a carving on a stone at the bottom of the Elbe River in the Czech Republic. The inscriptions on the so-called famine stones date from 1616 and commemorate the years of famine. Drought dropped the river level and exposed the stones, allowing the city’s inhabitants more than 400 years ago to write about lost crops due to lack of rain....
The man — previously identified as 53-year-old Peter Lestisian — was a person of interest in the homicide of Sheila Maguire, according to a news release Saturday from the Burlington County District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Lestician, a South Brunswick High School teacher and Hightstown softball coach, was believed to be the last person to see Maguire, though authorities noted there was no evidence directly linking him to the crime and no charges had been filed....
Kicking off the new series, the mentor was handed a microphone as the audience begged him to sing – before belting out a crystal clear rendition of his song I Won’t Crumble With You If You Fall. And as the singer, 82, dedicated the song his late wife Melinda Trenchard, who he lost to cancer in 2016, viewers took to social media to dub him a ‘legend’. ‘Lost for words, what a legend’: The Voice fans were left in tears on Saturday as Sir Tom Jones, 82, performed an emotional tribute to his late wife during the show Appearing on the show with fellow judges Anne-Marie, Olly Murs and will....
MUST READ: Buzz off! 5 things you’ll need to keep wasps out of your home There have been 30 new fires in the past two days in B.C. Smoke impacts are increasing in parts of the southern Interior due to localized fires and long-range transport from flames south of the border. In Washington state, three major wildfires are burning between Seattle and Spokane. Smoke plumes have been spotted from space with satellite images....
Trump was speaking at a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, rally in support of Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz when he began talking about Mr. Fetterman, who currently leads Mr. Oz in most public polls. She said the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor – who is known for his trademark shorts and hoodie campaign outfit – dresses “like a teenager high in his parents’ basement” and called him a “rabid lunatic” who not only supports the legalization of illegal drugs but participates in them personally....
VicPD says officers were called to a rental car business in the 700-block of Courtney Street after staff found three vehicles damaged around midnight on Monday. Staff reviewed surveillance video of a man and woman climbing and jumping onto the vehicles, causing damage estimated at more than $5,000, according to police. In a press release, VicPD described the man as Caucasian aged between 20 and 30 years old, approximately 5....
Whether you’re new to vinyl or looking to upgrade your current setup, you should know that there are two main types of turntables: belt drive and direct drive. What’s the difference? Is one better than the other? We’ve got everything you need to know. What is a belt turntable? In the case of both belt drive and direct drive turntables, the terms describe how the motor drives the platter on which the record sits....
“During the initial investigation, detectives found inconsistent information provided by the father,” Chief Goodwin writes. When investigators “confronted” Parrot with the inconsistencies in his story, police say he told them what happened. “The child died after being left in the car unattended for approximately 5 hours, with an outside temperature of 87 degrees,” according to Goodwin. “During the interview it appears that it was not a matter of him forgetting the child, but a deliberate act so that the child would not be disturbed while at home....
Citing analysis which said families using after-school provision five days a week were spending £800 a year more than in 2010, Labor called on ministers to do more to tackle what they said was another significant pressure on the cost of living. The average family using a five-day-a-week after-school meal now spends more money on it than on their weekly food shop, the party said. Using research from children’s charity Coram, Labor said families in England using after-school provision for a 38-week academic year paid an average of £2,537, £827 more than the 2010 cost of £1,710 ....
On Friday, it was announced that Phil Whittingham would leave his role from 15 September to “pursue other executive leadership opportunities”. The company is currently operating a significantly reduced service, with one train an hour running between London and Manchester and tickets released only days in advance. Avanti West Coast has said the disruption has been caused by severe staff shortages, and it previously blamed the “current industrial relations climate”, but the union Aslef said the rail operator had long been relying on train staff working on rest days to operate services....
If the Prime Minister is suspended for 10 days, he could face a recall petition in his constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, threatening his plans to remain an MP. It remains unclear whether Mr Johnson will stand for re-election again at the next general election, due in 2024, or whether he will remain in parliament until then. Mr Cameron and Tony Blair both resigned from the Commons shortly after resigning as prime minister, although Theresa May chose to remain as an MP....
A Brazilian fisherman miraculously survived 11 days at sea in shark-infested waters by floating inside a freezer after his boat sank, according to reports. Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues’ boat started taking on water while traveling in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northern Brazil – and then began to sink. He frantically climbed into an oversized freezer and floated inside the device for 11 days until another vessel picked him up off the coast of Suriname, according to CNN....
Aurora Energy Research estimates that the UK will need to import at least 10% of its natural gas from the EU this winter to meet demand. However, S&P Global Commodity Insights forecasts that Britain will be a net exporter to the EU this winter because LNG shipments will continue to arrive. However, some imports from the EU are still likely to be needed on the isolated cold days. Ying Chin Chou, a senior analyst at S&P, said that every one-degree drop in temperature could increase demand for heating gas by 10-15 million cubic meters (mcm)....
Cariboo Memorial Hospital (CMH) celebrated its 60th anniversary on Wednesday, August 24 with a tea in the cafeteria. In attendance were retired nurses Muriel McFaddin and Jean Bishopp, who both worked at the hospital when it opened. Bishop was the nurse who took the first patient to the new hospital and McFadin was matron at the time. Michael Atwood attended to represent his father Dr. Hugh Atwood, who cut the ribbon at the opening 60 years ago....
La vague de chaleur océanique affectant l’Atlantique Nord entraîne des températures de surface de la mer anormalement élevées, parfois +4 à +7°C au-dessus des valeurs normales. Ce stockage de chaleur est une ressource énergétique qui alimente suffisamment les systèmes cycloniques pour se développer et perdurer dans ces régions où ce type de phénomène est assez rare. C’est un cas d’école ! Cette très grande dépression est surmontée d’air froid en altitude, d’où son nom de goutte froide....
