30th July 2010

Flybe jet makes emergency landing at Manchester Airport

A passenger jet has landed safely at Manchester Airport after being forced to return to the airport shortly after take-off because of engine trouble. The Flybe plane, bound for Bournemouth, initially encountered some technical difficulties. The crew told passengers that there was nothing to worry about, but the situation worsened to the point where it was decided that one of the aircraft’s engines should be shut down.
One of the passengers said that the plane’s captain had spoken to those on board twice over the PA system. The passenger added that the aircraft had gone pretty silent after the announcements except […]

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30th July 2010

Cleaners caught pilfering at Luton Airport in police sting

Passenger baggage at Luton airport is now safer: after two of the airport’s cleaners were arrested for pilfering luggage. Abul Hussain and Anthony Currant were caught on hidden camera’s taking items from bags during a police sting operation in February. The pair were filmed opening bags before they got to the main carousel in the baggage retrievals hall.
According to Bedfordshire Police, Hussein, a 30-year-old from Claremont Road, Luton and Currant, a 65-year-old cleaner from Bolingbroke Road in the same town, each admitted to six counts of theft. Both have been handed a custodial sentence by Luton Crown Court.
Hidden cameras were […]

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30th July 2010

Male drivers dangerously distracted by skimpy outfits

Researchers have found that men are far more likely to take their attention off the road in hot weather than women – because they find themselves all too easily distracted by female summer attire. Skimpy skirts and tiny tops are being partly blamed for an increase in insurance claims being made by men during the […]

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30th July 2010

Sleep warning for holiday drivers

The summer holiday driving season is upon us, and with it comes new warnings about the right amount of sleep.
Roadsafe, the leading UK road safety group, has advised drivers to ensure that they get plenty of sleep in the period before they set out on any lengthy journey to avoid serious accidents this summer.
According to Roadsafe, around 300 deaths on UK roads every year can be attributed to driver sleepiness, while the Department for Transport has estimated that as much as 20 per cent of all accidents on major UK roads are through lack of sleep by drivers. Both have […]

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30th July 2010

Skimpy summer outfits causing accidents

Male drivers are more likely to be involved in car crashes during summer due to the fact that they are busy watching girls in skimpy outfits.
A new survey has discovered that as hemlines go up, so does the accident rate among male motorists, with 29 per cent revealing that pedestrians are too revealing for them to properly concentrate on the road, claiming skimpy summer outfits were proving too much of a distraction.
21 per cent of male drivers also said that the increase in heat also left them hot under the collar, saying that their road rage increased as the temperatures […]

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