HOLIDAYMAKER was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital yesterday after falling on to rocks on the shore of Loch Ness, near Foyers.
The Loch Ness lifeboat team were launched yesterday
The Loch Ness lifeboat team were launched yesterday
The incident happened just after 2.30pm after the woman, who was on holiday from East Sussex with her husband and children, fell whilst walking from Foyers to Inverfarigaig. Read Article
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THE public are being reminded of the dangers of landslides on a stretch of coastline where a young Derbyshire holidaymaker was killed. Five people escaped unhurt after a major rock fall along the Jurassic Coast near Charmouth, Dorset, on Wednesday, the Coastguard said. The warning comes just two weeks after Charlotte Blackman, 22, from Heanor, […]
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Lifeguards in Ceredigion have warned people not to touch snakes after a man was bitten by an adder at Borth beach. The 20-year-old holidaymaker was bitten on the hand when he picked the snake up in sand dunes on Saturday. Read Article
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If any of the 700 athletes in London for the Olympic Games are unlucky enough to get injured, they’ll get treated at a state-of-the-art polyclinic situated inside the park. But for the half-million tourists, it’s straight to a British hospital for serious ailments requiring medical attention. For most Americans in London to see the games, […]
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A strike by Home Office staff including immigration officers that had threatened disruption on Thursday on the eve of the Olympics has been called off by union officials.But the Home Office denied a claim by the Public and Commercial Services union that the government had agreed to create hundreds of new jobs. Read article
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Criminals from Eastern Europe are passing themselves off as policemen to rob tourists in Britain. Their numbers are likely to soar during the Olympics as police revealed they had intelligence to suggest hordes of pickpockets and conmen from Eastern Europe and as far as away as South America will flock to London to prey on […]
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Seven people are being treated for Legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak in Stoke-on-Trent. Those affected are six men and a woman, aged between their late 40s and 75, health officials said. Read article
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Britain is leaving nothing to chance as the clock ticks to the opening ceremony of the biggest sports event. The hosts of the 30th Olympiad have deployed an extra 1,200 troops, increasing security around Olympic venues ahead of Friday’s ceremony. Read article
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Updated at 9:09 a.m. ET: LONDON — The biggest peacetime security operation in Britain’s history is under way – an $877-million civilian and military plan to protect athletes and visitors from threats ranging from suicide bombers to organized criminals. But it has also turned some London streets into military zones and Olympic venues into fortresses. […]
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LONDON — Britain’s Home Office says it will seek an injunction to halt a strike on the eve of the Olympics by immigration staff at U.K. airports. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, which represents staff at British airports, voted last week for a 24-hour walkout over pay and job losses. The strike […]
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