General News Thread

(10-03-2025 10:27 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  I can only imagine just how many will be brought to justice on war crimes if & when it finally ends

If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say none...

(10-03-2025 12:25 )SecretAgent Wrote:  

(10-03-2025 12:06 )Charlemagne Wrote:  There's an ongoing incident happening in the North Sea near Hull.
An oil tanker has collided with a cargo vessel and the tanker is believed to be on fire.

Lifeboats has been sent from several locations on the Yorkshire coast.

Be interesting to see how they managed to collide with the transponders they carry these days - unless of course it's a "hidden" Russian tanker with its transponder switched off.

EDIT - Doesn't seem to be a Russian tanker and was seemingly at anchor.

Let's hope any sea birds ar not caught up in the incident and any spillage of oil is kept to the minimum. Any markings to suggest country of origin?

American Tanker and Portugese Cargo ship

Re: today's collision in the North Sea
The US authorities aren't ruling out foul play. The US tanker was full of fuel for their jet planes based in Eastern England.

the other ship was carrying sodium cyanide to

What was threat to sea life from this?

so the man arrested is the captain of the portugese cargo ship who is a russian national could mean this wasnt just a freak accident afterall

The H & S Wisdom has been refloated and is now moored.

BBC News - Tommy Cooper's last fez sells for £7k at auction - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4nzzjzw79o

^ Just like that