As reported in The Telegraph , the bosses at Sussex’s Gatwick airport are furious. They’ve slammed the UK’s Airport Commission recommendation for expanding Heathrow, claiming their recommendation was based on an analyses that don’t bear close examination. And they’re not afraid to get vocal about it. […] Continue Reading…
Imagine this: you’re sitting in your garden with planes roaring overhead. Indoors you can clearly hear aircraft passing over your home, not so far above it. And you’re woken up by more of the same as the first flights of the day take off from Heathrow’s new third runway. Continue Reading…
To those of us who remember the IRA’s reign of terror, it’s beginning to look a lot like the 1980s. According to the Daily Mail, Ramadan is set to be particularly dangerous as ISIS terror attacks gain momentum, something that’ll distress ordinary, peace-loving Muslims the world over. Continue Reading…
In the wake of yet another drunken incident on board a flight, we’re looking at booze on aircraft this week. And it’s a particularly contentious subject. Alcohol on Aircraft Some people think getting drunk in the airport or on a plane is perfectly fine, something passengers have […] Continue Reading…
Fortuitously, just a couple of weeks after we covered the latest news on sun safety in this blog, New Scientist magazine printed an article about the latest research on the effects of sunshine on our bodies. And it looks like sunshine is even more important than anyone thought. Continue Reading…
Getting the sun on your skin is wholly bad, right? Apparently not. After many years of being told that the sun’s rays are dreadfully dangerous, to be avoided at all costs, scientists are changing their minds. It appears we all need sunshine, and smothering yourself from head to toe […] Continue Reading…
Clean, fresh, safe tap water – something we take for granted in Britain – is a rare thing in the developing and third worlds, and sometimes surprisingly rare in the developed world. If you’ve ever been to the Canary Islands, for instance, you won’t have found the tap water […] Continue Reading…
“We have a historic village with buildings that go back 600 years. You cannot replace that. You cannot buy memories.” So says a resident of the beautiful village of Harmondsworth, which is under threat from Heathrow airport’s expansion plans. Harmondsworth Village Green About Heathrow expansion – The death […] Continue Reading…
As little as five years ago it was still the province of the eccentric few, something you only did if you were in the habit of wearing sandals with socks and boiling mung beans into mushy submission at mealtimes. Now ecotourism is hot property… and like the planet’s climate […] Continue Reading…
As we move inexorably towards the 2015 summer holiday season, it looks like Britain’s already-busy airports are getting even busier. What’s going on, is it a long term trend and what – if anything – can you do to make the entire experience as painless as possible? Continue Reading…
