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Stretching for miles across the horizon, a vast armada of Chinese fishing boats trawl the pristine waters close to the Galapagos Islands. Ostensibly fishing squid, the real target for the 265-strong fleet are sharks to serve the appetite for expensive fin soup, costing up to £350 a bowl, sold in markets across China and Hong Kong. … Read more
Huge fleet of 260 Chinese fishing ships is discovered off the Galapagos Islands sparking fears they will ‘suck the life’ from the unique marine eco-system The fleet, mostly flying Chinese flags, were spotted 200 miles from the islands A Protection Strategy has been put in place with increased naval patrols Blue Planet Society say the ships … Read more
Emir of Qatar’s son’s LA student life of luxury revealed: How ‘prince lived in hotel from Pretty Woman, used fleet of multi-million pound supercars, partied with Kardashians star and took regular gambling trips to Vas Vegas’ Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, 28, studied in LA from 2011 The prince arrived in the … Read more
End of the BA jumbo jets: British Airways scraps ENTIRE FLEET of iconic 747 planes after plummeting passenger numbers forces bosses to bring forward plan to retire them in 2024 The nation’s flag carrier is world’s last major operator of the iconic Boeing 747 BA used 31 jumbo jets before coronavirus crisis forced bosses to … Read more
A well-off sea captain has lost part of his bitter divorce battle with his equestrian ex-wife over a £10 million fleet of ships. While they were together Captain Paul Anthony Crowther, 54, and his horse-loving wife Caroline lived a life of luxury in a sprawling multimillion-pound manor house in the East Sussex countryside with an illustrious … Read more
Packed with more than two million pieces of vital personal protective equipment, five 44-ton trucks head in convoy for the front line of the battle against coronavirus. This was the remarkable scene yesterday as Mail Force, the new charity created by this paper, delivered its largest donation yet to the main UK hub of the National … Read more
The acclaimed Fleet Street photographer John Downing MBE, who survived interrogation by Idi Amin’s special forces and documented war zones around the world, has died aged 79. Downing visited more than 100 countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda and Uganda during a distinguished career, bringing harrowing images of conflict to newspaper front pages in the UK. … Read more
EasyJet grounds its entire fleet of 330 planes due to coronavirus pandemic By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:16 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 07:21 BST, 30 March 2020 EasyJet has today grounded its entire fleet of 330-plus planes as coronavirus continued to decimate Britain’s airlines. The company has worked with union … Read more
Irish air traffic controllers bade farewell to an Aer Lingus jet which is flying to China to pick up PPE gear for health care staff across the entire island. The Northern Ireland Executive has joined with the government in Dublin to buy the vital equipment directly from China. An Aer Lingus Airbus A330 departed Dublin … Read more
The Royal Navy has deployed to counter ‘unusually high’ levels of activity by Russian ships in UK waters as the country is gripped by the coronavirus crisis, it was revealed today. Nine vessels, along with helicopter support, were tasked with shadowing seven Russian warships in the English Channel and North Sea over a week. The … Read more