LONDON, Oct 31 — Delegates and journalists planning to travel by train from England to the UN climate summit in Scotland faced chaos today after a fallen tree closed the main line from London. An overnight storm saw the tree knock out overhead power wires on the track between London and...
LONDON, Oct 31 — Delegates and journalists planning to travel by train from England to the UN climate summit in Scotland faced chaos today after a fallen tree closed the main line from London.
“Due to the extent of the disruption for services heading north of London, we’re advising customers do not travel,” Avanti West Coast, which operates services on the line, said on Twitter.Network Rail, which manages the UK’s railway tracks, said the tree fell on overhead electric cables in Northamptonshire, in central England.
“Hundreds of delegates to a climate conference stuck in Euston because UK’s infrastructure just isn’t resilient to climate change,” she said.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
UK captain faces France trial amid post-Brexit fishing feud | Malay MailRENNES (France), Oct 29 — French prosecutors today ordered a trial for the captain of a British trawler detained on charges of operating without a licence, escalating a fishing rights row that could spark a trade war as soon as next week. The two sides have been at loggerheads for months over new...
Read more »
Thunberg joins London finance protest before climate summitLONDON (Reuters) -Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg joined protesters at a noisy demonstration outside the London offices of Standard Chartered bank on Friday to demand that financial institutions stop funding the extraction of fossil fuels.
Read more »
The highly anticipated Frieze London and Frieze Masters art fairs have arrived! | New Straits TimesREGENT’S Park is one of the less favoured fresh-air destinations for tourists to London. In the autumn, the place is mostly taken over by squirrels collecting nuts for the winter. Every year, their peace is disturbed by one massive event, when collectors of more serious material than nuts assemble for one of the world’s biggest art happenings.
Read more »
UK captain faces France trial amid post-Brexit fishing feud | Malay MailRENNES (France), Oct 29 — French prosecutors today ordered a trial for the captain of a British trawler detained on charges of operating without a licence, escalating a fishing rights row that could spark a trade war as soon as next week. The two sides have been at loggerheads for months over new...
Read more »
UK’s Johnson urges China’s Xi to move faster on climate goals | Malay MailROME, Oct 30 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday to do more to reduce his country’s reliance on coal and to bring forward its target date for peak CO2 emissions to try to better tackle climate change. China, the world’s biggest emitter of...
Read more »