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Giant Rock with an Oldsmobile pictured in the Los Angeles Times in May 1937. A caption reads, in part: “A wind sock, fluttering from a huge whitewashed rock overlooking the Mojave Desert near Twenty-nine Palms, marks the location of an emergency landing field known as Giant Rock Airport.” (Los Angeles Times Archive / Newspapers.com) 1 … Read more

A massive landslide has badly damaged a village in the Swiss Alps (Picture: AP) Three people have been reported missing after a terrifying landslide ploughed into a village in Switzerland. Brutal thunderstorms and heavy rain caused huge swathes of land to give way before crashing into a group of houses in the Alpine valley of … Read more

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento in 2012. (Associated Press) A long-awaited U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a federal law barring domestic abusers from possessing firearms will have a narrower impact than some had hoped, but it will nonetheless play an important role in … Read more

John Volanthen was one of the first to reach the trapped boys (Picture: SWNS) John Volanthen is humble. He lives quite a normal life in Bristol, with a young son, working as an IT consultant. But six years ago he was thrust onto the world stage after helping in the rescue of 13 young Thai … Read more

Klaus Fuchs helped three countries develop a nuclear bomb (Picture: Joe Raedle) The renowned physicist had spent years at the very heart of Britain and the United States’ nuclear programmes. But unbeknown to his colleagues or the security services in either country, Fuchs was passing every secret that fell into his hands on to the … Read more

Virgin Atlantic cabin crew Malcolm and Jacqui King-MacKinnon were surprised by Sir Richard Branson when they renewed their vows (Picture: Virgin Atlantic) A couple fell in love 40 years above the clouds while working as Virgin’s cabin crew on its first trans-Atlantic route. The love story of Malcolm and Jacqui King-McKinnon, from Heswall, Wirral, is … Read more

Wayne Rooney and his family have lived in their mansion near Knutsford since Descember 2021 (Source: BBC) Wayne Rooney’s bought to ferry the family around their 40-acre estate has been written off after his child drove it into a fishing lake. The former England footballer and his wife Coleen live with their four sons – Kai, 14, … Read more