Locals and tourists alike woke up on Sunday morning to find a tract of Venice’s Grand Canal had turned fluorescent green. The water surrounding one of the canal’s most photographed spots, Rialto Bridge, looked otherwordly and left officials and onlookers wondering for
A ship has run aground in the Suez Canal, causing fears that the world’s busiest shipping lane could be blocked. Leth Shipping Agency reported that tugboats had raced to the scene to refloat the vessel as reports suggest four ships were already
A ship has got stuck in the Suez Canal this morning (Thursday, May 25) blocking one of the world’s busiest – and most important – shipping routes. Xin Hai Tong 23, a 189m-long bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Hong Kong,
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi virtually oversaw the signing of a $1.7 billion intercontinental rail system that Moscow claims will rival the Suez Canal as a major global trade route. The deal between Moscow and Tehran will finance
A body of a man has been recovered from a popular canal in Birmingham. The emergency services were called to the Perry Barr Top Lock just off the A34 Walsall Road, at the junction of Fairview Avenue, around 7.45am today. The entrance
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after two teenage girls were raped on a canal towpath over the Easter weekend. Thames Valley Police said the victims were allegedly attacked between 9.30pm and 10.10pm on Saturday near Park Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The teenage
Tributes have poured in for a teenage boy who died while swimming in a canal this weekend. George Lund, 14, has been described as a “wonderful” boy by those who knew him. He had jumped into the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal in
A mother has been left devastated after the body of her son was pulled from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal three weeks after he went missing. An inquest has heard how Peter Curphey originally went missing on the day before his birthday.
Manchester police have found human remains in their search for great-grandad Peter Baglin. Peter was last seen on the evening of Wednesday 28 December. While the remains have not been formally identified, Peter’s next of kin have been informed of the discovery.
The skeletal remains of a student who disappeared 47 years ago have been found in a car at the bottom of a canal. Kyle Clinkscales, 22, was last seen at a bar where he worked on the night of January 27, 1976