Off Topic The Goodhand Arms

Just goes to show how far safety has come on though. Hope he's ok - my favourite driver!

 

Ferrari really cocked that up strategically. The win was in their hands.

 

Just seeing the wreck of the car makes me go cold all over

 

13 Female students on an exchange trip die in a coach crash near Barcelona. Several nationalities were on board, including British and Irish students.

 

Horrid.

 

Well-done Eddie Izzard, 27 marathons in 27 days. The long run, not the chocolate. Even if they are now called snickers.....

 

Also I imagine a Halo device would have made it much harder for him to get out?

 

I'm in favour of adding something to protect drivers, but that's the rare crash where it might have been incredibly counterproductive, yeah. Not only making it harder to get out, but I wonder how the half-canopy would have stood up to that impact. It's not entirely clear how close he came to the wall, but a crumpling halo of plexiglass could have added extra danger.

 

The Night Manager was damn good again

 

I was under the misapprehension that it was the last one tonight. What a nice surprise that there's another episode!

 

6 in all, I believe.

 

I've watched all five episodes over the last 24 hours or so. Brilliantly gripping television.

 

For anyone who is interested, the current leader in the " Name the ship " thing is RRS Boaty Mc Boatface.

 

DareDevil season 2 is brilliant.

 

Yeah I posted the link. The site was getting hammered.

 

Don't think Boaty is going to last much longer , site is under going " Maintenance " ..........


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35861444

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35869254
Bloody hell , will it ever end .


Brussels Zaventem airport blasts cause casualties

• 2 minutes ago
• From the section Europe

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Image caption The airport is being evacuated and has been closed to flights, media say
Two explosions have struck the departures area of Zaventem airport in Brussels
The Belgian government has confirmed there are casualties but has given no numbers yet.
The cause of the explosions is unknown. The airport is being evacuated and has been closed to flights.
The blasts come four days after the capture in Brussels of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the jihadist attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015.
Emergency services are clearing the airport completely. Belgium's Het Laatste Nieuws reports that more bombs have been found.
Images on social media showed smoke rising from one of the buildings, amid reports of panic as people fled the airport.
Rail transport to the facility has been halted and people have been told not to come to the airport.
Other reports say at least one of the explosions was close to the American Airlines check-in area but this has not been confirmed.
The Belgian broadcaster RTBF quoted a witness as saying there were people injured or unconscious in the departure area, opposite the Sheraton hotel.
Niels Caignau, a Swissport employee, told Flemish broadcaster VRT: "I was on a break and heard and felt a big explosion - we have from here a view over the departure hall and saw a plume of smoke come out.
"The windows are completely shattered. People went outside in shock. It doesn't look good."
The Zaventem airport is 11km (7 miles) north-east of Brussels and dealt with more than 23 million passengers last year.

 

Now reports coming in of an explosion at a metro station :-(

 

Jesus, Brussels must be in a state of panic. Up to 10 dead and 30 injured so far at the airport apparently.

 

Horrific .