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Doctor killed in fatal Southend Airport plane crash named locally for the first time
A doctor who was one of four people who died when a light aircraft crashed at Southend Airport has been named locally for the first time. The passengers, who have not been officially named by authorities, were on a medical transport plane heading...

Southend plane crash: Everything we know as victims named and airport closed
Southend Airport remains closed after a small aircraft crashed close to the runway and burst into flames, killing four people. Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, a German citizen born in Chile, was reportedly on her first day as a flight nurse on...

Council votes to bar truck traffic from right turns at Broadway intersection
QUINCY — The Quincy City Council passed an ordinance Monday night to reduce or prevent damage to a building at the southeast corner of 12th and Broadway. With Mayor Linda Moore currently traveling with the Sister City trip to Germany, aldermen...

Court rejects German responsibility in Yemen drone case
The German Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that Germany did not violate international law by failing to strictly monitor or prevent US drone attacks carried out with the help of signals from the Ramstein air base. The ruling comes...

Retired fighter pilot selling replica of P-40 Warhawk says it's like 'losing an old friend'
Wayne Foster spent much of his life chasing the horizon as a fighter pilot, but he could be facing his toughest battle yet: parting with the warbird he built by hand. At 88, Foster is selling one of his planes: a smaller-scale replica of a P-40...

The best Marella ships and Tui cruise deals for 2025 and 2026
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London Southend Airport plane crash: Four killed as Zeusch aviation plane erupts into fireball after take-off
Tragic new details have emerged after a small aircraft crashed and caught fire moments after taking off from London Southend Airport, with the identity of one of the people on board revealed. The Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, operated by Dutch...
What we know as four killed in Southend Airport plane crash
One of the four people killed in a plane crash at London Southend Airport was a nurse on her first day in her new job, it has been reported. Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz, 31, was a German citizen who was born in Chile and had worked as a nurse...
Pipeline Consortium Lands Major German Energy Project
A consortium led by Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE has secured a substantial pipeline contract from Gasunie Deutschland, a transmission system operator, to construct the 86-kilometer (53-mile) ETL 182 energy transmission conduit. The order, valued in...

Farmer who found lost German backpacker in Outback reveals moment she found the tourist who ‘slept in a cave to survive’
THE hero farmer who found a missing backpacker in the Australian Outback has revealed the first words she said to the lost woman. Tania French discovered a dishevelled Carolina Wilga, 26, on the side of a remote stretch of road 12 days after the...

‘At Parcels Mart, we’re not just moving parcels; we’re moving intelligence through infrastructure’
Joe Enobong is the CEO and founder of Parcels Mart Solutions Limited, a culmination of over two decades of progressive experience in global logistics and supply chain management. His career includes strategic leadership roles at Samsung, UPS, and...

From Germany to the Netherlands, some Moroccans are slowly reversing a decades-old migration
As anti-Muslim sentiment hardens across Europe, some Moroccans are no longer waiting to be pushed out, they’re voluntarily leaving, reversing a migration trend decades in the making. They are heading back to Morocco, doing exactly what far right...

Photovoltaics for cargo ships
Wattlab has installed a PV system capable of delivering up to 35 kW to a cargo ship’s high-voltage propulsion system, allowing it to temporarily replace one of four diesel generators under optimal conditions. July 14, 2025 Scarlet Schmitz From pv...

Army specialist dies from injuries in rail cargo inspection accident near Berlin
Spc. Jaylin Perez, 32, died July 8 from injuries in a rail accident near Berlin, U.S. Army Europe and Africa said in a statement. (GoFundMe) STUTTGART, Germany — The death of a U.S. soldier during a logistics operation in Germany supporting the...

Massive cruise ship arrives unexpectedly in Liverpool
An impressive cruise ship unexpectedly arrived in Liverpool. The Mein Schiff 3 docked in Liverpool's cruise terminal on its 'summer in Great Britain' 12-day round trip from Bremerhaven, Germany. Owned by TUI and built in 2014, the 15-deck boat...

Air India Plane Crash Pilot's Medical Records Turned Over Amid Mental Health Questions: Did He Cause The Disaster?
Fresh concerns are mounting over the tragic crash of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner or Air India Flight 171 last month, as new reports suggest the flight's captain, who died in the crash along with 240 others, had previously taken medical...

Uruguay agrees to amend passports following rejection from France and Germany
Monday, July 14th 2025 - 10:56 UTC “We will resolve it,” Orsi said The Uruguayan Government of President Yamandú Orsi will be reversing its decision to exclude the place of birth from new passports, which resulted in a ban on entry or visa...

Southend Airport Plane Crash: Airport Shut Indefinitely After Beech B200…
Multiple Flights Cancelled | Emergency Response Underway | Investigation Launched London- A small private aircraft crashed moments after takeoff at London Southend Airport on Sunday afternoon, triggering a large-scale emergency response and the...

China says Germany’s claim of laser directed at plane over Red Sea ‘inconsistent with facts’
BEIJING – Beijing dismissed on July 9 claims by Berlin that the Chinese military had directed a laser at a German aircraft over the Red Sea as “completely inconsistent with the facts”. The foreign ministry in Berlin said on July 8 that a German...

Springfield woman’s book explores quest for humanity during war
Although the children survived, the attack came just three months after their mother’s death in the third Japanese-run internment camp in Java where they spent World War II and three years after separation from a father who spent it in a prisoner...