Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Photo – Big Ben Leaning Badly, Is it Ready to Fall Over?

Saturday, October 15, 2011

What time is it?

Big Ben, Westminster’s iconic landmark clock and London tourist attraction is in danger of falling over!

Authorities and engineers have noted that Big Ben is leaning more and more each year and is now almost two feet off level center – and the tilt is getting worse each year.

Now, for the first time, the tilt and slight lean can be seen by the naked eye.

The Lean in Big Ben is noticeable with the naked eye

Engineers think that decades of underground construction have allowed the big clock to sink into the soft ground that runs along the river Thames.

While the 315 foot Big Ben is indeed starting to tilt, officials say it would take over 2,000 years before it got as bad as the leaning tower of Pisa – which is over 12 feet off center.



A university professor commented,

‘I’ve heard tourists saying “I don’t think it is quite vertical” and they are right. If it started greater acceleration we would have to look at doing something, but I don’t think we need to do anything for a few years yet.’

However, many Londoners have been quietly chuckling over one report that said,

"If Big Ben were to fall it would crash into the MPs' offices over the road in Portcullis House."

It seems there are lots of people who don’t think would be such a bad thing.

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Dead - Amy Winehouse Found Dead in Her London Apartment

Saturday, July 23, 2011

There is some sad news in the world of alternative music today.

Twenty-seven year-old singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment Saturday afternoon.

London police were called shortly after 4:00 PM and asked to assist a female who turned out to be Winehouse.

When police arrived they found the singer dead.

Witnesses told reporters that they suspect drugs and alcohol was the cause of death.

Police have not commented on a possible overdose.

Winehouse had cancelled the remainder of her European tour last month after appearing intoxicated on stage in Serbia Belgrade and was heckled by the audience.

Related: Amy Winehouse wasted on stage in Serbia Belgrade – Video

In 2007 the singer married musician Blake Fielder-Civil, but the couple had an increasingly violent relationship. Blake was sent to prison in 2008 on charges of obstruction of justice and they divorced in 2009.

Mitch Winehouse, her father, has not commented on her death but is currently travelling to London from New York.

R.I.P and God speed Amy.

You’re in the arms of the Angels now – may you find some comfort there.

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Video – UFO’s Seen Over London During The Day By Multiple People

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Strange things are happening in the skies over London these days.

In the video below, multiple people can be seen walking the streets of London minding their own business when out of nowhere several UFO’s appear.

If you watch closely, one seems to be a circular object that could easily pass as a weather balloon.

But watch the smaller objects moving around it and it defies logic.

At one point, one of the smaller objects changes directions so abruptly that it is clear it can’t be an aircraft.

The change in direction and sudden increase in speed is eerie and makes you wonder if any military could devise such a device – much less keep it secret.


<a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/browse?mkt=en-us&amp;from={from}&amp;vid=b6c88737-79a8-475b-9e88-b242469b4840" target="_new" title="UFO Hovers Above BBC Building In London">Video: UFO Hovers Above BBC Building In London</a>

The objects were spotted above the BBC Building and Tower Bridge and happened last week.

No official statement has been released by any official representative and the incident remains a mystery as of now.

Do you think they’re real or just another UFO conspiracy?

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