Astonishing man-made “Supertrees” erected in Singapore

Architects in Singapore are in the process of erecting 18 “Supertrees” made of steel and concrete in order to give the Marina Bay area a hefty splash of greenery. The man-made structures are designed to look like giant trees with a gigantic 50 metre concrete trunk, a huge canopy weighing between

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JFK’s Runway 4 turtle-y closed… For 15 minutes

New York’s JFK Airport had to close a runway yesterday for 15 minutes – but not because of the weather, technical faults or even striking staff – a group of migrating turtles crossing the runway were to blame. Around 150 diamondback turtles, mainly females, were spotted crossing the tarmac of

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New supersonic passenger jet cuts London to NY flights to just TWO HOURS

British firm HyperMach has unveiled its concept for a new supersonic passenger jet capable of flying from London to New York in just two hours – half the time of the previous fastest passenger jet Concorde. The SonicStar plane was unveiled at the Paris Air Show last week, with HyperMach announcing

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Smoking ban in New York “a joke”

New York’s recently imposed ban on smoking in public places has been branded a ‘joke’ after only one ticket has been issued in the first month of the new law. The new legislation apparently covers 1700 parks and 14 miles of coastline, as well as inner-city New York. However, only one ticket ha

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“Playground for grown-ups” opens in Las Vegas

‘Dig This’, a playground for grown-ups has opened in Las Vegas, Nevada. It looks very much like a large building site – albeit one with very little construction going on – but it is in fact the world’s largest digger playground. The park’s owner, Ed Mumm, dreamed up the idea of a digger

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Greek ‘general strike’ to cause travel chaos

Travellers are set to face “chaos” in Greece as a result of 48 hours of general strikes across the country. Airports will shut down for periods as air traffic controllers are scheduled to strike for eight hours a day – four hours in the morning and four in the evening. The air traffic controll

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Airports “more stressful than moving house”

Research conducted by credit card insurer CPP has found that Britons feel airports are more stressful than work or moving house. The report has apparently found that millions of people find airports so stressful they have given up flying altogether. Of the people who haven’t given up entirely, fou

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Storms – and tornadoes – set to mark end of British heatwave

Britain’s current heat wave – which has seen temperatures rise to a whopping 30C with a possible 33C before today ends – is due to come to an abrupt halt this evening as storms roll in. Weather experts are even predicting hail, flash floods and possibly tornadoes in the South East of the UK. P

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New Yorkers turn abandoned ‘High Line’ into leafy park

We all recognise the iconic ‘high line’ train tracks from New York City. The train tracks, suspended in the air, are as iconic as the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. However, what happens when one of them falls into disuse? Taking it down would be one option – and it was an [&

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Easyjet to begin operations from London Southend Airport

Easyjet has announced plans to operate three A319 planes out of London Southend Airport from April 2012. The planes will fly to ten European destinations including Ibiza and Barcelona. The airport has benefited recently from a new rail link from London’s Liverpool Street station and Canary Wharf,

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