British scholar, Krisztina Ilko, uses eyeliner, cotton ball to escape medieval tower
Rapunzel thinks nothing of this damsel in distress. A British academic who was trapped inside a medieval tower for seven hours escaped on Thursday using only an eyeliner pen and a cotton ball. Dr Christina Ilko, academic at the University of Cambridge, speaks with a viral tweet How terrified she was of being locked in […]
Teen climbs huge cell tower, livestreams to social media
A heart-pounding video shows a teenage influencer climbing hundreds of feet up a cell phone tower in Florida, risking her life for social media likes, police say. It is said that there is Trent DeGris, 19, was caught climbing a tower in Riverview late Saturday and told WTSP after his arrest, “I wanted to see […]
Times Square shines even brighter as ball-drop tower gets upgrade, offices fill up
The Times Square candle burns brightly at both ends. Three Times Square, a 30-story building on 42nd Street at the “crossroads of the world,” is recovering from its near-emptiness in the early days of the pandemic. A new law firm lease leaves the 30-story tower 60% full. This is an impressive feat in a depressed […]
Eiffel Tower Reopens to Tourists After Six Days of Strikes
PARIS (AP) – The Eiffel Tower will reopen to visitors on Sunday after a six-day closure due to a strike by workers demanding better upkeep and higher wages for the historic building, which shows signs of rust. It has restarted. In a statement, the 330-meter (1,083-foot) tower’s operator pledged to allocate “an ambitious investment of […]
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Shut Down London’s Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge in London was shut down by pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, as the Middle East conflict took center stage in British politics. On Saturday, dozens of anti-Israel activists waving Palestinian flags and setting off smoke bombs shut down London’s famous Tower Bridge. daily mail report. Activists […]
France’s Eiffel Tower Reopens to the Public as Union Strike Ends
(AFP) – France’s Eiffel Tower will reopen on Sunday after being closed for five days due to a strike, after the monument’s management announced it had reached an agreement with the union. The suspension since Monday at one of the world’s most famous tourist destinations is the second in two months to protest what unions […]
Spain tower block fire: Rescuers search for up to 15 missing people â Europe live | Spain
Between 9 and 15 people missing in Spanish wildfires Mara Jose CatalunyaAccording to Reuters, Valencia’s mayor said between nine and 15 people were yet to be found. A fire broke out in a 14-story residential building, killing at least four people. Photos show the aftermath of a massive fire that broke out in a high-rise […]
BT Tower to become hotel as London landmark sold for £275m | BT
The BT Tower will be converted into a luxury hotel after the British telecom company agreed to sell the London landmark to the owner of New York’s most famous accommodation for £275 million. . The deal with MCR Hotels will allow BT Group to build a Grade II listed building, given that the evolution to […]
Alabama radio station WJLX booted from air after 200ft tower vanished
“Have you ever seen a 200-foot tower go by?” That’s the question WJLX general manager Brett Elmore asked everyone last week after thieves broke into the station’s AM tower, forcing the station to shut down. That’s a question. A station in Jasper, Alabama, has been ordered off the air by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) […]
Wrecking crew accidentally hits transmission tower with wall, causing explosion
On Friday, demolition workers demolishing a burned-out St. Louis factory accidentally slammed a brick wall into a power tower, causing a brief explosion that flickered power to some downtown buildings. Missouri coroner charged with stealing money from dead man and falsifying cause of death No one was injured, but the St. Louis City Council lost […]