General Discussion
I know that in the scheme of things £900,000 is not a big amount but is this really necessary given the economic hit so many have taken over the past few months and that so many more will be feeling in the months to come? Couldn't that £900,000 have been spent in a better way? ...
Both the Express and the i newspapers lead today with the story that the way the state pension rises each year is now under threat. You may have heard of 'the triple lock'. This triple lock determines how much the state pension rises each year. Which ever is the highest of the following three criteria determines how much the pension gets raised; a) average wage increases b) ...
@DEEDOODLE Yes, I know that there are planes still flying, but when was the last time you saw a passenger plane taking off from Exeter? What about the planes on the tarmac at Bournemouth, Gatwick, and other airports that are mothballed? When was the last TUI flight that left this country? As for 40 flights arriving at Heathrow today, WOW, they usually have that amount in less than ...
@Carer .....airplanes......are u sure!!!!!!!!!!!!, because there are plenty in the sky and at least 40 coming into Heathrow today.
@DEEDOODLE Not sure if you have heard, but there is a global pandemic known as Corvid-19 aka Coronavirus, where all holidays, including cruises, have halted, and ships (as well as aeroplanes) have to find somewhere to hold up until they are called back into service.
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There are two the Carnival Magic and the Carnival Valor and both only have crew onboard you can watch a video on Devon Live of the interiors.
lit up like a xmas tree last night. seemed like an awful lot of lights for a skeleton crew.
I don't think that there are any passengers on board, just a skeleton crew, same as the cruise ships off Weymouth. It's just somewhere to anchor until it is called back into service.
A cruise ship with the capacity for 4,724 passengers and 1386 crew is currently on its way into Torbay. May 15th Gibraltar May 20th Dubrovnik June 03rd Barcelona June 12th Dover June 14th Torbay 16:30hrs arrival. Hope they remember and practice the 2m distance rule. Who in their right mind would get on this massive incubator during a pandemic. Not much hope for the human ...