Construction of a UK-funded wall near Calais' so-called Jungle migrant camp will begin very soon, according to UK government.
The wall is meant to protect the road from disruption by migrants, thousands of whom live at the Jungle camp.
Work is expected to start this month, with the wall due to be finished by the end of the year.
The tallest concrete structure to be demolished in the UK has been blown up.
The chimney of the defunct 244m-tall Grain A Power Station in Kent was transformed into 40,000 tonnes of concrete rubble in a matter of seconds after explosives were detonated.
The demolition sent huge clouds of smoke into the sky as onlookers watched the spectacle.
Originally opened in 1979,...
Hungarian prosecutors have filed charges against a camerawoman accused of kicking and tripping refugees fleeing police near the southern border with Serbia last year.
Petra Laszlo was fired from her job at N1TV, a television station with nationalist sympathies, after video footage spread online appearing to show her kicking a girl and a young man.
Her prosecution for disorderly conduct comes...
A man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital after being injured in a fire in a valley in Ghaxaq at around 11am on Wednesday morning.
Authorities belive that fireworks material was among other rubbish that was being burned when an explosion occured.
The condition of the man is not known.
Emirates A380s will fly between Dubai and New Zealand five times daily from 30 October with the introduction of the airline’s double-decker flagship aircraft on Christchurch services.
Emirates will be the first airline to offer regular scheduled A380 services to and from
Christchurch with the upgrade of the current daily Christchurch service from Boeing 777-
300ERs, along with the removal of the...
The wonders and woes of the brain will be the focus of the annual Science in the City – European Researcher’s Night where the latest science and inspiring research on the human brain will be explained through interactive exhibitions, artworks, live experiments, music, theatre, and symposiums.
The fifth edition of the science and arts festival will be held in Valletta...
As part of his Official Visit to Germany, Minister George Vella on Tuesday held lengthy discussions with Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier.
The two Ministers exchanged views on a number of issues on bilateral and regional agendas. Developments in the EU, its immediate neighbourhoods to the South and the East, migration and ongoing preparations for Malta's Presidency in 2017 were...
Three people were taken to hospital following a two car collision in Mdina Road, Zebbug, on Tuesday evening.
Police say that the cars involved were a Fiat Punto driven by a 23 year-old woman who resides in Paola and a Ford Focus driven by a 20 year-old man from Mosta.
Two women, a 40 year-old and a 46 year-old, were passengers...
Switzerland beat European champions Portugal 2-0 in their opening World Cup 2018 Group B qualifier on Tuesday.
Portugal were missing Cristiano Ronaldo who has been out injured since the finals of Euro 2016.
Beaten finalists France got their own campaign off to a slow start with a 0-0 draw agaomst Belarus in Group A.
Elsewhere in that group, Sweden held the Netherlands...
A 54-year-old man is in critical condition after falling off a ladder while he was working at a stable in Naxxar.
Police say the accident happened at around 7.30pm on Tuesday evening.
