Day: December 14, 2018

Monday, July 25, 2005 Windsor Castle, one of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom’s official residences, is to get a hydro-electric power scheme. The £1 million project will consist of a series of under-water turbines to be installed at Romney Weir in the nearby River Thames. The system will generate 200kW, enough to meet approximately one third of the castle’s electricity needs. The electricity from the four turbines will not be sold into the…

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Audio Wikinews News Brief for April 26, 2010 Recorded by: [[User:w:User:username|w:User:username]]Problems listening to the file? See media help. RSS Contents 1 Intro 2 Script 2.1 NATO tankers in Pakistan attacked, four killed 2.2 Thai prime minister dismisses offer by anti-government protesters 2.3 WHO starts simultaneous immunization campaigns in over 100 countries 2.4 Mississippi tornado kills at least ten 2.5 Five dead after continuing violence in Nigeria 3 On this day in history 4 Outro [edit]

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Friday, July 8, 2005 The Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, has announced that thirteen people died when a bomb exploded on a bus in Tavistock Square. Initially, only two people were thought to have been killed. All bodies have now been removed from the wrecked bus. The rear of the bus and the roof of the upper deck was torn off in the blast. The bomb was either on the floor or…

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Monday, March 26, 2012 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has purchased the painting Intermission, by American artist Edward Hopper. The piece, created in 1963, is one of the last paintings created by Hopper. Hopper’s realist style, which visually examined American urban and rural life in the first half of the 20th century, made him one of the most influential and important American artists of the modern era. The painting, which was sold…

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