Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

Wrapped in Brexit red tape, a UK freight firm struggles to trade

By Kate Holton

 

download.jpg

 

FELIXSTOWE, England (Reuters) - In just one month of post-Brexit trading, British logistics expert Jon Swallow has seen exports dive, prices rise and customers so desperate that he is practically offering a counselling service.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204254-wrapped-in-brexit-red-tape-a-uk-freight-firm-struggles-to-trade/

 

  • Haha 1
Posted

'Loved ones, not numbers': Inside a British funeral business as COVID deaths surge

By Andrew R.C. Marshall

 

BB1dh3dP.jpg

Friends and relatives of Eileen Anderson, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pay their respects during her funeral service in the chapel at Beckenham Crematorium, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in south east London, Britain, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

LONDON (Reuters) - It was a normal busy winter for British funeral director Matthew Uden until the second week of January. “Then it was like someone flicked a switch,” he said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204255-loved-ones-not-numbers-inside-a-british-funeral-business-as-covid-deaths-surge/

 

Posted

German man survives high-speed impact with traffic island

By The Phuket News

 

1612171012_1-org.jpg

Rawai Municipality traffic CCTV captures when Mr Frischer was launched into the air after hitting the traffic island and street sign. Screenshot: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- A German man escaped a serious accident with his life after the motorbike he was riding struck a sign on the central reservation at the intersection of Saiyuan Rd and Wiset Rd in Rawai last night (Jan 31).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204262-german-man-survives-high-speed-impact-with-traffic-island/

 

Posted

Phuket lifeguards urge beach caution after Russian man, Thai girl rescued from drowning

By The Phuket News

 

1612160784_1-org.jpg

A 6-year-old girl was rescued from a lagoon near Nai Harn Beach. Photo: Phuket Naiharn Surf Lifesaving Club

 

PHUKET:-- Nai Harn lifeguards are urging beachgoers to be careful in the water after a 6-year-old Thai girl was rescued from drowning in a lagoon near Nai Harn Beach and a Russian man was resuscitated after he became separated from friends while swimming at Yanui Beach yesterday afternoon (Jan 31).

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204264-phuket-lifeguards-urge-beach-caution-after-russian-man-thai-girl-rescued-from-drowning/

 

Posted

Phuket police arrest knife-wielding 7-Eleven robbers

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

1612176229_1-org.jpg

The two men were taken back to the 7-Eleven store to re-enact the robbery today (Feb 1). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Phuket Police have arrested two men wanted for robbing a 7-Eleven store at Ao Makham in Wichit last Thursday by threatening the staff with a knife.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204274-phuket-police-arrest-knife-wielding-7-eleven-robbers/

 

  • Haha 1
Posted

Phuket mayors, councillors discharged ahead of municipal election 

By The Phuket News

 

1612174238_1-org.jpg

Passakon Siripakayapon, Director-General of the Phuket office of the Election Commission of Thailand (PEC).

 

PHUKET:-- The Phuket office of the Election Commission of Thailand (PEC) has confirmed that all mayors and municipal councillors in Phuket were discharged from their official duties today (Feb 1) ahead of the municipal election to be held on Mar 28.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204275-phuket-mayors-councillors-discharged-ahead-of-municipal-election/

 

Posted

BMA Apologizes to Restaurateur for Wrong COVID Timeline

 

image.jpg

 

BANGKOK, Feb 1 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration apologized to the operator of a well-known restaurant for mistakenly reporting a timeline which affected its business and promised to verify information before dissemination.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204276-bma-apologizes-to-restaurateur-for-wrong-covid-timeline/

 

Posted

Thai police clash with protesters at demonstration against Myanmar coup - witnesses

 

2021-02-01T105417Z_1_LYNXMPEH1018W_RTROPTP_4_MYANMAR-POLITICS-THAILAND.JPG

Anti-Thai government protester wields a smoke flare next to a riot police officer after protesters showed up at a rally for Myanmar's democracy outside the embassy, in Bangkok, Thailand February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

(Reuters) - Police in Thailand's capital clashed on Monday with a group of demonstrators who were protesting against a coup that took place in Myanmar, Reuters witnesses said.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204279-thai-police-clash-with-protesters-at-demonstration-against-myanmar-coup-witnesses/

 

  • Heart-broken 1
Posted

Thailand targets $10 billion investments in industrial corridor this year

 

2021-02-01T103744Z_1_LYNXMPEH1017J_RTROPTP_4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-THAILAND.JPG

FILE PHOTO: Employees in protective suits work on UVC sterilizer units for medical staff, at a factory in Samutprakarn, Thailand April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand aims to boost investment in the country's industrial east this year by 44% to around $10 billion, a deputy prime minister said on Monday, after a 45% drop last year due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204280-thailand-targets-10-billion-investments-in-industrial-corridor-this-year/

 

Posted

Julia Roberts starred in Friends after Matthew Perry wrote quantum physics paper for her

By Nika Shakhnazarova

 

1_Actor-Matthew-Perry-and-actress-Julia-Roberts.jpg

Julia, 53, made a memorable guest appearance in the hit US sitcom in 1996 (Image: Getty Images)

 

Julia Roberts appeared on Friends in exchange for Matthew Perry writing her quantum physics paper for her.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204281-julia-roberts-starred-in-friends-after-matthew-perry-wrote-quantum-physics-paper-for-her/

 

Posted

Photographer Mick Rock: ‘Social media means we won’t see another Lou Reed’

By Vanessa Thorpe

 

3532.jpg

Lou Reed Blonde With Cigarette London Spring 1974, by Mick Rock, which will feature in an auction of Rock’s images. Photograph: Mick Rock 2021

 

Veteran English photographer Mick Rock embodies the music scene of the 1970s, from his famous shots of Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Freddie Mercury, Iggy Pop and David Bowie, right down to his convenient birth surname.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204282-photographer-mick-rock-‘social-media-means-we-won’t-see-another-lou-reed’/

 

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.




×
×
  • Create New...