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Nothing Of Concern On Board UK Police Say On Diverted Kenya Airways Plane

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Nothing Of Concern On Board UK Police Say On Diverted Kenya Airways Plane

Police in Essex, England have verified that the Kenya Airways (KQ) flight redirected to London's Stansted Airport on Thursday underwent a thorough inspection and no concerning items were found on board. The KQ plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was intercepted on its way to London before being diverted to Stansted for security clearance by U.K government security personnel. Stansted is the designated airport for dealing with security issues in the UK. In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday, Essex Police noted that after their investigations, the plane was returned to the airport, which continued to operate without any disruptions. "Officers have established there is nothing of concern on board a flight diverted to #Stansted Airport. Officers carried out enquiries ...

The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time

A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records – including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures on Tuesday for the first time on record. The village of Coningsby in eastern England 40.3 degrees – provisionally the hottest temperature in UK history. The record was previously held by Cambridge, which reached 38.7℃ in 2019. I’m a scientist interested in climate change and extreme weather. I grew up in the UK and remember major heatwaves in 2003 and 2006 during my school holidays. Traditionally, temperatures above 30℃ in the UK are considered hot. But to see temperatures already exceeding 40℃ is shocking. Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But Europe’s ordeal is yet another sign that changes in Earth’s climate have alread...

13 Elephants To Be Flown Into Kenya From The UK

Kenya is set to receive a troop of 13 elephants from the United Kingdom to be released into the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary in Kwale County. The elephants which were raised at the Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, UK, will be transferred in a joint project by UK-based nonprofit Aspinall Foundation, the Kenya Wildlife Services and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. According to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the project involves returning captive elephants in Europe across the 7,000-kilometer journey to Africa for rewilding The authority says that the herd has been living as a family in the UK and needs to be rewilded together to maintain the family bonds of the animals’ social structures. The 13 were born in captivity in Europe and their anc...