Today's overseas foray: Europe
"France ex-health minister under investigation" -
'..over the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Prosecutors looking into government failings are investigating Agnès Buzyn for "endangering the lives of others".. special court set up in France in 1993 to investigate government ministers accused of misconduct will decide whether to prosecute her. The wording of one of the charges being investigated is "failing to fight a disaster", according to Le Monde...'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58523027"90% of adults in Republic of Ireland now fully vaccinated90% of adults in Republic of Ireland now fully vaccinated"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58522792"Isle of Man death toll rises to 48 after data reviewed"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe ... n-58518654"Merkel legacy: EU's queen with a tarnished crown"
- ' ..provoked a deep north-south divide within the EU. A divide that reappeared during the migrant crisis and at the start of the Covid pandemic - with southern Europeans feeling abandoned, to face the brunt of these emergencies. Until they no longer were. Largely thanks again to Angela Merkel, even if she tended to act very late in the day... The Covid-19 crisis, unlike the euro crisis before it, persuaded her that richer countries like Germany should indeed shoulder debts of poorer EU countries, in this case those suffering disproportionate economic effects of the pandemic. In so doing, she set a striking precedent in the EU..'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58498231"Venice Film Festival: .."
- '..The 78th edition of the world's oldest film festival wrapped up on Saturday night, with international celebrities **** to Venice's red carpet. The ceremony was a stark contrast to last year's event, when guests had to wear masks during screenings and around half of the seats on the Lido waterfront were left empty due to the coronavirus pandemic. ..'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58533531.. and for a bit of personal nostalgia ..
"Pandemic Institute: Liverpool research base opens"
- '..The institute is a partnership between the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool City Council and its city region combined authority. ..'
My first airline job was with British Eagle at Speke. An occasional urgent Air Freight request (for which we did not charge) was to carry on the next Heathrow flight (typically, 4-6 daily, IIRC, Viscount or 1-11) a package of something urgent from the LSTM to be transferred to a flight going somewhere distant, eg in Africa or South America. I gathered these might be antitoxin, antiserum etc, something of which the LSTM was a major or sometimes sole stockist, with a global reputation often little known in the city.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... e-58543721
(mere guide at) Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport
http://www.jetagemuseum.org/TripAdvisor Excellence Award 2015
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction ... gland.html