General News Thread

^ So far the police have nothing to go on.

Ah yes, the old jokes are always the best

(24-02-2025 23:06 )Snooks Wrote:  Ah yes, the old jokes are always the best

Ba-Dum-Tish!!!

Did it ever flush?

This story on my local news programme made me smile, as a Dutch cargo vessel has run aground on a sandbank in the Humber Estuary. After 3 attempted efforts to free it using tugs, the tide conditions are unsuitable for further efforts for the next month, but the crew intend to sit it out.
The vessel is named H & S Wisdom, maybe if the crew had shown a little more wisdom they wouldn't have got stranded in the first place.

Are Wisdom tootbrushes the cargo??

I can only imagine just how many will be brought to justice on war crimes if & when it finally ends and just how much blood Putin has on his hands too.

There's an ongoing incident happening in the North Sea near Hull.
An oil tanker has collided with a cargo vessel and the tanker is believed to be on fire.

Lifeboats has been sent from several locations on the Yorkshire coast.

(10-03-2025 13:06 )Charlemagne Wrote:  There's an ongoing incident happening in the North Sea near Hull.
An oil tanker has collided with a cargo vessel and the tanker is believed to be on fire.

Lifeboats has been sent from several locations on the Yorkshire coast.

Be interesting to see how they managed to collide with the transponders they carry these days - unless of course it's a "hidden" Russian tanker with its transponder switched off.

EDIT - Doesn't seem to be a Russian tanker and was seemingly at anchor.