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The tunnel boring machine, or tbm. so this machine itself is 170 metres long. it contains all the processes, all the pipes, all the welfare, all the canteen, all the facilities for the guys to be on the machine for such a long duration. its 10.26 metres in diameter, so i like to say its roughly the height of two giraffes stood one on top of each other. its a big hit of kit. florence, and a sister machine called cecilia, will be used to build a ten mile twin bore tunnel between the chiltern hills...

The rest of the agenda later, likely with democrats only, but that first piece, whether or not there is a bipartisan path forward, look, there is agreement that there needs to be significant spending on roads and bridges and ports, waterways, how to pay for it, though, pretty significant disagreement. president biden has put corporate tax increases on the table to pay for his proposal. republicans have made clear there is no such tax increase they are willing to agree to. instead they want user ...

To organise a vitual iftar — or breaking of the daily fast — saying it helped to break down barriers and that it actively enhanced diversity and inclusion across football. travel news now and on the trains, gwr passengers are being advised not to travel after cracks were discovered in some high—speed trains. lner passengers have been urged to check before they travel. some other services are also affected and the situation is expected to last a few days. good service on all lines. on the r...

Reforming corporate tax. they want to up the tax rate up a bit. biden pushing for back to 28%. most voters support that. some moderate democrats are saying it shouldnt go back up to pre trump levels arguing for a middle ground of 25%. heres the thing. this entire debate is still happening right now within the narrow corporate terms set basically by trump which came after decades of corporate give aways. in the 80s it was a conservative wall street victory when reagan slashed the corporate rates ...

Like honestly declaring your losses. others are tricks designed for tax dodging, an issue many top democrats have hammered. >> if anybody here thinks that corporate america gives one damn about the average american worker, youre mistaken. >> facebook has kept billions of dollars in tax breaks. >> you build something great in this country, good for you. you did it using workers all of us helped paid to educate. >> if they can safe five cents by going to china, thats what theyll do. >> unlike my o...

And though the situation is not as distressing as deli, but, here in kolkata, there is a massive crisis of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, as well as maxines. —— vaccines. and as this crisis intensifies — theres an urgent need for vaccines. here are people queuing for theirjabs today in delhi and mumbai. so far only front line workers and adults over 45 are eligible — but from this weekend, any adult can sign up. this will be indias largest ever vaccination drive. in the meantime, inter...

Paul, who buried jimmie hoffa after stuffing his body into a 55 gallon metal drum. >> he couldnt fit in the drum feet first. >> hoffa couldnt fit in the drum? >> feet first. he couldnt get the legs to bend height. he had to put him in head first. >> his father owned a garbage dump but his father buried hoffa feet off the dumps. he showed experts the exact spot and we found a buried barrel and came up with large pieces of round buried metal like the big drums he said we would find. >> its definit...

No if the scottish people are voting for pro—independence parties? no, i dont think so. if theres a pro—independence majority in holyrood, theyll have a mandate to have a second referendum. and it would detract completely from our — undermine our democracy. thats not the view in downing street, though. the uk government has made it pretty clear itll say no to another referendum, even if theres a pro—independence majority — which raises the possibility of a pretty tense stand—off over...

Senses of identity have changed, too. in the last referendum, glasgow backed independence and, ahead of the election next week, people are talking about scotlands future again. for me, personally, scottish independence is the main thing in this election. its a chance for...obviously for scotland to get a say again, its a chance for a new fresh start, which everybody wants after covid. independence should not be the most important issue at this election. it should be kind of building back better ...

That he would see somebody in need and want to help them. london fire brigades boats were among those who tried to help. they praised jimis bravery and urged londoners to stay safe. people underestimate the risks in and around the river thames, the fact that it is a tidal body of water, some extremely strong currents and obviously, its tidal as well, so you can be quickly washed away. a fundraising page forjimis funeral, and to support his family, has raised more than £70,000. i want my son to ...