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•Christians, Muslims go spiritual in Niger •UNIJOS directs immediate vacation of students from hostels •Protesters block Abuja-Kaduna expressway over kidnapping Chuks Okocha and Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Segun James in Lagos, Laleye Dipo and Seriki Adinoyi in Jos Eminent Nigerians, yesterday, stated that government needed the to summon the political will to act decisively to end the insecurity and criminalities going on in the country. Former vice president and Peoples Democratic Party...

30 new graduates from UKSA’s Superyacht Cadetship course ready for work Almost half the graduates from UKSA’s Superyacht Cadetship course have already secured work, with 37 per cent having had their courses paid for by donors Leading maritime training and education charity, UKSA, is delighted to announce that 30 of its students, aged 18-25, have graduated from its flagship Superyacht Cadetship course. A virtual graduation ceremony was held over the weekend, attended by the students and the...

Navigation and passage planning The port of Rye is a fully operational commercial harbour with a large fishing and leisure fleet. There are a number of navigation aids in place to assist you. Regulation of vessels underway The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions At Sea (COLREGs) operate throughout the harbour. Particular attention must be given to keeping a good lookout, especially astern. A maximum speed limit of 6 knots is enforced throughout the harbour and boats should manoe...

Commodore Malcolm Williams was a veteran mariner who served in the Falklands War A Royal Navy commodore who served in the Falklands War and was appointed CBE for leading disaster relief responses in Sierra Leone and Kosovo, has been killed in a tragic three-vehicle crash. Commodore Malcolm Williams, 69, was involved in the collision between two cars and a lorry while he was driving on the A3 road in Hampshire on April 20. He was declared dead at the scene of the accident, at Junction 3 of the A...

Cdre Williams served as operations officer on the Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade during the Falklands conflict. He also served as navigator aboard aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and commanded both HMS Andromeda and HMS Scylla. He was commanding officer on HMS Fearless while she was deployed in the Far East for the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Following his naval retirement he took up the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society role, focusing on the welfare of merchant seafarers and fishermen. Cdre W...

Pebble-Moon Holistic Wellbeing Centre in Seaton offers a variety of wellbeing treatments - Credit: GRW Photography It’s time to rediscover your local high street and hit the shops, cafes and businesses whose owners are delighted to be reopening their doors to safely welcome customers back.  There is a whole host of independent businesses in East Devon and, as lockdown restrictions are eased, there is no better time to rediscover the independent shops in your high street.  When you visit an ...

MENAS Launches Accredited Training Courses Bahrain-based Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) has underlined its commitment to boosting safe navigation in the Middle East Gulf by launching an Accredited Training Course (ATO) in partnership with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA). The ATO accreditation was awarded after a rigorous process undertaken by Trinity House (TH) under an existing agreement between IALA and TH for training ...

PLANS to revitalise several eyesore city centre buildings have been kicked about for a number of years but what are they and when will they be carried out? The biggest shake-up of the city centre in recent months, which will see dozens of empty and decaying buildings brought back into use, are the multi-million-pound plans to spruce up Angel Place and the rest of the northern side of the city centre. Long-term empty buildings such as the former Images nightclub in The Butts is due to be d...

Theres a giant new granite face staring out of Smeatons Tower When people are finally allowed back in to climb the 93 steps to the lantern chamber at the top, they will come face to face again with the engineer John Smeaton who built the structure on the Eddystone Reef The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the informatio...

Trinity House (Photo: Google Maps) A proposed 34-room shared house in Harrow town centre was “reluctantly” given the green light by councillors following intervention from the Planning Inspectorate. Harrow Council’s planning committee approved the scheme at Trinity House, in Station Road, on Wednesday (April 14). Developers seek to create a house in multiple occupation (HMO) with 34 rooms split across two floors, which will also include a two-floor extension to the current building....