Seen in the News

[Stanley]

THIS caught my attention.
Updated 1 hour ago
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed murder charges against Nick Reiner over the deaths of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance alleging multiple murders, District Attorney Nathan Hochman said. He could be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty if found guilty. He will be brought to court to formally face charges and enter a plea after he is medically cleared by prison officials, Mr Hochman said. The charges came two days after the couple were found dead in their home in Brentwood, California, with multiple stab wounds.

[Whyperion]

One wonders what the reported argument he had earlier was about.

[Tripps]

Addenbrookes Hospital .

The cause of a fire which has left a car park at Addenbrooke's Hospital closed has been confirmed. The Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire in car park one at Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Saturday (December 13). Twelve cars were destroyed in the fire
Since then, the car park has been closed and will remain closed for the “foreseeable future”. Firefighters have now concluded the investigation into the fire and a cause has been determined.

A fire spokesperson said: “The fire investigation is now complete.

The cause of the fire was accidental and was due to a mechanical fault with a diesel vehicle.”

[Stanley]

I've worked with diesels all my life and have never seen one cause a fire. I'd be interested to know more....
THIS caught my attention this morning.....
49 minutes ago
BP has appointed a new chief executive, making Meg O'Neill the first woman to run a major global oil firm. The London-based energy giant said its current boss Murray Auchincloss would step down less than two years after he replaced Bernard Looney, who was found to have committed "serious misconduct" in failing to disclose relationships with colleagues. BP executive vice president Carol Howle will serve as interim chief executive until Ms O'Neill, who has led Australian energy firm Woodside Energy since 2021, takes up her new role on 1 April. Ms O'Neill said she looks forward to helping BP "do our part to meet the world's energy needs".
Apart from the fact they appointed a woman, what struck me looking at the image of the lady was that I would hate to be up in front of her on a charge!

[Tizer]

Since Russia invaded Ukraine we have been training Ukrainian military. Now we'll have to start learning from them...
`In this secret missile factory, Ukraine is ramping up its domestic arms industry' LINK
...At the start of the war Ukraine mostly relied on its old Soviet-era arsenal. Western military support helped modernise the country's armed forces, but it now leads much of the world in developing unmanned systems – like robots and drones. Now, domestically produced cruise missiles are adding to Ukraine's long-range capability....
The end product looks similar to the German V1 rocket from World War Two. It consists of a large jet engine placed on top of a tube the length of a London bus....The cruise missile is said to have a range of 3,000km (1,900 miles). That's similar to a US-made Tomahawk – the more sophisticated and expensive weapon that US President Donald Trump refused to give Ukraine....

[Whyperion]

Diesel also attributed to the initial vehicle at the Luton Airport car park inferno.
I dont know what research the fire service do on modern diesels. Almost all have tubos and are very high revving compared with stanleys trucking and Peugeot 405 days. Injector rails under very high pressure can split , and over a hot engine / exhaust combustion can occur. Surprised more cars dont have fire suppression under the bonnet.
There have been a few diesel engined bus fires as well, I think on those a number have actually been traced to the ventilation systems I assume taking some hot item into lagging or other material prone to combustion and at the rear forming a chimney effect ?