MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 23rd 2023
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Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 08:05 UTC
No survivors: Titanic-watching sub believed to have imploded
The Titan submarine that went missing Sunday when trying to catch a glimpse of the Titanic's wreckage in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean Sunday has been proven to have imploded, with no survivors among its 5-men crew, the US Coast Guard reported Thursday.
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Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 07:05 UTC
Bank of England raises the base rate to 5% given a stubborn inflation of 8,7%
The Bank of England, contrary to market expectations of a 25 basis points hike, on Thursday surprised with a 50 basis point hike to interest rates, its 13th consecutive increase as policymakers grapple with persistently high inflation.
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Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 06:56 UTC
Supreme Court will decide on MLA Barkman double status at hearing in Falklands
The Falkland Islands Supreme Court hearing that will decide the future of MLA Teslyn Barkman double status, will take place at the end of November or beginning of December on a date yet to be arranged.
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Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 06:23 UTC
Falklands cruise season 2022/23, almost 60,000 visitors but still 16% below 2019/20
Figures from the last tourist season were presented to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board committee this week, and in her report, Executive Director Stephanie Middleton supplied statistics for several aspects of tourism in the Islands.
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Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 05:49 UTC
Falklands Memorial Map for the 258 families of fallen British combatants and Pangbourne Church
“There's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England.” Never were the words of Rupert Brooke more apt – though we must add Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to his original verse – than in the Falklands, where Islanders have named beaches, bays, harbors, islets, and inlets after the 258 souls killed in the 1982 conflict.
