Essex farmer's phone signal plea

Essex farmer's phone signal plea after combine fire

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A farmer has called for improved mobile coverage after an onlooker had to run across a field waving his arms to warn him his combine harvester was ablaze.

Chris Nott, of Pebmarsh, near Halstead, was in a field last Wednesday when dust in his vehicle caught fire.

Mr Nott said if he had not been warned, the fire could have destroyed the field and caused serious injury.

Ofcom said improving mobile coverage was an "important" objective.

Mr Nott said: "The first I knew about the fire was my daughter's boyfriend running alongside me, waving his arms in the air, just shouting 'fire'.

"He had been trying to phone me from the bottom of the field but could not get through.

"If it had been another two or three minutes, the result could have been a bit different.

"When I got out, within five minutes the machine was engulfThe blaze was controlled when a neighbouring farmer put in fire breaks in the field.

Mr Nott said: "Being on your own all the time, you need a phone signal. It is a worry, definitely.

"In this day and age you should be able to get a signal everywhere, it is a must really."ed. It could have spread across the whole field."

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Boat pier under Taksin bridge right now where another explosion took place. no one was hurt

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Typhoon lifts Boeing 747

Typhoon lifts Boeing 747 off the ground

A video has captured the incredible moment when a Boeing 747 was lifted off the ground by Typhoon Soudelor in Taiwan.

The typhoon is shown repeatedly lifting the nose wheel of a China Airlines Cargo jet .

Soudelor made its first landfall in Taiwan on Aug. 8. The Typhoon’s top wind gustin Taiwan was 143 mph along the country’s northeast coast, according to The Weather Channel.

Popular Mechanics reports that a flight-ready cargo Boeing 747 could weigh more than 970,000 lbs. or around 400,000 lbs without fuel or cargo. It typically takes an airspeed of about 180 mph to get a Boeing 747 airborne, although 130 mph could lift a lighter version of the plane, according to Popular Mechanics.

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Bangkok bomb: Attack aimed to kill foreigners - Thai minister

Thailand's defence minister has said those who planted a bomb at a Bangkok shrine deliberately targeted foreigners to harm tourism and the economy.

Prawit Wongsuwan vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of the attack in the capital, which killed at least 21 people and injured more than 120.

The Erawan Shrine is a major tourist attraction and foreigners are among the casualties.

The attack has not been claimed and it is unclear who would target the site.

The bomb was detonated at about 19:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on Monday.

Eyewitness accounts of the blast - "There was total chaos"

In pictures - scene of devastation

CCTV footage - captures the moment of the explosion

The facts - what we know so far

The Erawan Shrine - popular with locals and tourists

Mobile phone footage captures the blast

'I gave one man CPR' says BBC man

National police chief Somyot Poompummuang described the device as a "pipe bomb" and said it had been placed inside the shrine. Reports said 3kg of TNT had been used in the bomb.

"Whoever planted this bomb is cruel and aimed to kill. Planting a bomb there means they want to see a lot of people dead,"

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