On 7 July 2005 at 09:47am, a Stagecoach London Dennis Trident 2 double-decker bus, fleet number 17758, registration LX03 BUF, was damaged a lot in a terrorist attack by Hasib Hussain, who took a bomb onto the bus and exploded it, killing 13 other people on the bus as well as himself. The explosion ripped the roof off the top deck of the bus and destroyed the back of the vehicle. The explosion took place close to the British Medical Association building in Tavistock Square. The bus was off line of route and on a different route than usual due to earlier multiple attacks on the London Underground system. The bus was replaced by the first Alexander Dennis Enviro400 produced, named "Spirit of London" as a tribute to the attacks.
Route 30 usually uses these primary locations:
The #30 bus is mentioned in the song "Kiss Me Deadly", by the pop music band Generation X, which was released in their album Generation X.
Tel Aviv on Fire
Tel Aviv on Fire (Hebrew: תל אביב על האש, "Tel Aviv Al Ha'Esh") is a 2018 Luxembourgian Israeli French Belgian comedy drama movie directed by Sameh Zoabi and starring Kais Nashef, Yaniv Bitton, Maisa Abd Alhady, Lubna Azabal.
London Underground code alert
A London Underground code alert is a warning issued by a London Underground Line Controller (who manages the running of a line) over the radio system giving both train and train station staff information about a potential problem. The codes are rarely used as they are specifically reserved for emergency situations, such as terrorist attacks.
Tarpaulin
A tarpaulin is a piece of strong, bendable and waterproof material. It is often made of a few types of plastics. They also often have fasteners to allow for ropes to be attached.
Cheaper modern tarpaulins are made from polyethylene; this material is so associated with tarpaulins that it has become colloquially known in some quarters as polytarp.
It is used to cover crime scenes, as a building material and to protect from weather such as rain.
Cuckoo roller
The cuckoo roller or courol ("Leptosomus discolor") is the only bird in the family Leptosomidae , which was previously often placed in the order Coraciiformes but is now placed in its own order Leptosomiformes. The cuckoo roller is at the root of a group that contains the Trogoniformes, Bucerotiformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes.
It is a medium-large bird, living in forests and woodlands in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Three subspecies are described: the nominate "L. d. discolor" is found in Madagascar and Mayotte Island, "L. d. intermedius" on Anjouan, and "L. d. gracilis" of Grand Comoro. Based on its smaller size, differences in the plumage, and minor difference in the voice, the last of these is sometimes considered a separate species, the Comoro cuckoo roller ("L. gracilis").
London Underground C69 and C77 Stock
The London Underground C69 and C77 Stock, commonly known as the C Stock, was a type of below ground rolling stock used on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City (formerly Metropolitan) lines of the London Underground between 1970 and 2014. These were replaced with S stock trains, which also run routes on the District, Hammersmith and City, Circle and Metropolitan lines.
The C Stock was replaced between 2012 and 2014 by S7 Stock.
A tour took place on 29 June 2014 showing a lot of the area covered by the stock during its time on the rails. One train (5721+5531+5578) was kept for this tour with one held as a reserve in case of breakdown (5533+5517+5592).
Transport for London has given away two C77 driving motors to educational establishments, and another from the same sub-series to the London Transport Museum: these are 5701, 5720 and 5721.
Mudcat Grant
James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant (August 13, 1935 – June 12, 2021) was an American baseball player. He was born in Lacoochee, Florida. He was a pitcher. Between 1958 and 1971, he played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a two-time All-Star.
Grant died on June 12, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. He was 85.
Naours
Naours is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Nesle
Nesle is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Nesle-l'Hôpital
Nesle-l'Hôpital is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Neslette
Neslette is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Le Quesne
Le Quesne is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.
Piet Rentmeester
Petrus Laurentius "Piet" Rentmeester (27 August 1938 in Yerseke - 11 February 2017 in Goes) was a cyclist from the Netherlands.
Rentmeester was a professional racing cyclist between 1959 and 1966 and won several races.
One of his first victories was the Tour of Limburg in 1958 and his last one the Flèche enghiennoise in 1966.
In between he won, among others things, Paris–Camembert and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, both in 1962.
Woburn Place
Woburn Place is a street in central London, England, named after Woburn Abbey. It is located in the Bloomsbury area of Camden.
Located to the north of the street is Tavistock Square and to the south-east of it is Russell Square. Past Tavistock Square the road becomes Upper Woburn Place until it reaches Euston Road. The British Medical Association building is located near Upper Woburn Place.
Buildings cost a lot in this area. For example, in 2005 a freehold office building at 19–29 Woburn Place (9,400 m2, 101,000 sq ft) was sold for £22.6 million.
The nearest underground station is Russell Square to the south-east.
Edward Glen
Edward Glen (born 1953) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the 2000 film "Thomas and the Magic Railroad".
KingWorld
King World was a production company and syndication television distributor that started in 1964 and ceased production due to Roger King's death in 2007. Today it is known as CBS Television Distribution or CBS Media Ventures in 2021 (CBS had acquired it in 2000, now part of ViacomCBS) on December 4 2019 in KWP Studios CopyRight Holder TV Show Rachael Ray
The division was started in 1964 by Charles King. It was a company that expressly handled television distribution of the classic Hal Roach "Our Gang" shorts. When Roach lost the rights to the name "Our Gang" (it was retained by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who bought the series from Roach in 1938), the shorts were retitled as "The Little Rascals". It was through this acquisition that the comedy shorts from 1929 through 1938 have been made available to audiences for the past forty years. King World later co-produced an animated version of the shorts with Hanna-Barbera. King died in 1973 and the company was taken over by King's children: Roger King (who died in December 2007), Michael King, Robert, Diana, Richard, and Karen.
In 1982, King World formed an ad-sales barter division called Camelot Entertainment Sales. A year later, company chairmen, brothers Roger, Michael, and Robert acquired the syndication rights to Merv Griffin's game show "Wheel of Fortune" when no other studio would step in. The acquisition paid off, and "Wheel of Fortune" became the most popular show in the history of syndication, and has continued to be for over a quarter of a century. At one point, the program was generating a 21% national rating. The same year, the company also acquired the syndication rights of "The Merv Griffin Show" from Metromedia Producers Corporation in MPC