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Titanic II: Australian tycoon is preparing a replica of the Titanic II, with shipbuilding costs of up to one billion dollars
Its sailing is scheduled for June 2027 - It will follow the original's course from Southampton to New York
English-Slovenian couple cycle for cancer patients
Alice and Žiga Erlač Shepherd, an English-Slovenian couple, will cycle from Maribor to Southampton and back to collect donations for cancer patients in Slovenia and England and to raise awareness about cancer and about the importance of expanding the registry of stem cell donors.
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The enduring allure of the Titanic
Since it sank on its maiden voyage more than a century ago, the Titanic has maintained an unshakeable grip on the public imagination.
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Drama on the Atlantic: The search for the missing submarine is still ongoing
There are five people in the submarine.
Contact with the small submarine was lost about an hour and 45 minutes after it dived on Sunday. A rescue operation has been launched, but so far there is no sign of the submarine, the BBC reported.
As of Monday afternoon, the crew were thought to have had about four days' worth of oxygen left.
Titanic shipwreck captured in first full digital scan
The first full-sized 3D scan of the Titanic shipwreck published on May 17 may reveal more details about the ocean liner's fateful journey across the Atlantic more than a century ago.
The high-resolution images, published by the BBC, reconstruct the wreck that lies at a depth of nearly 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) in great detail and were created using deep-sea mapping.
Bulgarian Football Club CSKA-Sofia Appoints Alan Pardew as Director
CSKA-Sofia EAD made a surprising move by signing the Englishman Alan Pardew as member of the staff. The club announced that the English coach will be the technical director. According to the information, the 59-year-old specialist "will help with his vast experience and contacts in the overall development of the club and attracting players for the representative team."
Salvage firm to retrieve telegraph from Titanic wreck
A judge in the U.S. state of Virginia has allowed a salvage firm to retrieve the telegraph machine used to send distress calls from the Titanic.
In an order issued on May 18, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith acknowledged the historical and cultural importance of the Macroni wireless telegraph, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
Superyacht Academy certification programs
At its second Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum next month, Metropolitan College - the largest UK transnational education provider in Greece - will launch its Superyacht Academy certification programs in collaboration with Solent University's Warsash Superyacht Academy, based in the English city of Southampton.
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Titanic II Luxury Vessel to Set Sail in 2022
A replica of "the ship of dreams" - also known as Titanic - will sail the high seas in the year 2022.
An announcement about the luxury Titanic II was first made in 2013, but work was suspended due to financial constraints. Now that those financial matters have been resolved, building has recommenced on the vessel, according to a media release from Blue Star Line.
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Leicester Football Club Boss Killed in Helicopter Crash
Leicester City's Thai billionaire boss was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side's stadium car park moments after taking off from the pitch, the club said on Sunday.