Friday, 12 October 2018

News in brief - Friday 12th October

Fracking restarts in UK
Fracking for shale gas has been given the go ahead for the first time since 2011; campaigners had tried to block further progress but lost out in their last-minute challenge

Landslides in Uganda
Heavy rains have triggered landslides that killed around 40 people; hundreds of people have lost homes and livestock after a local river burst its banks

Longest non-stop flight
A Singapore Airlines craft has travelled 15,000km from Singapore to New York in a time of 17 hours 52 minutes; the airline has relaunched the service after a five year break when it became to expensive to run