Moment British thrill-seeker base jumped from 367ft from top of Europe’s tallest rollercoaster

Moment British thrill-seeker base jumped from 367ft from top of Europe’s tallest rollercoaster

Urban free climber George King-Thompson has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence in Spain for BASE jumping from Europe’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster. The 22-year-old admitted to breaking into the Port... Read more »
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Why London’s tallest building The Shard was deliberately made to look like it hasn’t been finished

Piercing above the London skyline is the unmistakable tip of The Shard. The 300m-high building made up of 11,000 glass panels is the tallest in the capital and contains 44 lifts and... Read more »
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Life in the tower block once the tallest in London where the only downside is the lift doesn’t always work

Draper Estate in Elephant and Castle was the tallest block of flats in London when it was built in 1965. It was only March this year the last original resident moved out;... Read more »
Work to begin on building Croydon's tallest skyscraper 'within weeks'

Work to begin on building Croydon’s tallest skyscraper ‘within weeks’

Builders behind plans to construct certainly one of Britain’s tallest buildings in Croydon are adamant work will go forward regardless of a collection of delays. At 68 storeys and 228 metres tall,... Read more »