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Scottish Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Inside UK's BIGGEST red phone box graveyard full of 70 rusting kiosks abandoned next to train line – and why it exists
There are three models of phone booth in the graveyard and one model is very famous RUNG OUT TO DRY Inside UK's BIGGEST red phone box graveyard full of 70 rusting kiosks abandoned next to train line – and why it exists Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EERIE snaps from the UK's biggest red phone box graveyard reveal rows of rusting kiosks. The chilling snaps show the 70 rotting booths stood next to the abandoned train line, but the graveyard hides a heartwarming secret. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 There are 70 rusting phone booths in the huge graveyard Credit: Unicorn restorations 6 The phone booths are being repaired for a very special reason (stock) Credit: Alamy 6 Many of the boxes were first designed back in 1935 Credit: Alamy When mobile phones became popular, phone booths fell out of fashion and many fell into disrepair. Left to decay, the 70 kiosks in Merstham, Surrey, are a sinister sight. However, the kiosks are actually part of a massive restoration project. Unicorn Restorations use the site to bring the boxes - which are a beloved national symbol - back to their former glory. The site's hardworking staff spend 30 hours on each box, stripping them down and repainting them in the General Post Office's iconic red. New glass is installed in the phone booths' doors to finish off the restoration. There are also three different models of red telephone booths, including the original K2, the famous K6 and the modern K8. The K6 boxes were designed in 1935 to mark King George V's silver jubilee and, at one point, 60,000 of the boxes were in use across Britain. Often the boxes are used in films to create quintessentially British sets. Film franchises including Harry Potter, Paddington and Disney's Christopher Robin are just a few famous productions to use Unicorn Restorations. I got drunk and bought a double decker bus online - now I've transformed it into the workshop of my dreams in the garden The booths are available to buy too and are priced from £4000 to £20,000. Nicolas Ritter, a professional photographer, recalled visiting the yard back in 2012. He said: 'Being at the telephone graveyard was a great experience for me. It felt like a journey back into the history of the country as the phone boxes are such a unique symbol of British culture. 'Viewing this museal location now after the beginning of a new age of communication the phone graveyard bears a mystic vibe of a past era.' The news comes as plans are made for an iconic steam train to return to the nation's rails. The 60163 Tornado will travel from London Waterloo towards Woking and Basingstoke from August 16. It will follow the route of the classic ACE trains which travelled along the South West coast. Kelly Osborne, managing director of The Railway Touring Company, said: "We are delighted to be working with the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust to provide opportunities for people from Woking and Basingstoke to travel with Tornado and for many more to see the locomotive in action. "It is very exciting that Tornado will be back on the national rail network." 6 The phone booths are being restored to be used on film sets (stock) Credit: Alamy 6 The phone booths have been featured in Paddington and Harry Potter Credit: Caters News Agency
The Irish Sun
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Inside UK's BIGGEST red phone box graveyard full of 70 rusting kiosks abandoned next to train line – and why it exists
EERIE snaps from the UK's biggest red phone box graveyard reveal rows of rusting kiosks. The chilling snaps show the 70 rotting booths stood next to the abandoned Advertisement 6 There are 70 rusting phone booths in the huge graveyard Credit: Unicorn restorations 6 The phone booths are being repaired for a very special reason (stock) Credit: Alamy 6 Many of the boxes were first designed back in 1935 Credit: Alamy When mobile phones became popular, phone booths fell out of fashion and many fell into disrepair. Left to decay, the 70 kiosks in Merstham, Surrey, are a sinister sight. However, the kiosks are actually part of a massive restoration project. Unicorn Restorations use the site to bring the boxes - which are a beloved national symbol - back to their former glory. Advertisement Read More on Restorations The site's hardworking staff spend 30 hours on each box, stripping them down and repainting them in the General Post Office's New glass is installed in the phone booths' doors to finish off the restoration. There are also three different models of red telephone booths, including the original K2, the famous K6 and the modern K8. The K6 boxes were designed in 1935 to mark King George V's silver jubilee and, at one point, 60,000 of the boxes were in use across Britain. Advertisement Most read in Tech Latest Often the boxes are used in films to create quintessentially British sets. Film franchises including Harry Potter, I got drunk and bought a double decker bus online - now I've transformed it into the workshop of my dreams in the garden The booths are available to buy too and are priced from £4000 to £20,000. Nicolas Ritter, a professional photographer, recalled visiting the yard back in 2012. Advertisement He said: 'Being at the telephone graveyard was a great experience for me. It felt like a journey back into the history of the country as the phone boxes are such a unique symbol of British culture. 'Viewing this museal location now after the beginning of a new age of communication the phone graveyard bears a mystic vibe of a past era.' The news comes as plans are made for an The 60163 Tornado will travel from Advertisement It will follow the route of the classic ACE trains which travelled along the South West coast. Kelly Osborne, managing director of The Railway Touring Company, said: "We are delighted to be working with the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust to provide opportunities for people from Woking and Basingstoke to travel with Tornado and for many more to see the locomotive in action. "It is very exciting that Tornado will be back on the national rail network." 6 The phone booths are being restored to be used on film sets (stock) Credit: Alamy Advertisement 6 The phone booths have been featured in Paddington and Harry Potter Credit: Caters News Agency 6 Phone booths are an iconic sight on Britain's streets (stock) Credit: Times Newspapers Ltd
Scottish Sun
20-06-2025
- Science
- Scottish Sun
‘Disc-shaped' UFO spotted by US military in eerie footage newly released to public – ‘It has implications that are huge'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EERIE new footage taken by the US military has captured a never-before-seen disc-shaped UFO mysteriously darting through the air. Independent journalist Jeremy Corbell leaked the video and said he was stunned by the "implications" of the jaw-dropping sight. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 A 'disc-shaped' UFO has been captured in video taken by US military Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell 5 Independent journalist Jeremy Corbell released the footage Credit: KCAL 5 The object appears to zoom through the clouds before abruptly going the opposite direction Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell He published the video on his social media on Tuesday, which captures the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) soaring through the clouds. Corbell said the clip has made history because of the object's shape. Most UFOs caught on camera have a sort of pill shape, but this one looks straight out of a science-fiction movie. The video was taken by the military on November 23, 2020, and it was released after Corbell spent years verifying the footage with inside sources. He said that US officials themselves admitted the UAP was a "disc" with an unknown origin. They said the craft "displayed abrupt movement and intelligent control" as it can be seen flying to the right before suddenly changing directions. The UFO also noticeably doesn't give off any heat signatures or signs of thermal propulsion like a normal aircraft would. Between the never-before-seen shape and the bizarre movement, Corbell said the sighting "has implications that are huge," he told the Daily Mail. "This is the first time in history that military filmed footage of a disc-shaped UAP, designated as such by the military, has been captured on camera and released to the public," he said. Corbell explained that it was "astonishing" that a UFO of that shape could nimbly dart through the air without emitting heat signatures. UFO zooms past cruise ship at 'almost imperceptible speed' in eerie video as onlookers gasp 'what was that-!' "It's a perfect-looking disc, maybe it's an orb," he told NBC News. The object is believed to be between 200 and 400 meters in diameter, but Corbell said that the size is debated. It was captured flying around the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to coordinates seen in the corner of the video. The military still considers the object a UAP and continues to investigate the sighting, according to Corbell. 5 Corbell said that the object of the UAP is a first of its kind Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell 5 US military enhanced the video quality using artificial intelligence Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell CORBELL'S CALL The journalist claims that he's spoken with service members who had first-hand experience witnessing the footage. He called for Congress to respond to the video and said that military whistleblowers are ready to testify and describe what they saw. Corbell hopes that releasing this footage will encourage transparency from officials who witness UAPs. "The source is legit. We know it's real," Corbell's cohost George Knapp said in their podcast Weaponized. "It was not supposed to be made public. But it should've been." Corbell previously told The Sun that UFOs have been kept a secret so that militaries can adapt their technology for warfare. And he released disturbing details about a "huge alien aircraft" that was caught hovering over a US military base.
The Irish Sun
20-06-2025
- Science
- The Irish Sun
‘Disc-shaped' UFO spotted by US military in eerie footage newly released to public – ‘It has implications that are huge'
EERIE new footage taken by the US military has captured a never-before-seen disc-shaped UFO mysteriously darting through the air. Independent journalist Jeremy Corbell leaked the video and said he was stunned by the "implications" of the jaw-dropping sight. Advertisement 5 A 'disc-shaped' UFO has been captured in video taken by US military Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell 5 Independent journalist Jeremy Corbell released the footage Credit: KCAL 5 The object appears to zoom through the clouds before abruptly going the opposite direction Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell He published the video on his social media on Tuesday, which captures the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) soaring through the clouds. Corbell said the clip has made history because of the Most UFOs caught on camera The video was taken by the military on November 23, 2020, and it was released after Corbell spent years verifying the footage with inside sources. Advertisement read more on ufos He said that US officials themselves admitted the UAP was a "disc" with an unknown origin. They said the craft "displayed abrupt movement and intelligent control" as it can be seen flying to the right before suddenly changing directions. The UFO also noticeably doesn't give off any heat signatures or signs of thermal propulsion like a normal aircraft would. Between the never-before-seen shape and the bizarre movement, Corbell said the sighting "has implications that are huge," he told the Advertisement Most read in The US Sun "This is the first time in history that military filmed footage of a disc-shaped UAP, designated as such by the military, has been captured on camera and released to the public," he said. Corbell explained that it was "astonishing" that a UFO of that shape could nimbly dart through the air without emitting heat signatures. UFO zooms past cruise ship at 'almost imperceptible speed' in eerie video as onlookers gasp 'what was that-!' "It's a perfect-looking disc, maybe it's an orb," he told The object is believed to be between 200 and 400 meters in diameter, but Corbell said that the size is debated. Advertisement It was captured flying around the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to coordinates seen in the corner of the video. The military still considers the object a UAP and continues to investigate the sighting, according to Corbell. 5 Corbell said that the object of the UAP is a first of its kind Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell 5 US military enhanced the video quality using artificial intelligence Credit: X/Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell Advertisement CORBELL'S CALL The journalist claims that he's spoken with service members who had first-hand experience witnessing the footage. He called for Congress to respond to the video and said that military whistleblowers are ready to testify and describe what they saw. Corbell hopes that releasing this footage will encourage transparency from officials who witness UAPs. "The source is legit. We know it's real," Corbell's cohost George Knapp said in their podcast Weaponized. Advertisement "It was not supposed to be made public. But it should've been." Corbell previously told The Sun that UFOs have been kept a secret so that militaries can adapt their technology for warfare. And he released disturbing details about a "huge alien aircraft" that was caught hovering over a US military base. What is the 'Tic Tac'? THE Tic Tac UFO is a mysterious flying object that U.S. pilots and experts have claimed to have witnessed over the last few decades. The first famous sighting with footage took place off the San Diego coast in 2004, after pilots on the USS Nimitz carrier strike group detected the object. Commander David Fravor believed it to be something beyond human technology - as it possessed extreme acceleration and no visible propulsion. Then in 2015, pilots on the USS Roosevelt off the East Coast captured footage of unidentified moving objects. They also showed no means of propulsion and moved at high speeds. Speculation online has caused alien fanatics to look for more Tic Tac-shaped space paraphernalia, including a Russian military base which appeared to be a Tic Tac UFO "charging hub". The Pentagon has also acknowledged other declassified videos of encounters, but have been unable to explain them.
The Irish Sun
05-06-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
Inside ‘eerie pain clinic' which was in UK's biggest hospital, now abandoned with crumbling ceilings & flooded corridors
EERIE images show a pain clinic that has been left to rot in one of Nottingham's busiest hospitals. The outpatient unit at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) was once used to treat patients with neurological and physical pain. Advertisement 6 The hospital has been left to rot for seven years Credit: BPM 6 The ward was closed down due to severe structural issues Credit: BPM 6 Flooding is a common problem in the decaying unit Credit: BPM However, it has been left abandoned for seven years, due to its severe structural issues. Shocking images show peeling walls, collapsing ceilings and water flooding the corridors. The damage has been caused by leaking pipes that were installed back in 1976, when QMC was built. Hospital employees have shared fears that other wards may "follow the same fate". Advertisement Plans to rebuild and improve the hospital have been delayed until 2037 at the earliest, leaving the abandoned ward to rot. Michael Soroka described the state of the crumbling building as "shameful". He told the "Catastrophic leaks caused this and it became impossible to maintain. Advertisement Most read in The Sun "We need new pipes badly. Pipe and ventilation issues impact every floor." Regular flooding occurs in the ward, which has less than a dozen rooms, due to the ageing pipework and heating and water systems. Inside robotic surgery that is revolutionising outcomes on the NHS And the hospital even experiences flooding on wards that are still treating patients. Mr Soroka said: "We do have leaks on some wards - one on the F floor floods regularly. Advertisement "Any issues are patched up quickly to ensure they are safe for patients and staff, but the root problems aren't addressed." QMC, which was the largest hospital in the UK before it was surpassed by Royal London Hospital, is currently facing issues with overcrowding, with the fact that this clinic is closed exacerbating the issue. TIMELINE OF THE NHS WAITING LIST THE NHS waiting list in England has become a political flashpoint as it has ballooned in recent years, more than doubling in a decade. The statistics for England count the number of procedures, such as operations and non-surgical treatments, that are due to patients. The procedures are known as elective treatment because they are planned and not emergencies. Many are routine ops such as for hip or knee replacements, cataracts or kidney stones, but the numbers also include some cancer treatments. This is how the wait list has changed over time: August 2007: 4.19million – The first entry in current records. December 2009: 2.32million – The smallest waiting list on modern record. April 2013: 2.75million – The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition restructures the NHS. Current chancellor Jeremy Hunt was Health Secretary. April 2016: 3.79million – Junior doctors go on strike for the first time in 40 years. Theresa May is elected Prime Minister. February 2020: 4.57million – The final month before the UK's first Covid lockdown in March 2020. July 2021: 5.61million – The end of all legal Covid restrictions in the UK. January 2023: 7.21million – New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to reduce waiting lists within a year, effectively April 2024. September 2023: 7.77million – The highest figure on record comes during a year hit with strikes by junior doctors, consultants, nurses and ambulance workers. February 2024: 7.54million – Ministers admit the pledge to cut the backlog has failed. August 2024: 7.64million – List continues to rise under Keir Starmer's new Labour Government. September 2024: 7.57million – A one per cent decline is the first fall since February and a glimmer of hope. December 2024: 7.46million – The list has fallen for four consecutive months. January 2025: 7.43m – still falling but slowly, likely due to added strain on emergency services and more cancellations due to illness over winter. Back in winter 2023, patients were forced out into corridors, after the hospital's A&E department ran out of bed space. Across the city, Nottingham City Hospital has also been forced to abandon buildings. Advertisement Two wings of the St Francis building have been left to decay, due to repeated roof leaks and steam system failures. The Conservative's previously promised to build 40 NHS hospitals by 2030, with Nottingham's hospitals included in the plans. However, health secretary Read more on the Irish Sun Defending the push back the Department of Health and Social Care said: "The New Hospital Programme was on a completely unrealistic timeframe and was unfunded. Advertisement "We have now set out a timeline that's both realistic and deliverable, alongside £1 billion to address the backlog of critical NHS maintenance and repairs to help ensure hospitals are safe and sustainable." 6 Plans to refurbish the hospital have been delayed until 2037 Credit: BPM 6 Hospital bosses say that problems within the pain clinic became too hard to maintain Credit: BPM 6 Staff fear that other areas of the hospital could fall into disrepair Credit: BPM Advertisement
