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Honda to shut UK car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs

By Costas Pitas and Guy Faulconbridge

 

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A lorry with car carrier trailer leaves the Honda car plant in Swindon, Britain, February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese car maker Honda is set to announce it's closing its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, a lawmaker told Reuters, in the latest blow to the UK car industry as Brexit approaches.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085149-honda-to-shut-uk-car-plant-in-2022-with-the-loss-of-3500-jobs/

 

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Video: Sword wielding "Rot Daeng" driver just given a ticking-off - no police action reported

 

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Picture: Sanook

 

The chief of the infamous "Rot Daeng" or public red song thaews of Chiang Mai said he had a chat with a driver after he wielded a sword out of his window at a driver who he claimed had sounded his horn. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085153-video-sword-wielding-rot-daeng-driver-just-given-a-ticking-off-no-police-action-reported/

 

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Krabi drug raids net M16 rifles, 200k meth pills

By The Phuket News

 

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The raids netted three M16 rifles. Photo: Krabi PR office

 

PHUKET:: A series of co-ordinated raids at 23 locations across Krabi early yesterday morning (Feb 18) netted more than 200,000 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and a slew of firearms, including three M16 rifles.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085158-krabi-drug-raids-net-m16-rifles-200k-meth-pills/

 

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Social Media humble pie: Taxi driver exonerated over abandoning Japanese tourist

 

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The Thai tourist police have said that a taxi driver - slammed on social media for allegedly dumping a Japanese tourist miles from her destination - is a good guy. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085160-social-media-humble-pie-taxi-driver-exonerated-over-abandoning-japanese-tourist/

 

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Law to legalize marijuana for medical purposes takes effect

 

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Marijuana, or “kanja” as it is known in Thailand, can now be grown legally and used in medical and scientific applicationswith the consent of the authorities concerned.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085164-law-to-legalize-marijuana-for-medical-purposes-takes-effect/

 

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Thai schoolgirl, 14, jumps from Udon bridge because her boyfriend was late

 

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a 14 year old Udon Thani schoolgirl was so mad that her 16 year old boyfriend had arrived late to pick her up that she jumped from a pedestrian bridge on Mitraphap Road. 

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085165-thai-schoolgirl-14-jumps-from-udon-bridge-because-her-boyfriend-was-late/

 

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PM Prayut invites people to create model moral communities

 

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BANGKOK, 19th February 2019 (NNT) - The Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, has invited people to create model moral communities driven by community cooperation.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085177-pm-prayut-invites-people-to-create-model-moral-communities/

 

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Lop Buri woman found raped, murdered behind school

By The Nation

 

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Picture: Banmuang

 

A woman was found raped and murdered behind a Lop Buri school on Tuesday morning Police said the body of Huan Yukong, 54, was found behind the Ban Khao Din School in Moo 8 village in tambon Klong Ket, Khok Samrong district.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085182-lop-buri-woman-found-raped-murdered-behind-school/

 

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Overstaying Spaniard arrested for handcuffing and raping Thai woman in Bangkok

 

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Picture: Siam Rath

 

Police have arrested a Spanish man who allegedly handcuffed and raped a Thai woman in a  condominium in Bangkok.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085196-overstaying-spaniard-arrested-for-handcuffing-and-raping-thai-woman-in-bangkok/

 

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Fireworks explode in face of Chaiyaphum festival volunteer, instantly killing him

By The Nation

 

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A 59-year-old man serving as a civil defence volunteer at a Chaiyaphum temple fair was instantly killed on Monday after picking up a seemingly half-lit giant fireworks pipe that then blew up in his face.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085216-fireworks-explode-in-face-of-chaiyaphum-festival-volunteer-instantly-killing-him/

 

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Couple killed, six injured in three-vehicle pile-up in Prachin Buri

By The Nation

 

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A married couple were killed on Tuesday morning when their truck careered out of control on a road in Prachin Buri and crashed into a trailer truck and an SUV.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085217-couple-killed-six-injured-in-three-vehicle-pile-up-in-prachin-buri/

 

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Elderly woman with amnesia killed in Nong Khai road accident

By The Nation

 

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An elderly woman suffering from amnesia was killed while crossing a road in Nong Khai’s Mueang district on Tuesday morning.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085218-elderly-woman-with-amnesia-killed-in-nong-khai-road-accident/

 

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Avatar 2: James Cameron Talks Jake And Neytiri’s Family In Sequel – Exclusive

by Ben Travis, Chris Hewitt

 

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When we left Jake Sully at the end of Avatar, he was about to start a whole new life – leaving his Earthly body behind, and entering a Na’vi body to live among Neytiri and her fellow Pandora-dwellers.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085223-avatar-2-james-cameron-talks-jake-and-neytiri’s-family-in-sequel-–-exclusive/

 

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From the Black Dahlia to American Horror Story: Inside the Dark History of Los Angeles' Deadliest Hotel

by BILLY NILLES

 

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When Santiago Lopez climbed to the rooftop of the Cecil Hotel on February 19, 2013, the maintenance worker certainly wasn't expecting what awaited him.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085225-from-the-black-dahlia-to-american-horror-story-inside-the-dark-history-of-los-angeles-deadliest-hotel/

 

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Why 'Diddy' do it? Vandal decapitates wax statue of Sean Combs causing $300,000 in damages at Madame Tussauds

 

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs unveiling his wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New YorkPhoto: Charles Sykes/AP

 

A man is on the run after a wax statue of Sean "Diddy" Combs at Madame Tussauds in New York was decapitated in a vandal attack that caused up to $300,000 in damages at the museum.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085228-why-diddy-do-it-vandal-decapitates-wax-statue-of-sean-combs-causing-300000-in-damages-at-madame-tussauds/

 

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Three Vietnamese, Thai accomplice nabbed for alleged passport forgery

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

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Three Vietnamese men, with alleged links to a passport-forging gang that caters to those wishing to travel to the United Kingdom, and their Thai male accomplice were arrested in Bangkok at the weekend, Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference on Tuesday

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085248-three-vietnamese-thai-accomplice-nabbed-for-alleged-passport-forgery/

 

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Italian tourist seriously injured in goring by bull elephant at private Phang-Nga park

By Anothai Ngandee 
The Nation

 

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A 29-year-old Italian tourist was seriously injured on Tuesday when the 12-year-old male elephant he and a friend were riding as part of a tourist activity in Phang-Nga’s Mueang district suddenly shook them to the ground and gored him in the stomach.

 

Full Story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1085250-italian-tourist-seriously-injured-in-goring-by-bull-elephant-at-private-phang-nga-park/

 

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