Hopefully the Land Speed Record will be broken again in 2012 by the Bloodhound SSC Project. Team members include Andy Green and Richard Noble. They have both set LSRs - Andy set the current record with Thrust SSC on 15th October 1997 at a speed of 763.035 mph, whilst Richard set the previous record with Thrust 2 at 633.468 mph on 4th October 1983. The Bloodhound SSC Team hope to set a record in excess of 1,000 mph (Mach 1.4). What an achievement that would be! The following three photos of the Show Car were taken at The Imagineering Fair at the Country Festival at Stoneleigh on 30th August 2009. It was good to see it and to have an informative discussion with the people on the Stand. The "real" car should get built in 2010.

Thrust SSC

Coventry Transport Museum - 19th December 2008

Thrust 2

HM Queen Elizabeth II will have reigned for 60 years on 6th February 2012.

The 2012 Olympics begin at 20.30BST on 27th July 2012. 

On 5th July 2010, Nick Clegg (the deputy Prime Minister) announced that it was intended that fixed length Parliaments would soon be adopted. He said that the next General Election would occur on 7th May 2015.

Should HM the Queen still be reigning on 10 September 2015, at the age of 89, her reign will surpass that of Queen Victoria and she will become the longest reigning monarch in British history, as well as the longest-reigning female monarch in world history.

Rio de Janeiro will host the Summer Olympics from 5th until 21st August 2016. This was announced at 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen on 2nd October 2009. The main location will be the Estádio do Maracanã.

July - December 2017: the UK will next hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.