Frank Whittle

Type: Person

Name: Frank Whittle

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Work completes on £3m health centre

Work has completed on a new 2.9m health education centre in Wigan.The centre, which was designed by North West architecture practice Frank Whittle Partnership, is the first phase in a wider 70m NHS hospitals investment programme.Frank Whittle, which has ... [Published Insider Media Limited - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Frank Whittle, NHS, Education, Manchester

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Frank Whittle designs health education centre

Architecture and design practice Frank Whittle Partnership has created a state-of-the-art health education centre in Wigan - the first step in a £70m NHS hospitals investment programme in the area.FWP, which has offices in Preston and Manchester, provided ... [Published Place North West - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Frank Whittle, Education, NHS

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Design could be inspired by the greats

Entries are now being sought for the 2013 ProCon Leicestershire Awards for Leicestershire and Rutland's best new buildings.Designs are invited for The Leicester Mercury People's Choice Award for a piece of public art celebrating Leicestershire's scientific ... [Published Leicester Mercury - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Leicester, Ian Griffin, Mercury, Frank Whittle

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

DERBYSHIRE: Traffic update

COMMUTERS and residents are being warned about the following traffic delays and disruptions around Chesterfield and Derbyshire.A6 Derbyshire - Slow traffic on A6 Duffield Road inbound in Derby City Centre at the A601 St Alkmund’s Way junction. In the ... [Published Matlock Mercury - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Eaton Corporation, Frank Whittle, Manchester

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

On this day: Derby Day on radio | Arms reduction pact

: Battle of Drumclog fought between Covenanters attending a conventicle and Royalist troops under Bloody Graham of Claverhouse.1831: Sir James Clark Ross located the magnetic North Pole.1841: Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was founded.1857: Royal ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: James Clark Ross, Christopher Cockerell, Gordon Richards

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Eaton Corporation

Thursday evening travel updates

THERE are no major incidents to report on Derbyshire?s roads but main routes are congested.Slow traffic has been reported on the A38 northbound in Derby between Palm Court Island and Little Eaton Island, as well as between Kingsway Island and Markeaton ... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 30 2013]

Entities: Eaton Corporation, Frank Whittle

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Motorway is closed for seven hours after man falls from A52 bridge

THE M1 through Derbyshire was closed for seven hours after a man fell from a bridge.Police were called to the incident, near the A52 bridge at junction 25, at about 2am yesterday.The man, who has yet to be identified, was taken to Nottingham's Queen's ... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 31 2013]

Entities: Frank Whittle, Queen's Medical Centre, Police

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Coventry: England's very own 'motor city' has a seemingly natural talent for invention and reinvention

The story of Coventry is a story of two halves: the need for speed and heart.Coventry is truly the home of motoring, as you can trace the evolution of man's development on wheels here – from cycles to cars, Coventry has always been at the forefront. And ... [Published Human Resources Magazine UK - May 29 2013]

Entities: Coventry, Lady Godiva, Invention

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Westonzoyland memorial for brave test pilots who died while flying early fighter jets

Remembering the heroes who brought us the Jet Age: Memorial for brave test pilots who died while flying early fighter jets RAF Westonzoyland in Somerset was used as a training base for jetsOperated from 1926 to 1958 but only abandoned buildings now remainPlans ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 28 2013]

Entities: Fighter aircraft, Frank Whittle, Bristol Channel

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Design something that is just out of this world

Readers are being asked to design a piece of artwork which celebrates Leicestershire's role at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation.It is hoped the artwork can be installed at the entrance to Leicester Innovation and Technology Park, ... [Published Leicester Mercury - May 28 2013]

Entities: Leicester, Ian Griffin, Mercury

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

All lanes on A50 reopened

UPDATE 7.20: ALL lanes on the A50 are now reopened following an accident earlier with congestion starting to ease in the area.UPDATE 6.15pm: The A50 at Sudbury is still partially closed due to an earlier accident.There are currently queues back to the ... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 24 2013]

Entities: Eaton Corporation, Frank Whittle, Car Accidents

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Video: Whittle weekend was so wonderful

A special exhibition exploring the work of Sir Frank Whittle showed there is still plenty of interest in the aviation pioneer more than 70 years after his jet engine first flew.Displays at Lutterworth Museum at the weekend featured a number of artefacts ... [Published Harborough Today - May 22 2013]

Entities: Frank Whittle, Power Jets, Rugby, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Geoff Smith

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Malaria control strategies: an interview with S... [Published News-Medical.Net - Jun 17 2013]
Work completes on £3m health centre [Published Insider Media Limited - Jun 17 2013]
Frank Whittle designs health education centre [Published Place North West - Jun 14 2013]
14.06 - Technologies of War and Peace - IMPERIAL [Published MyScience - Jun 14 2013]
The Adaptable Gas Turbine [Published American Scientist - Jun 14 2013]
Design could be inspired by the greats [Published Leicester Mercury - Jun 11 2013]
Turbine pioneer dies aged 87 [Published Coventry Telegraph - Jun 10 2013]
DERBYSHIRE: Traffic update [Published Matlock Mercury - Jun 07 2013]
On this day: Derby Day on radio \| Arms reductio... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 01 2013]
Motorway is closed for seven hours after man fa... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 31 2013]
Thursday evening travel updates [Published Derby Telegraph - May 30 2013]
Brabners Chaffe Street advises Westmorland [Published Cumbria 24 - May 29 2013]
Coventry: England's very own 'motor city' has a... [Published Human Resources Magazine UK - May 29 2013]
Westonzoyland memorial for brave test pilots wh... [Published Mail Online UK - May 28 2013]
Design something that is just out of this world [Published Leicester Mercury - May 28 2013]
All lanes on A50 reopened [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 24 2013]
All lanes on A50 reopened [Published Derby Telegraph - May 24 2013]
Felixstowe: Catalina flying boat and Spitfire i... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - May 24 2013]
Video: Whittle weekend was so wonderful [Published Harborough Today - May 22 2013]
News story: RAF airlift Britain's first jet fig... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 23 2013]
New life for Frank Whittle’s old school [Published Warwick Courier - Apr 21 2013]
Topping out date set for Binswood Hall development [Published Warwick Courier - Apr 06 2013]
Sir Frank Whittle development on schedule [Published Warwick Courier - Oct 11 2012]
Father of the jet engine takes centre stage in ... [Published Warwick Courier - Oct 02 2012]
UK could have ‘crushed Nazis within 3 years'' h... [Published Topnews.in - May 18 2011]

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News story: RAF airlift Britain's first jet fig... [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - Apr 23 2013] Located at Imjin Barracks in Gloucestershire, home of NATO’s Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC), the aircraft, an early 1950s’ Meteor, was lifted by a Chinook helicopter and moved to its new home at the Jet Age Museum, located at Gloucestershire ...