Manchester United star Wes Brown explores Malta in 48 hours in new series

Oct 27 2022

Manchester United Legend and Treble Winner Wes Brown is the face of a new campaign being launched today by VisitMalta and Manchester United – 48 Hours in Malta.

The campaign sees Wes Brown in Malta, battling the Maltese Summer heat and facing a series of challenges. These include rock climbing at Wied il-Mielaħ in Gozo, a cooking challenge, kayaking in Comino and more challenges in Mdina, with visits to the capital Valletta and a final stop at Fomm ir-Riħ.

The campaign seeks to raise awareness about the versatility of the Maltese Islands as an ideal destination for anyone, with plenty of activities that can be done, even if taking a very short break as a holiday.

A series of two videos will be launched in the coming weeks, documenting Wes Brown’s 48 Hours in Malta – videos which will also be shared across the entire Manchester United network all over the world.

Moreover, Wes Brown will also be participating in next month’s World Travel Market in London, which is the largest travel expo worldwide, where he will continue to tell all those present just how much there is more to explore when visiting the Maltese Islands.

“This is once again, another innovative campaign emanating from the MTA’s partnership agreement with Manchester United which will see Wes Brown also participating on the Malta stand at next month’s World Travel Market tourism exhibition in London,” Mr Carlo Micallef, CEO of the Malta Tourism Authority said.

“Malta being the official destination partner of Manchester United is leading to Malta obtaining visibility and marketing coordination on an unprecedented level, not just in Europe but in other markets such as America, Asia and the Middle East” outlined Minister for Tourism Clayton Bartolo.

This marketing is being done on television, digital media and social media and it is reaching millions of followers around the world. It is also helping in establishing Malta as a centre of excellence for sports tourism, a tourism niche which in 2023 is expected to continue assisting in the recovery of the tourism sector.”

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Corpse found out at sea in Marsalforn, Gozo area

Oct 27 2022

Police were informed at around 1115hrs that a human body had been spotted in the Marsalforn, Għawdex area.

The Malta Police Force requested the aid of the Armed Forces of Malta upon receiving this information and convened on site. Together, they recovered the corpse and transported it Xatt ta’ l-Imġarr.

Preliminary investigations showed that the corpse was a woman, but the person has not yet been identified due to the heavy decomposition which had already taken place.

An inquiry has been opened and investigations are ongoing to discover what led to the passing of the person and how they came to be found out at sea.

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Rihanna releasing her first song in over six years

Oct 27 2022

Rihanna just revealed that she’ll be releasing her first new song after a six year hiatus, and it’s lifting the spirits of all of her fans (pun intended).

The new song ‘Lift Me Up’ is set to release on the 28th of October i.e tomorrow. The song was made specifically for the upcoming and highly anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The Instagram post racked up immense hype, acquiring over 2.5 million likes in just 19 hours. Suffice to say, @badgalriri’s return to the music scene will be a big one.

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The singer announced it on her Instagram page, teasing what sounds to be like a snippet of the new track along with her name and song title in the Wakandan script.

The song was reportedly written by Rihanna in collaboration with composer Ludwig Göransson, movie director Ryan Coogler and singer-songwriter Tems.

Tems said that the song was written to portray a warm embrace from all the people who they lost throughout their life. ‘Rihanna has been an inspiration to me, so hearing her convey this song is a great honour.’

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You might soon be able to drive straight to Italy with your car from Sicily

Oct 27 2022

Matteo Salvini has revived an ancient (and controversial) dream of building a massive multi-billion euro bridge to link Sicily to the Italian mainland mere days after being made infrastructure minister.

This plan could see travellers being able to drive from Sicily straight to Italy and beyond. For us Maltese, that would be just one Catamaran trip and then it’s all road-trip from there.

Salvini, who is the leader of the League, a junior partner in a far-right coalition, told state broadcaster Rai that he put in motion this long-discussed plan of linking Messina to Reggio Calabria.

The project had been repeatedly rejected by previous governments due to high costs, engineering impracticality and environmental impact. Salvini said that the creation of the bridge would create over 100,000 new jobs.

He also claimed that transshipment of ferries, as well as pollution and waste of time, costs people more in a year than it would cost to build the bridge.

The area of Messina however is the site of a massive fault on the seabed, which had caused a massive earthquake that killed 120,000 people in 1908. This was the greatest seismic disaster of the 20th century.

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