Olympic Park London Fire
More than 75 firefighters tackled a blaze as 50ft (15m) flames engulfed the building in Waterden Road, Hackney Wick, on the site of the 2012 Olympic Park in east London at midday on Monday 12th November 2007. Black smoke could be seen across the skyline and the Fire Brigade received more than 150 calls from the public.

Iceberg smash sinks cruiseliner
More than 20 British passengers were among 154 people forced to abandon a cruiseliner sinking in the Antarctic Ocean. The captain and first officer gave the order to leave the MV Explorer after it was holed by an iceberg.

The collision, which caused a small hole in one of the cabins of the Canadian-owned, Liberian-flagged vessel, occurred early in the morning 23rd November 2007 in temperatures of about minus 5C.

An international rescue operation involving coastguards on three continents was launched as the stricken ship was left listing at an angle of 45 degrees in the Bransfield Strait off the remote King George Island. It was about 75 miles north of the Antarctic Peninsula. All passengers and crew were safe and uninjured as standard procedures were followed by the crew with passengers calmly evacuated to the ship's life rafts and then transferred to the NordNorge, which was in the area.