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Dense fog expected to cause flight delays at Gatwick till end of Sunday
Disruption caused by dense fog was expected to continue at Gatwick airport until the end of Sunday – its busiest day of the holiday period.
Nats, the UK’s main air traffic control provider, said temporary air restrictions were in place for the remainder of the day because of low visibility …
US sends investigators to help establish cause of South Korea plane crash
The US is sending air accident investigators to South Korea to help determine what went wrong with the Jeju Air plane that crash-landed at Muan airport and skidded in a barrier early on Sunday, killing 179.
The team of investigators includes the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Federal Aviation …
Consciously uncoupling: what drives the rates of animal divorce?
In 2011, a shock celebrity break-up garnered headlines around the world – not the separation of Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, nor Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, but the sudden, inexplicable rupture between Bibi and Poldi, two 115-year-old Galápagos tortoises at Happ reptile zoo in Austria.
After nearly a century …
Israel orders remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to leave
Israel has issued new evacuation orders for all remaining civilians to leave Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as part of a blistering three-month-old campaign that Israel denies is aimed at depopulating a third of the Palestinian territory, amid reports Israeli attacks have damaged two more struggling hospitals in Gaza City.
…South Korea in mourning after plane crash kills all but two onboard
Distraught family members gathered at Muan international airport in South Korea on Sunday after a plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok crashed, killing all but two people onboard, in the country’s
worst domestic civil aviation disaster
.Officials said all 175 passengers and four of the six crew …
My mother, Angela Greener, who has died aged 68 after a short illness, worked as a police officer and a secretary while remaining the cornerstone of our family.
Born in Sunderland, to William Barker, a maintenance engineer, and Doreen (nee Lamb), Angela went to Robert Richardson grammar technical school. When …
Brighterdaysahead’s emphatic win sends out warning for Cheltenham
A significant potential rival for Constitution Hill in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham emerged on the final day of Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting on Sunday, as Brighterdaysahead, a five-year-old mare trained by Gordon Elliott, came home 30 lengths clear of her rivals in the Grade One Neville Hotels Hurdle, with State …
Seven people arrested after fatal stabbing of 18-year-old in Derbyshire
Seven people have been arrested after a murder investigation was launched into the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Derbyshire, police said.
East Midlands ambulance service contacted police at 8.20pm on Saturday to report that a man had been stabbed on Rose Avenue in the town of Ilkeston.
Arriving …
Heavy rain and snow to hit New Year’s Eve festivities, Met Office warns
Revellers could see their New Year’s Eve plans curtailed or cancelled as heavy rain, snow and strong winds are forecast to hit the UK, causing travel disruption for most of this week.
The Met Office issued multiple yellow weather warnings for Monday to Thursday, with almost all of the country …
Iosefa-Scott ensures Exeter hold off Gloucester to end 232-day wait for win
Everything is relative and Exeter are still languishing near the bottom of this season’s Gallagher Premiership table. The wave of ecstatic relief generated by this first league win for 232 days, though, was tangible. If they can reproduce the attitude and energy that delivered this long-awaited outcome, there could finally …