54 minutes ago Simon Cowell faces backlash after Liam Payne's death: X Factor's Katie Waissel takes aim at music mogul

Waissel, a 38-year-old British singer-songwriter who auditioned alongside Payne on the 2010 series of X Factor, name-checked Cowell in two statements today.

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56 minutes ago Terrifying moment Air India pilot calmly tells air traffic controllers: 'there is a suspected bomb on board' on his way to Heathrow RAF jets are scrambled

RAF typhoon fighter jets scrambled to meet flight AIC129 from Mumbai in the air as it made its way into Heathrow due to the active bomb threat alert.

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61 minutes ago UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to visit China in an attempt to reset frosty relations

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy is making his first trip to China in office this week in an attempt to reset the U.K.’s ties with Beijing and seek “pragmatic engagement” despite human rights and other concerns

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76 minutes ago How we met: ‘We got chatting on the plane – and she suggested I move in with her’

Kate, 49, and Abby, 52, struck up a conversation on a flight from New York to London in the 90s. They have been close friends ever sinceAs a friendly student who loved to travel, striking up a conversation on a flight wasn’t unusual for Kate. But when she boarded a plane headed from New York to London in January 1996, she had no idea she would be making a friend for life. “I’d spent the previous summer interning for Rolling Stone magazine and a publishing company in New York, and I was returning for New Year to visit pals,” she says. “I was then going back to university in London.”She introduced herself to Abby, in the neighbouring seat. “I’d studied in Bristol during my junior year in college and fallen in love with a British boy,” says Abby. “After completing my studies in the States ...

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77 minutes ago Brit tourists banned from the sea on one of best beaches for winter sun

British tourists have been told to keep away from a popular holiday spot in Tenerife due to health and safety fears over the water quality at Playa Jardín in Puerto de la Cruz

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95 minutes ago Sarah Ferguson becomes the first British royal to join TikTok as she posts poignant first video

The Duchess of York , who currently resides in the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, made her debut on the social media app yesterday under the username sarahtheduchess.

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1 hour ago Air India pilot reports 'there is a suspected bomb on board' as Boeing 777 from Mumbai approaches Heathrow as

Air India pilot reports 'there is a suspected bomb on board' as Boeing 777 from Mumbai approaches Heathrow as  Daily Mail

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1 hour ago Is it sexist to promote female founders? Row erupts as business owner slams Ocado 'aisle' of products made by women

The upmarket online grocer launched the 'aisle'  stocked exclusively with products from female-founded businesses earlier this month.

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1 hour ago Alarm as forever chemicals that can cause birth defects and cancer found in UK bottled AND tap water

British and Chinese experts have found PFAS, also known as 'forever chemicals' and linked to health problems in tap and bottled water supplies in both their countries.

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1 hour ago Steve Cooper says British coaches must ‘continue to improve’ after Thomas Tuchel appointed England boss

Welshman Cooper began his coaching career with England’s youth teams

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