52 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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68 minutes ago Tottenham XI vs West Ham: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League game

Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou set to be boosted by two key returns for London derby showdown

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72 minutes ago Conor Bradley has fond memories of Liverpool’s ‘special’ games with Chelsea

Bradley scored his first Reds goal in a 4-1 win over the Blues in January

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73 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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88 minutes ago People on Basic State Pension of less than £406 each month could be due extra payment

There are also 780,000 older people eligible for Pension Credit not claiming the £3,900 annual income top-up.

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1 hour ago Kevin McCloud moved to tears after emotional moment with Grand Designs guest

Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud was left in tears after meeting a couple who had been hit with a cancer diagnosis during their building journey on the Channel 4 show

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1 hour ago Pakistan police fires tear gas at protesters as anger spreads over alleged on

Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape

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1 hour ago Salford Lads Club gets £100,000 boost from town hall in fight for survival

"What better recipient of this support is there than an institution that wholly embodies the true Spirt of Salford?"

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1 hour ago Halifax and Barclays increase their mortgage rates amid Budget jitters

Move means best priced sub 4% deals are fast disappearing from the market

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1 hour ago Joe Strummer subway: London pedestrian tunnels given makeover to become eco 'rain garden'

Famed location where The Clash frontman used to busk is reinvented to tackle climate change

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