3 h. ago A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times before on different planes

The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a flaw in the part that failed and contributed to the engine flying off a UPS plane before it crashed and killed 15 in November but at that point the planemaker didn’t believe it threatened safety

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50 h. ago New footage shows scale of destruction after UPS plane crash in Kentucky

Police have released new footage of the UPS plane crash in Kentucky in November, which killed 15.

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62 h. ago Birmingham airport flight chaos for a second time in four days due to power failure

Three flights on Monday have been grounded as a result of the closure to arrivals

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65 h. ago Birmingham airport flight chaos for a second time in four days due to air traffic control failure

Three flights on Monday have been grounded as a result of the closure to arrivals

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5 d. ago Assisted dying law 'set to be stopped' by House of Lords with more than a THOUSAND amendments tabled

Lord Falconer of Thornton, who is sponsoring the controversial legislation in Parliament's upper chamber, claimed it is set to 'fail through lack of time'.

Society

6 d. ago Celebrated wingsuit pilot killed in BASE jump stunt at South Africa’s Table Mountain

Brendan Weinstein was killed during a prohibited jump at the famous landmark, reportedly plunging 1,000ft feet but failing to pull up in time

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6 d. ago British Airways passengers broke their ankles when plane travelling from LA to Heathrow hit turbulence

The turbulence, which lasted 10 to 15 seconds, was 'perceived as light to moderate' by the captain of the flight from LA to London Heathrow on December 6, 2024.

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6 d. ago Juventus deliver tale of humiliation and redemption inside three days | Nicky Bandini

On Saturday, Jonathan David’s lazy penalty cost Juventus a win. By Tuesday, he was the best player on the pitchFour years have passed since Andrea Agnelli, still the chairman of the European Club Association and president of Juventus back then, floated the idea of selling 15-minute viewing subscriptions for football games. A response to research showing that younger generations – “tomorrow’s spenders” – had shorter attention spans.Agnelli’s judgement has been called into question a few times since, between the failed launch of a European Super League and his suspension from Italian football following an investigation into financial irregularities at Juventus. But perhaps he was right about the need to serve modern audiences a faster fix of sporting theatre. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mark Hix’s recipe for roast pumpkin and pickled walnut salad

This superb winter salad uses shaved and roast pumpkin to bring a riot of textural contrast and a flash of colour to a grey winter’s dayI try to grow a few varieties of squash every season, but in the past couple of years the results have more or less failed me. I originally put that down to the lack of time and attention I’d given those poor plants, but I’m now starting to wonder if the soil in my raised garden beds overlooking Lyme Bay in Dorset is actually right for them.I’m not giving up just yet, though, and this year I’ll be trying different varieties in a different bed that I’ve prepared and composted over the winter with seaweed mulch. As luck would have it, however, my friend Rob Corbett came to the rescue a couple of weeks ago by giving me several specimens when he delivered some wine from his Castlewood vineyard a few miles away in east Devon. If you know your gourds even a little, you will also know that squashes keep for months, which is handy, because they ideally need...

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7 d. ago Solskjær would be a huge risk for Manchester United’s beleaguered hierarchy | Jamie Jackson

There is no guarantee the Norwegian would restore a sense of positivity like he did first time round – and failure would be a nightmareOle Gunnar Solskjær’s prime candidacy to become Manchester United’s interim manager for a second time appears the latest faulty strategic move by Jason Wilcox, United’s director of football, and the chief executive, Omar Berrada.Solskjær, whose previous tenure at United seems to place him ahead of another favoured candidate in Michael Carrick, has to be a success. If not Sir Jim Ratcliffe will surely file his hiring alongside the Ruben Amorim, Dan Ashworth and Erik ten Hag fiascos, for which Wilcox-Berrada are fully or partly responsible. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Coroner warns Sadiq Khan of 'failure' to improve Tube safety after pensioner was run over seven times at station

The 72-year-old was killed at Stratford as he tried in vain to reach safety

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2 w. ago The perfect lunch break: how to get away from your desk – and seize the day

There might not be time for a full exercise class, but what about a short, brisk walk? Here is how to introduce the small, helpful habits that suit you• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxMy quest for the ideal lunch break is definitely a triumph of hope over experience. From inventing endless super-soups that might banish the mid-afternoon snack attack, to wildly optimistic lunchtime to-do lists, I have tried and failed countless times. The executive coach Zoe Thomson is not surprised. “One of the biggest things for people is they overestimate how much time and energy they are going to have in their lunch hour,” says Thomson, who previously had a 20-year career with the Avon and Somerset police. “And they underestimate how much time and energy they might need to achieve it.”I tell her that this has been the flaw with most of my doomed lunchtime masterplans. “The problem is, unpredictable things happen. Say you plan to do a 45-minute spin class in a 60-minute...

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2 w. ago Kentucky plane crash death toll rises to 15 after injured man died on Christmas

Alain Rodriguez Colina was working at a scrapyard that the UPS cargo plane crashed into on 4 NovemberThe death toll from the UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky in early November has risen to 15 after a man injured on the ground died on Christmas from his wounds, according to officials.Alain Rodriguez Colina was working at a scrapyard that was one of the businesses into which UPS Flight 2976 crashed as it took off from Louisville’s airport on 4 November. Kentucky’s governor, Andy Beshear, and Louisville’s mayor, Craig Greenberg, each confirmed that Rodriguez died on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scrapyard worker injured in UPS plane crash dies on Christmas, raising deaths to 15

Officials say a man injured in last month’s UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky has died, raising the death toll from the crash to 15

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2 w. ago Passengers miss flight due to 'paralysed' passport control queue in major European city

One disgruntled woman reported she and her husband failed to get through passport control in time for their flight.

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3 w. ago President Trump calls the New York Times a 'serious threat to the National Security of our Nation' and says the outlet 'must be dealt with and stopped'

'The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations, is a serious threat to the National Security of our Nation,' wrote Trump on Truth Social.

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3 w. ago Mohamed Salah hits late Afcon winner for Egypt to break brave Zimbabwe at the last

There were no apologies from Mohamed Salah to his teammates in red last night, with Egypt’s players grateful to Liverpool’s troubled superstar for conjuring an injury-time winner against the aptly named Warriors of Zimbabwe.After failing to capitalise on a dominant start, the seven-times Afcon winners required a stunning second-half equaliser from Manchester City’s Omar Marmoush and Salah’s late winner to spare their blushes against unfancied Zimbabwe, who have never progressed beyond the group stages. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago My weirdest Christmas: I took a family friend to A&E – and he went from peaky to barely responsive on the way

He insisted he was OK, but he didn’t look it, and when he tried and failed to eat Christmas lunch we knew it was time for a mercy dash to hospitalOur family friend has always been a larger than life figure. Witty, unsentimental – and not one to say no to another brandy. At family parties, he’s the one gossiping about the latest scandal to catch up with a local MP, or regaling us with tales of the outrageous philandering of various Sheffield Wednesday players over the past 40 years. He could make anything – a jacket potato, a broken relationship – funny, somehow.We would often spend Christmas morning with him and his family, before going our separate ways. But, one Christmas, about 10 years ago, when he was supposed to be meeting family abroad, he fell down the stairs, whisky in one hand, suitcase in the other, and broke his ribs. The hospital had patched him up and told him not to fly. So, here he was back with us in Sheffield, making the best of it, but looking increasingly peaky. ...

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3 w. ago All the times Arsenal failed to win the Premier League title after being top at Christmas

Arsenal are in the familiar position of being top of the Premier League at Christmas

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3 w. ago West Ham sack Rehanne Skinner with Irons facing WSL relegation dogfight

Hammers failed to beat fellow relegation candidates Liverpool last time out

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