8 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Major Tim was a chatty fellow... space travel does that

Astronaut Tim Peake (pictured) was at a House of Lords committee to discuss outer space. Discussion soon landed on the crucial matter: should space be governed by the United Nations?

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3 d. ago Celebrity Traitors touch down in Inverness! Charlotte Church turns heads in pyjamas as she joins equally kooky Paloma Faith leading the star

Charlotte Church , 39, and Paloma Faith, 43, both turned heads in their kooky travel outfits after flying to Scotland alongside fellow sleuths Alan Carr and Stephen Fry.

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5 d. ago ‘Who wept for these people?’ Francis’s papacy was defined by compassion for refugees

From personally promising to relocate vulnerable asylum seekers to speaking out against ‘cruel’ policies, the late pope was a voice for the marginalisedOn a glorious spring day almost a decade ago, an Airbus A320 took off from Mytilene airport on the Greek island of Lesbos. For what seemed like an age, a small group of bystanders, including officials and the media, watched in disbelief until the plane veered left over the sun-speckled Aegean Sea and its Alitalia livery could no longer be discerned. On board was Pope Francis, who had spent barely five hours on Lesbos, then at the centre of the refugee crisis on Europe’s eastern fringes.The whirlwind tour had been replete with symbolism but it was the pontiff’s fellow travellers who had caused such surprise. Moments after the head of the Roman Catholic Church had entered the aircraft, 12 refugees had also appeared, cheerfully making their way across the runway with expressions of stunned relief, their first taste of freedom after inca...

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5 d. ago Delta passengers forced to hold plane together after ceiling collapses mid

Affected passengers were reportedly offered the equivalent of just £90 in air miles following the incident

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7 d. ago Passengers evacuate Delta plane after engine catches fire at Florida airport

Flight headed for Atlanta, Georgia, had left gate when flames began to rise, forcing people to clear jet via slidesA Delta aircraft caught on fire on the tarmac at the Orlando international airport on Monday morning, forcing frightened passengers to evacuate the jet via slides.The Delta flight, which was headed for Atlanta, Georgia, had left its gate at about 11.15am ET when one of the aircraft’s engines caught fire, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside Prince Harry's trip to Ukraine as he vows to make MORE visits to war

Harry and the delegation, which included his pals and fellow former soldiers David Wiseman and JJ Chalmers, travelled from London where Harry had attended two days of court hearings over a downgrade to his security

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2 w. ago Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul | Adrian Chiles

Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?Some time in the early years of the last decade, a friend and I travelled by train from London to Barcelona, where we would be covering a football match for work. We had a very nice day, playing Scrabble and drinking train wine as we sped south. The only problem was that a kid near us, not 10 years old, was watching a cartoon or playing a game on an iPad without the benefit of headphones. The sound wasn’t so much loud as persistent. Slowly but surely it drilled its way into our skulls and started to eat into our souls. I shot the family a couple of glances but got a look back which managed to communicate two things. Firstly that they were sorry. Secondly that if they took the iPad off the kid, we’d all be sorry. So, on he went. And an otherwise perfectly pleasurable journey started to drag.Then I had an idea. I got my headphones out of my bag, caught the mother’s eye,...

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3 w. ago Cruise passenger attacks fellow traveler for dancing barefoot in ship cocktail lounge, feds say

Exclusive: The brawl was allegedly touched off when 53-year-old Kenneth DeGiorgio’s wife approached a stranger and said, ‘Look, we are all grown-ups here, can you put your shoes on?’

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4 w. ago Delta plane passenger details DISGUSTING encounter with fellow traveler

Laura Juntgen recently posted a 10-minute video explaining the shocking moment another passenger projectile vomited on her.

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4 w. ago Plane passenger warns of creepy act fellow traveler committed as she slept on American Airlines flight

Danielle, who lives in Virginia, took to TikTok to unravel the details about her unsettling experience in a courtroom-style video.

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