3 h. ago Virgin Atlantic flight attendant 'crashed her car on way to Heathrow after downing wine'

Kathryn Scott, from Ottershaw, Surrey, had to be removed from a plane at Heathrow Airport after reporting for duty with Virgin Atlantic four times over the alcohol limit

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6 h. ago Huge explosion rocks North Carolina neighborhood after car crashed into veterinarian's offices

The Eastern Carolina Veterinary Referral went up in flames Tuesday after a car crash caused a gas explosion.

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7 h. ago Driver arrested after car crashes following 'police chase' in Edinburgh

Emergency services were called to Captains Road on The Wisp after the alarm was raised at around 12pm on Tuesday.

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11 h. ago Couple escape death after car crashes into restaurant table during influencer filming

NinaUnrated said this was the couple’s second accident to have occurred this month

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11 h. ago Air stewardess, 44, downed wine before crashing her car on way to airport and trying to board flight while four times over the limit, court hears

Kathryn Scott, 44, from Surrey reported for duty at Heathrow, after being driven to the airport by a member of the public following her crash - but she was removed from the plane before take-off.

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12 h. ago 'Plane passenger lied to flight attendant to make me switch seats but I got last laugh'

A man was left baffled when a family of plane passengers lied to a flight attendant in order to get him to switch seats with them - but he ended up getting the last laugh

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13 h. ago Air Canada flight attendants reach ‘tentative’ deal with airline to end strike

Strike over wages and ground work has cancelled travel for 500,000 people worldwideAir Canada flight attendants say they have reached a “tentative” deal with the airline to end a strike over wages and ground work that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight Saturday, insisting Air Canada had failed to address their demands for higher pay and compensation for unpaid ground work, including during boarding. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Flight attendant removed from plane was four times over limit, court told

Virgin Atlantic flight attendant Kathryn Scott reported for duty at London Heathrow four times over the alcohol limit, a court heard

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15 h. ago 'Drunk' Virgin flight attendant crashes car on way to airport then 'hauled off plane'

Uxbridge Magistrates' Court heard Kathryn Scott crashed her black Hyundai at a roundabout and had to be driven to work by a member of the public after leaving her car at the scene

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15 h. ago Flight attendant four times the alcohol limit removed from plane, court told

Kathryn Scott denies a single charge of performing an aviation function when over the alcohol limit.

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15 h. ago Air Canada and flight attendants’ union reach deal to end strike

The strike has impacted around 130,000 travelers daily

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15 h. ago Virgin Atlantic flight attendant 'four times alcohol limit', court told

Kathryn Scott was removed from the plane after a car crash she was involved in on the way to the airport was reported to police, the court heard

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17 h. ago Motorcyclist fighting for life after crash with car in Aberdeen

A 32-year-old male motorcyclist is in critical condition in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as a result of the crash.

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19 h. ago My husband treats me as his dirty little secret – and won’t have sex at home

He prefers to get intimate in anonymous spaces and initiates sex every time we’re at someone else’s house. I love the excitement, but feel manipulatedMy husband and I never have sex at home, only at our friends’ places or in hotel rooms. We’ve lived together, improbably, for four years now. When we hooked up six years ago I never expected anything serious, just a one-night stand with a hot flight attendant.After 15 casual sexual encounters we had a screaming row about my sleeping with someone else, and after the 16th, we decided to be in an exclusive relationship. After 40 meet-ups, he brought home an exotic strain of gonorrhoea; when we had got over the shock, and finished a course of antibiotics, we started planning the wedding.Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treating sexual disorders.If you would like advice from Pamela on sexual matters, send us a brief description of your concerns to private.lives@theguardian.com (please don’t send at...

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20 h. ago Flight attendants always refuse one drink on planes and passengers should do the same

Airline experts have urged passengers to avoid ordering one common drink while onboard a flight as it can lead to serious illness - and what you can order instead

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21 h. ago Coronation Street car crash mystery as Aadi Alahan leaves Weatherfield and leaves Asha heartbroken

It was previously revealed that the ITV soap will shine a deeply emotional and powerful spotlight on Asha amid her twin's exit

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32 h. ago Driver in stolen car smashes into armed police van during 100mph chase

This is the moment a driver in a stolen car crashes into an armed police van during a 100mph chase through country roads.

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32 h. ago Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed

Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally union saysUnion leaders representing 10,000 striking flight attendants have said they would be willing to go to jail rather than comply with an order to return to work, as Canada’s federal government seeks to end a bitter contract dispute that has halted hundreds of summer flights and stranded travellers around the world.Speaking to reporters on Monday, the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said members would remain on the picket lines as part of a work stoppage that has halted Air Canada’s national and international operations during its busiest season. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Air Canada flight attendants’ strike ruled illegal by industrial board

Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally union saysCanada’s industrial relations board has declared a strike by 10,000 flight attendants illegal and ordered them back to work as the federal government seeks to end a bitter contract dispute that has halted hundreds of summer flights and stranded travellers around the world.Flight attendants with Air Canada went on strike on Saturday after months of failed negotiations with Canada’s flagship carrier over wages. Ahead of the work stoppage, Air Canada warned that a shutdown could affect 130,000 people a day. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Tears for boy, two, who died when car crashed into pedestrians in seaside town as locals pay silent tribute and lay flowers at the scene

Members from Kent Fire and Rescue Service left a heartbreaking tribute to the youngster who died after a car collided with 'multiple pedestrians' in Whitstable, Kent, on Saturday.

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