64 h. ago 'How many times are they going to peddle the idea you’ll be murdered if you venture past Watford Gap?'

“Remarkably, I didn’t leave The Spärrows feeling like I needed a police escort.”

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4 d. ago Grenfell: Uncovered review – heartwrenching account of avoidable tragedy

Bleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s heartwrenching and enraging documentary, digging at the causes and movingly interviewing survivors and their families, whose testimony is all but unbearable. At the very least, the film will remind you that when politicians smugly announce they wish to make a bonfire of regulations, they should be taken, under police escort if necessary, and made to stand at the foot of the tower. As for the housing secretary at the time of the tower’s refurbishment, the abysmally arrogant Eric Pickles, he was made a life peer in 2018.With the very considerable help of the housing-issues journalist Peter Apps, the film shows how the horror was created by a perfect storm of incompetence, mendacity, greed, and (that heartsinking phrase) systemic failure. The local council were keen to spruc...

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2 w. ago Escort found beheaded after fearing for her life as suspect says 'she blackmailed me'

Police discovered an escort who was beheaded near an abandoned farmhouse – with part of her body completely burned – miles away from the scene of the crime buried in brambles

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3 w. ago EasyJet flight from Gatwick diverted after stag do causes chaos

‘Drunk and abusive’ passengers escorted from plane by police after flight to Marrakesh forced to land in Portugal

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3 w. ago Boozing, vaping Brit stag do lads divert easyJet flight before cops storm plane

A rowdy British stag do was diverted to Portugal before being stormed by cops and escorted off the easyJet flight by police, other passengers were left fuming

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3 w. ago EasyJet flight from Gatwick diverted after stag do causes chaos before being escorted off by police

‘Drunk and abusive’ passengers escorted from plane by police after flight to Marrakesh forced to land in Portugal

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3 w. ago EasyJet flight from Gatwick diverted after stag do causes chaos on board before being escorted off by police

‘Drunk and abusive’ passengers escorted from plane by police after flight to Marrakesh forced to land in Portugal

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3 w. ago EasyJet flight in emergency landing after stag do 'vape and abuse cabin crew'

The easyJet flight was heading from London Gatwick to Marrakesh when it was forced to land in Portugal and six members of a stag do were marched off the plane by police.

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3 w. ago Woman appears in court after police escort her off Manchester Airport flight

Amy Gaskell was slurring her words, smelt strongly of alcohol and had glazed eyes

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4 w. ago Police sting catches man looking to pay for a schoolgirl escort service

He admitted offering to pay for sexual services from girls aged 14 and 15.

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4 w. ago Protester accosts judge as Erin Patterson trial hears how officials tried to find source of deadly mushrooms

Health department witness tells Victorian supreme court of efforts to glean information from Patterson in days after fatal mushroom lunchWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson spent days after the beef wellington lunch speaking with a department of health official in detail about sourcing the mushrooms for the meal from an Asian grocer and Woolworths, a Victorian court has heard.Day 19 of Patterson’s trial at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell was also interrupted by a protester, who shouted accusations at Justice Christopher Beale before being escorted out of the room by police.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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last month EasyJet flight from Alicante to Manchester diverts to Gatwick after mid

Flight U25521 declared an emergency while flying over the south coast of Britain

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last month Chaos as easyJet flight from Alicante to Manchester diverts to Gatwick after mid

Flight U25521 declared an emergency while flying over the south coast of Britain

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last month EasyJet Alicante to Manchester flight in emergency divert to Gatwick Airport

An easyJet flight was forced to veer off its original course from Alicante to Manchester to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport this morning

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