5 h. ago I've always been loyal to British Airways... until they did this to me on my flight to Sao Paulo. I was appalled

Boarding my 10.15pm flight to São Paulo from Heathrow last month, I found my seat. It is a journey I make around five times a year. I was the first to board on my side of the cabin.

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8 h. ago M6 closed LIVE: Motorway shut after air ambulance lands for medical emergency

The M6 in Cumbria has been closed northbound between junctions 42 and 43 and emergency services are on the scene after the driver of a lorry had a "medical episode"

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8 h. ago Air India Express plane forced into emergency landing over 'bomb' as statement issued

An Air India Express was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday afternoon after a bomb threat. The airline has now issued a statement following the incident

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9 h. ago Air India flight forced to make emergency landing after midair bomb threat

An Air India Express flight was forced to make an emergency landing today following a mid-air bomb threat

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10 h. ago Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s 'Inside No 9' to return to London

Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s 'Inside No 9' to return to London  London Theatre tickets

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11 h. ago Five arrests made outside Bob Vylan gig as protests take place

Officers said the arrests in London took place at two protests prior to the performance.

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12 h. ago Police to take ‘no further action’ over alleged chants at Bob Vylan performance

An investigation was launched by the Met Police after footage emerged allegedly showing singer Bobby Vylan, saying ‘death to the IDF’.

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13 h. ago BA passenger issues warning to avoid specific seat or face 'complete hell'

Flying long-haul can come with its challenges, and one passenger has issued a stark warning after they booked a specific seat on their British Airways flight and found themselves in 'complete hell'

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13 h. ago Jet2 will start flying from Gatwick next year to take on easyJet and BA

New entrant will face competition from UK’s biggest budget airline as well as British Airways, Tui and Wizz Air

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24 h. ago Family quoted £20,000 for four tickets to Dubai in half term

Adam Smith (pictured with son Jude, seven) and his family ended up missing out on a night in Dubai after British Airways cancelled their flights.

Economics

33 h. ago Horror moment plane falls out of the sky in death spiral with smoke gushing from military jet in horror crash in Georgia

TERRIFYING footage shows a Turkish military aircraft crashing inside the ex-Soviet republic Georgia. The stricken plane was a C-130 belonging to the armed forces of Turkey - a NATO state. The aircraft reportedly came down on Tuesday, after taking off from Azerbaijan. Smoke was gushing from the plane as it spun in circles falling from...

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34 h. ago Inside No 9 stage show with Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith to return to London

Inside No 9 stage show with Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith to return to London  WhatsOnStage

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35 h. ago Arsenal star set to miss North London Derby and will be last to return from injury

Arsenal star set to miss North London Derby and will be last to return from injury  Football FanCast

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35 h. ago Bob Vylan singer interviewed by police over comments on stage at Glastonbury

Police said a man in his 30s, understood to be Bobby Vylan, real name Pascal Robinson-Foster, had voluntarily attended an interview on Monday.

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53 h. ago Tax rises are coming... and if air travellers are sacrificed to pay even more, it will be a disaster for Britain, says former BA boss

Rachel Reeves' plans to hike taxes on holidaymakers would be a 'disaster for Britain', a former British Airways boss has warned.

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56 h. ago Luka Vuskovic drama, two likely Tottenham loan recalls but Mikey Moore quashes return

Luka Vuskovic drama, two likely Tottenham loan recalls but Mikey Moore quashes return  Football London

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59 h. ago Heathrow third runway should be built without moving the M25, says British Airways boss

British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle backs building a third Heathrow runway without diverting the M25

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3 d. ago SNAPSHOT: British Airways 296 Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow in World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy)

SNAPSHOT: British Airways 296 Chicago O'Hare to London Heathrow in World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy)  BoardingArea

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3 d. ago ‘Too far? I don’t think we’ve gone far enough!’ The founder of Peta on gruesome stunts and her bloody fight for animal rights

After 45 years as chief fake blood thrower, Ingrid Newkirk is still waging war on everything from leather to cashmere. Is she still relevant?Ingrid Newkirk was 54 when she thought she was going to die in a plane crash. It was late summer and the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) was flying from Minneapolis in the US to the company HQ in Norfolk, Virginia when her plane encountered strong wind shear. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but failed; back up they went.On the third attempt, with “a teaspoon of fuel” in the tank, he finally got the plane down safely. During those moments, Newkirk, now 76, scribbled a will on a napkin. She has tweaked it over the years, but it still reads like a horror movie prop list: her liver is to be sent to France to be made into foie gras, her skin to Hermès to create a handbag and her lips to whichever US president is in power, to shame them for granting a “patronising” pardon to a turkey each Thanksgiving. As wills...

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3 d. ago As Britain’s biggest budget airline turns 30, what did easyJet ever do for us?

The Man Who Pays His Way: Captain of first-ever easyJet flight was on secondment from British Airways

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