2 h. ago Airport security uncover £1m drug stash inside electric wheelchair

The National Crime Agency says the concealment ‘shows the ingenuity crime groups employ to smuggle cocaine’

Events

3 h. ago Airport security check uncovers £1m cocaine stash hidden in electric wheelchair

The wheelchair contained 11 packages, weighing 12kg, concealed in the seat and backrest.

Economics

15 h. ago Kind strangers pay for wedding for Glasgow mum, 26, diagnosed with aggressive brain tumour while pregnant

Bethany Wright, 26, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour when she was 34-weeks pregnant - on hearing her story a stranger reached out with an incredible act of kindness.

Politics

3 d. ago Review: Dangbei Freedo projector offers simplicity, portability and performance

You can set it up whenever, wherever you like

Politics

5 d. ago NHS could offer this simple DNA test to predict drug reactions and save thousands of lives

A landmark study looking at all adverse drug reactions ever recorded in Britain since 1964 reveals just three genes could be responsible for many of them - and a simple test could save lives

Events

5 d. ago I don't think my elderly mum would've survived, if it wasn't for the Peebles delivery driver

She was saved by the kindness of a stranger

Events

6 d. ago The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami review – what if AI could read our minds?

Longlisted for the Women’s prize, this powerful dystopian novel imagines people jailed for their potential to commit crimesArriving home at Los Angeles international airport, Sara Hussein is asked by immigration and customs officers to step aside, then taken to an interview room. The fundamentals of this scene are familiar – you’ve probably watched something like it in a film, or dreamed about it happening to you; perhaps it already has. But Sara lives in a new world, several decades in the future, and she is being arrested because Scout, the state’s AI security system, has flagged something irregular inside her mind.Sara seems unexceptional: she’s a museum archivist, married and mother to young twins. She once had an argument with her husband Elias after he impulsively part-exchanged the family Toyota for a Volvo. Sara sees herself as a person who “couldn’t possibly be considered a member of the lawbreaking classes”, until the moment at the airport when an officer informs her that ...

Politics

6 d. ago Amanda Knox insists ‘I really honour Meredith’s memory’ as she defends memoir

Ms Knox was convicted but later cleared of sexually assaulting and murdering Meredith Kercher.

Politics

7 d. ago Metropolitan Police ends ‘criminal’ probe into substation fire that closed Heathrow airport

Metropolitan Police ends ‘criminal’ probe into substation fire that closed Heathrow airport  Financial Times

Events

8 d. ago Bride in 'crisis mode' as Heathrow airport nightmare leaves her 'shaking'

A bride has been left in 'crisis mode' following the nightmare at Heathrow Airport last week - leaving her anxious about if she, her partner or her guests would be able to make the special day

Society

9 d. ago Kindness of strangers: I was crying at the airport carousel, then a couple offered a simple solution

I stood there with my baby on my chest as I watched the suitcase go round and round. An older woman saw me, walked over and said ‘What’s the matter?’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesI remember the exact date it happened – 28 October 1994. My husband and I were living in Perth with our newborn baby, James, when my husband had to go back to the UK for work. The plan was for the baby and me to follow him six weeks later.I’d decided to make the journey as leisurely as possible, so I booked a stopover in Hong Kong. I was very proud of myself setting out because I’d made a homemade baby sling to carry James on my chest during the flight. Continue reading...

Transport

9 d. ago Heathrow chiefs and ministers were warned 10 years ago that power supply was 'key weakness' that could cripple Europe's busiest airport

A report by Jacobs, a major consultancy, highlighted in November 2014 how electricity outages could completely shut Europe's busiest airport.

Events

1 week ago Heathrow live: Airport orders investigation into crisis management plans amid ‘laughing stock’ criticism

Heathrow Airport is back in business after a fire at a London electricity substation

Society

1 week ago Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

Thomas Woldbye says most other airports operate similar back-up power systems to Heathrow, as Ed Miliband announces investigationThe chief executive of Heathrow has defended the running of the airport after a fire at an electrical substation stopped about 1,300 planes and disrupted the journeys of hundreds of thousands of global passengers.It comes after Willie Walsh, the International Air Transport Association’s director general, criticised Heathrow for the disruption, while the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has now ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the outage. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Is one blundering engineer responsible for crippling Heathrow? Airport bosses face questions over farcical shutdown that left 300,000 travellers stranded

Tens of thousands of travellers are still stranded across the globe today after a blaze at an electricity substation cut power to the airport.

Society

1 week ago Woman accused of drowning dog in an airport bathroom because it wasn’t allowed on flight with her

Neighbors believe she owned a white poodle, according to a report

Events

1 week ago Furious Americans rip apart Heathrow as they're trapped across the world after airport meltdown: 'We should never have come!'

Travelers have criticized Heathrow Airport and airline staff for their 'confusing' messages, with some alleging they weren't informed their flights had been cancelled until they turned up at the airport.

Society

1 week ago Heathrow Airport fire 'Russia sabotage' theories explained – 6 reasons why it's possible

Heathrow Airport was crippled by a mysterious fire at an electrical substation just days after the Prime Minister Keir Starmer toured our nuclear weapons

Society

1 week ago 'What a mess': Incredulous US anchors from Fox News and CNN ridicule Britain amid Heathrow chaos and ask 'how did single substation take out such a critical airport'?

Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt said from: 'What a mess, Friday and Spring Break.' And reporter Greg Palkot, on the ground at Heathrow, replied: 'You got it right, what a mess is correct.'

Society

1 week ago Woman accused of drowning her dog in an airport bathroom because she couldn’t take it on flight

Neighbors believe she owned a white poodle, according to a report

Events