95 m. ago ‘It all happened so quickly’: how the Air India plane crash unfolded

Witnesses at a hospital near the impact site described parts of the plane landing on a canteen building as 200 people ate insideAt 9.48am on Thursday, Air India flight 423 took off from New Delhi bound for Ahmedabad, the largest city in Gujarat state, 600 miles south-west. It was an entirely normal day – although hotter than usual for the time of year in north India – and an entirely normal flight, except for the fact that the plane, an 11-year-old Boeing Dreamliner, landed 20 minutes early.After more than two hours on the tarmac parked at Terminal 2 of the sprawling Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport, captain Sumeet Sabharwal, an experienced pilot, taxied on to the single runway and prepared for takeoff. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Coronation Street Sean Tully’s secret child ‘revealed’ and they are already on cobbles

Coronation Street fans are convinced that Sean Tully has a secret child on the cobbles

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1 hour ago Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health

Proposals this week to weaken EPA restrictions will help tiny group of owners while ‘the American people will breathe dirtier air’Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed on Wednesday that its plan to eviscerate power plant pollution standards will save the US about $1bn a year. In reality, though, this represents a starkly uneven trade-off, experts say.The savings for “Americans” will go entirely to power plant operators who won’t have to cut their pollution, while at the same time climate and health benefits for all Americans that are 20 times larger in dollar terms will be deleted. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Wall Street heir, 31, 'MURDERED' stranger, 69, who was celebrating wedding anniversary in Oregon beach city

Bradley Cole, 69, died in May of last outside of an Ashley Inn & Suites in Lincoln City after he was assaulted by Roland Evans-Freke, 31, police said.

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2 h. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver says 'how it's going' in health update after soap exit

The actress, who bowed out of the ITV soap after 25 years in the role of Eileen Grimshaw, took to social media to give an insight

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3 h. ago Coronation Street's Betsy Swain star 'not forgiven' soap in 'six month' update

Actress Sydney Martin has said she's 'not forgiven' the ITV soap as she was given a six-mont reminder

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3 h. ago Two years after Titan disaster, OceanGate advisor reflects on how Stockton Rush swerved ‘every single rule’

The 2023 OceanGate explosion killed five people and captured the world’s attention — a millionaire’s trip to the Titanic wreck that questioned the future of the submersibles. Madeline Sherratt speaks to submersibles expert Rob McCallum about the catastrophe

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3 h. ago Coronation Street 'set for first ever throuple’ with legend in history

Coronation Street fans are convinced the soap is about to introduce a throuple storyline involving a cobbles icon after they spotted some 'vibes' between the trio

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4 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The BBC wants to win over Reform voters... and I've got a sneak preview of the new schedule

BBC director-general Tim Davie and his senior managers, alive to constant and entirely accurate allegations of Left-wing bias, are drawing up plans to win over Reform UK voters.

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4 h. ago Israel raids a Syrian village and detains suspected militants; 1 person is killed

Israel’s army has raided a village in southern Syria to arrest several alleged agents of the Palestinian militant group Hamas

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4 h. ago Coronation Street fans baffled by Becky detail as they predict 'witness protection' twist for Lisa Swain

Becky has been reffered to several times in the past year as she's the late partner of DS Lisa Swain

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4 h. ago What life is REALLY like in Gibraltar: 'The Rock' is like stepping back into 70s Britain, complete with retro shops and red phone boxes

With its stunning coastline, chain shops resembling a classic UK high street and sunny weather, Gibraltar - or 'Gib' as it's known by locals - seems to have all the answers.

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4 h. ago Man, 30, fights for life after double shooting in west London street

It follows another gun attack on a road in Hackney on Wednesday night

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5 h. ago Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star recalls being ‘dashed to hospital’ for urgent blood transfusion

Actor was forced to stay in hospital for days as she underwent emergency treatment

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5 h. ago Love Island first look as pair face the wrath of their actions and an explosive re

Get ready for tonight's explosive episode of Love Island, packed with steamy kisses, shocking confessions and a game changing recoupling. Here's your exclusive first look...

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5 h. ago Assault victim jailed after CCTV showed him carrying broken bottle at the time

Christopher Soden admitted having an offensive weapon in the town’s Graham Street on May 5 last year.

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5 h. ago Met Office verdict on 'Spanish plume' set to bring 'explosive thunderstorms' to UK

A phenomenon known as the Spanish Plume is about to shake up UK weather

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6 h. ago Man, 21, hospitalised due to risky 'sounding' sex act involving a USB cable

A young American man needed to take an embarrassing trip to A&E after a shocking sexual experiment involving a USB cable when horribly wrong.

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6 h. ago Man suspected of killing his new bride and two relatives claims they were all drug gang members

Patrick Waite was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

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