4 d. ago Travel influencer shamed for urging Brits to swap boozy holidays for 'lads tours of Afghanistan'

Kieran Brown, 30, from Kent, claims the war-torn nation boasts kebabs better than Turkey's, a 'developed' capital city with shopping malls, and a landscape to rival the Swiss Alps.

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2 w. ago Putin admits Russian air defences were to blame for Azerbaijani jet crash

Russian president said air defences were targeting a Ukrainian droneVladimir Putin has said that Russia’s air defences were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the crash.Putin said on Thursday that the missiles fired by Russia to target a Ukrainian drone exploded near the Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku as it was preparing to land in Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, on 25 December 2024. Ukrainian drones have regularly struck deep inside Russia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ryanair flight to Scotland forced to divert after emergency incident declared

A RYANAIR flight heading to Scotland was forced to divert following a mid-air emergency. The Edinburgh-bound aircraft took off from Lanzarote Airport just after 11am on October 7. Flight FR5594 was making its way to the Scottish capital before being diverted to Portugal. It landed at Porto Francisco de Sa Carneiro Airport just before 12.45pm....

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2 w. ago Man dies at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh as emergency services race to scene

Emergency services were called to the popular landmark in the capital after the alarm was raised at around 2.35pm on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Paris FC are doing everything right to challenge PSG’s hegemony in France

Paris FC have the money and long-term strategy to knock the city’s closest of close neighbours off their perchBy Get French Football NewsA revolution is quietly taking place just 44 metres away from the Parc des Princes, and it could alter the footballing landscape in the French capital. “Paris is Magic,” reads the slogan inside the Paris Saint-Germain stadium. Those three words reflect the monopoly that PSG have held in the capital in recent decades. PSG is Paris; Paris is PSG. But for how much longer?There is no such slogan pasted atop the Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris FC’s new home, where they swatted aside Lorient 2-0 on Friday, a result that has taken them up to eighth in Ligue 1. They are just six points behind their closest of close rivals, not that challenging PSG is their current reality. What is taking hold at Paris FC is less of a Great Leap Forward and more of a Cultural Revolution as the Arnault family, who bought the club at the end of last year, place their pawns and mould ...

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3 w. ago Moment police storm Edinburgh Ryanair plane as it lands in capital

The incident is understood to have happened on flight FR2970, which was due to leave Tenerife on September 29 at 7.30pm.

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3 w. ago Moment police storm Bolton street in Manchester synagogue terror attack probe

Searches are taking place and arrests have been made

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3 w. ago EasyJet plane struggles to land at Edinburgh airport amid Storm Amy

Several flights attempted to land at the capital airport on October 3 but many ended up circling before heading down south for a safer option like Manchester.

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3 w. ago Moment police descend on street where Manchester synagogue terrorist lived

A new video shows the moment armed police storm the street 'where Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie lived'

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4 w. ago American Airlines flight diverted to Edinburgh after pilot declares 'mid

American Airlines flight AAL161 from Athens to Chicago departed just after 11am on Monday, however it was forced to land in the Scottish capital.

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