In what sounds like a scene from a fever-dream, a passenger was forced to land a plane with despite having zero flying experience after the pilot became ill. The incident took place at Palm Beach International Airport over the weekend, and only became apparent when air traffic control tried to contact the pilot. The plucky, but panicking passenger on the […]

Warning: This story contains graphic content, and the name and images of a deceased Indigenous person. A senior prison officer with more than 20 years’ experience has said inmates are given inadequate medical care in the state’s maximum-security women’s prison at an inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in custody. Leanne Reid, a supervisor at Dame Phyllis Frost […]

Nasa’s planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today. Balloon programme office chief Deborah Fairbrother said the launch, which had been scheduled for 10am, was cancelled due to winds. “Unfortunately the wind was higher than 6 knots and coming in from a cross direction.” The United States space agency has spent several weeks preparing to […]

Marine Le Pen says five more years of Macron will be 'worse' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Emmanuel Macron’s rival in the French presidential election […]

Ukraine: Russian artillery appears to be attacked by forces We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Marat Gabidullin, who previously fought with the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group, is […]

JANET STREET-PORTER: The mile-long queues at airports shame Britain’s travel industry and expose – once again – how weary passengers are being taken for fools Airports would function so much better if they did not have to deal with that annoying thing called PASSENGERS. So would trains for that matter. The scenes of the kilometre long queues at Birmingham airport […]

Two Littleton police officers were injured early Tuesday morning in vehicle crashes involving a suspected car thief who led officers on a chase. The incident unfolded at about 3:30 a.m. when officers responded to a report of an attempted theft at CarMax, 5858 S. Broadway, according to a news release. Officers encountered two suspects who ran and hid between cars. […]

GCSE and A-Level exams to return to pre-Covid rules next year as Ofqual says it intends to scrap measures put in place to help pupils during the pandemic Decision means students will now be asked questions from across curriculum Students were allowed this year to choose their topics in a number of subjects But Ofqual confirms ‘return to full subject content […]