An accident report has revealed that a business jet had to take avoiding action to prevent a potential mid-air collision with a Heathrow-bound airliner with 232 passengers aboard.
The German-owned Citation 525 jet passed only just over half a mile away and 100ft to 200ft below the Turkish Airlines’ Boeing 777 plane in the skies over [...]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has flown to be with his father who has fallen seriously ill while on holiday in France, Cameron’s office said.
The Conservative leader had been scheduled to face his first question-and-answer session in parliament on Wednesday after the summer break. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, will [...]
London’s Tube network has resumed normal service following a 24-hour strike that caused severe disruption.
Almost every line was affected by yesterday’s walkout over jobs which left commuters using all manner of alternative options of transport.
Transport for London (TfL) maintained more than a third of London Underground trains ran despite the walkout.
Staff walked out in two [...]
A charity has called for landlords who attempt to avoid the responsibilities of supplying a rented property fit for purpose to be prosecuted.
Despite there being laws to protect tenants rights, many lettings are being blighted by rogue landlords according to the housing charity Shelter. It says it had found evidence that some landlords in the [...]
A small proportion of the nearly six million people who paid too much or too little income tax are set to find out whether they are due a rebate or have to make more payments.
Because of an HM Revenue & Customs blunder, around 5.7 million people have paid the wrong amount of tax through the [...]
Robbie Williams has switched on the world famous Blackpool illuminations.
The lights which will shine for 66 nights until November 7.
The annual tradition, this year performed by the Take That star was watched by approximately 15,000 people crammed into a purpose-built arena in the resort, while thousands more watched on a big screen on the Promenade.
Williams [...]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced new job cuts on Thursday as the part-nationalised bank continues with its drive to trim costs and further improve its profitability.
RBS, which is 83 percent owned by the British taxpayer, released a statement to say it was cutting 3,500 jobs in administration centres across the country.
Trade unions attacked [...]
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman who vanished 14 years ago.
Avon and Somerset Police revealed that a 39-year-old was being questioned on suspicion of the murder of Melanie Hall, who disappeared in Bath in 1996. The man, from Wiltshire, was arrested on Tuesday after he went voluntarily to [...]
A toilet that once belonged to late Beatle John Lennon has fetched 9,500 pounds (11,590 euros) at auction. The sale price was around 10 times its estimate. It is thought that the buyer must have been pretty flushed.
Lennon, whose murder in 1980 shocked the world, had the porcelain lavatory removed from Tittenhurst Park in Berkshire [...]
Fighting broke out on Saturday at a controversial city centre demonstration by far-right group the English Defence League (EDL).
EDL supporters threw bottles, cans, stones and three smoke bombs at opponents gathered in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Nearly 100 supporters of the far-right group then climbed over a temporary 8ft barricade to get on to neighbouring waste ground [...]
