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Central London remains on a high level of alert this morning as a number of security alerts have disrupted travel for commuters. Police cleared the area around Liverpool Street station after a suspect package was reportedly found in a local restaurant. Read Article
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Heathrow is operating almost at capacity in terms of seat capacity and frequency of flights – between 2009 and 2013 its seat capacity grew by just 1.3pc. By contrast, Gatwick saw seat capacity grow by 3.3pc, largely through further development of short-haul scheduled services from carriers such as easyJet, and by attracting airlines effectively excluded […]
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theguardian.com reported that Hundreds of Christmas revelers had to be evacuated from central Belfast on Friday night after a bomb partially exploded during one of the busiest nights of the festive season. The device went off as police officers were clearing the Cathedral area of the city around 6.45pm. The police had been responding to […]
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The BBC reports that a man and a woman have died after a light aircraft crashed near the runway at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire. North Wales Police say they were called at 13:07 GMT to the incident involving a twin engine light aircraft. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was […]
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Brighton and Hove News reports that two foreign students were robbed by two men as they walked home in Brighton in the early hours. The two students, both women aged 22 and 23, were walking home in Park Road, Coldean, when they were confronted by two men. The men demanded their handbags, containing their wallet, […]
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Dailymail.co.uk reports that three members of an Eastern European family who flew ‘benefit tourists’ into the UK to illegally claim £750,000 in tax credits were jailed today. Julius Ziga, 34, his then partner Magdalena Ferkova, 33, her sister Iveta, 32, their aunt Alena Lackova, 39, and her husband Jan Lacko, 39, ran a two-year scam […]
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As reported by Travel.aol.co.uk, a cliff climber has died after strong waves trapped her inside a sea cave in Swanage, Dorset. Lifeboat and helicopter teams fought for two hours to save her, but were beaten back by terrible weather conditions, and it is believed she drowned. The woman was coasteering – an extreme sport involving […]
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AOL Travel UK reports that Alton Towers’ newest roller coaster was forced to close when the wheels on The Smiler became loose and hit riders sat on the front row. Speaking to the Daily Mail, a spokeswoman for the theme park in Staffordshire said it was shut on Saturday afternoon following a “technical issue”. She […]
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Officers from Romania and Poland have been drafted in to support Metropolitan Police officers gather intelligence on arrested foreign nationals in the capital. The initiative, which has been funded by a €1.5 million EU grant, involves eight Romanian and three Polish officers, working with Operation Nexus colleague over a two-year period to bolster analytical and […]
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