According to protocol, all Bell helicopters across the country have been grounded, a source from the civil protection ministry told the BBC. The source added that the second Bell helicopter involved in the collision made an emergency landing in an area of low vegetation. “The two people on board, a British pilot and a Greek…
Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections. The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.” Paul…
A passenger on a British Airways flight that issued a distress call on approach to Heathrow Airport earlier this month has described the rising fear in the cabin and a lack of information from the crew. Edward Killiwick had been travelling back from a friend’s birthday party with his partner Julie, on the flight from…
In a 1950 essay, the critic AA Phillips wrote of a “cultural cringe” in which insecure Australians looked to Britain for instruction. Today, some Australians are championing far-right British actors and importing their visions of doom to Australia. In June, the former Australian Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott spoke at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship…
Residents in our new housing development are being billed for each other’s energy after the meters were mixed up. I realised British Gas was sending bills for my energy to the developer of the estate instead of to me. I informed British Gas of my details when I moved in seven months ago. When I…
Who is Ryan Fox? Meet unlikely New Zealand golfer that won British Open originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. After a hectic British Open, Ryan Fox is officially the 2026 Champion Golfer of the Year. Advertisement Fox outlasted Cameron Young and Sam Burns to…
The former owner of British Steel has said it will pursue the British government for compensation after the loss-making firm was nationalised. The UK took control of the Scunthorpe steelworks a year ago after China’s Jingye Group said it planned to close the site because it was not financially viable, and fully nationalised the plant…
The nationalisation came after Parliament on Wednesday passed legislation allowing the government to bring the steel industry into public ownership under circumstances where it met a public interest test. Jingye is seeking compensation, having previously said the business was losing £700,000 a day. The BBC has been unable to get a response from Jingye itself…
Burnham’s bid cannot be challenged by fellow MPs, as he now has the support of almost the entire parliamentary party. Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026 The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is set to become Britain’s next prime minister as early as next week after securing the backing of more than…
Before the play begins, a tiny LNER InterCity zips in front of us. Our eyes follow it from one side of the stage to the other. Miniatures fascinate, and the train reminds us of the appeal. It means that when we meet the old boys of the Market Deeping model railway club, celebrating a second…
