British Airways flight to Chicago declares emergency after 'dropping 28,000ft in minutes' while flying over Ireland

Daily Mail - Oct 5, 2026

BA Flight BA295, a Boeing 777-200ER operating from London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, departed Heathrow's Terminal 5 at around 11.50am on its scheduled transatlantic service.

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Two Brits, 19 and 22, are arrested in Barbados 'over plot to export more than $1million of cocaine'

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Two Brits, 19 and 22, are arrested in Barbados 'over plot to export more than $1million of cocaine'

Abdul-Rasheed Anjolaoluwa Oduola and Miraldie Ndunzi, from east London, were arrested by the Barbados Police Service Narcotics Unit on Tuesday.

Cornell activists smash windows and vandalize building with red paint in wake of gang rape allegations

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Cornell activists smash windows and vandalize building with red paint in wake of gang rape allegations

Holes were knocked into one of the administration hall's glass doors, and the walls beside them were marked with red-painted messages condemning patriarchy.

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Scotch on the rockets! The water of life to be given an extraterrestrial flavour

Oct 5, 2026

Scotch on the rockets! The water of life to be given an extraterrestrial flavour

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Moment escaped prisoner rams armed police in gym car park after being on the run for four months

Oct 5, 2026

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Jay Bennett, used his black Volkswagen Golf to repeatedly hit firearm officers in their vehicles outside the Fitness Factory gym in Coventry on March 24.

Buckingham Palace unveils new £25 unfilled advent calendar and £12 chocolate offering that's £100 cheaper than Meghan's luxury version

Oct 5, 2026

Buckingham Palace unveils new £25 unfilled advent calendar and £12 chocolate offering that's £100 cheaper than Meghan's luxury version

Last Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex, 45, opened pre-orders for the festive product that is currently only being shipped in the US.

The shabby West London street plagued by 33 fast food restaurants, 11 barbers and tacky vape shops... and the campaigners facing death threats in their fight to turn it around: ROBERT HARDMAN

Oct 5, 2026

The shabby West London street plagued by 33 fast food restaurants, 11 barbers and tacky vape shops... and the campaigners facing death threats in their fight to turn it around: ROBERT HARDMAN

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JD Vance says US was just 'trying to protect our guys' by withdrawing bombers from RAF Fairford - as Downing Street insists airbase is safe

Oct 5, 2026

JD Vance says US was just 'trying to protect our guys' by withdrawing bombers from RAF Fairford - as Downing Street insists airbase is safe

The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that aircraft which were being stationed at the Gloucestershire base had been 'redeployed to their home stations in the United States'.

Ken Paxton caught in ANOTHER leaked hot mic moment as Trump's Texas midterm nightmare goes from bad to worse

Oct 5, 2026

Ken Paxton caught in ANOTHER leaked hot mic moment as Trump's Texas midterm nightmare goes from bad to worse

The Texas Republican made the confession to a room of DC lobbyists at a private fundraising lunch.

Kieran Hayler accuses Katie Price of 'setting him up' as court told he 'pinned down and raped 13-year-old girl'

Oct 5, 2026

Kieran Hayler accuses Katie Price of 'setting him up' as court told he 'pinned down and raped 13-year-old girl'

The 39-year-old has denied three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against the girl at Ms Price's former home, dubbed Mucky Mansion, in Dial Post, West Sussex, in 2016.

'Dexter-obsessed' forensics student stabbed woman 78 times to death in copycat 'kill room' in Airbnb, court told

Oct 5, 2026

'Dexter-obsessed' forensics student stabbed woman 78 times to death in copycat 'kill room' in Airbnb, court told

Benjamin Day, 20, was arrested in a Dexter-style khaki top after stabbing Maria Saceanu 78 times and beginning to dismember her body, his murder trial was told.

Israel 'was prepared to shoot down hijacked Flydubai jet' to prevent an 'Israeli 9/11'

Oct 5, 2026

Israel 'was prepared to shoot down hijacked Flydubai jet' to prevent an 'Israeli 9/11'

The flight's co-pilot is said to have attacked its captain with an emergency axe and tried to crash the plane as it approached Israel en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week.

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