An extensive search and rescue operation is currently underway after an American Airlines flight collided in mid-air with a helicopter in Washington DC, with both crashing into the Potomac River. Emergency services chief John Donnelly has said conditions are “extremely rough” in the dark and with icy temperatures. The jet, which was coming from Wichita,…

Royal Mail should only deliver second class letters every other weekday to “protect” the future of the UK’s postal industry, the industry regulator has proposed. Ofcom said the Universal Service Obligation (USO) must be reformed as people send fewer letters every year but stamp prices keep rising. The one-price-goes-anywhere USO means Royal Mail has to…

To counter that argument, the old group stage offered home and away matches against three opponents, with the rivalry that could deliver. Uefa’s hopes of ensuring every game counted in this format has largely been met, but its stated aim of a loss or win in the final match making the difference between reaching the…

Getty Images Search and rescue boats have been deployed to the Potomac River A passenger plane carrying 64 passengers and crew has crashed into a river in Washington DC after it collided in mid-air with a US Army helicopter. Eighteen bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River so far, where search and rescue teams…

Cherry Wilson & Jim Connolly BBC News Investigations BBC Retail crime is “out of control” and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft because they do not fear any consequences, an industry body has told the BBC. In some cases, offenders are openly clearing shelves of items in full view of…

BBC Ellen Elphick says she wants to bring attention to the harm caused by body-shaming in ballet The Royal Ballet School (RBS) has reached a financial settlement with a former student, who said the body-shaming she experienced while at the elite institution has left her with lifelong psychological damage. Ellen Elphick, 31, had claimed the…

An American Airlines flight has collided in mid-air with a helicopter in Washington DC. The jet was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, while three US Army soldiers were on board the military helicopter. Video shows police response at the scene of the crash, as crews work to rescue passengers. Source link

It is no secret that the Gunners are in need of a striker. Gabriel Jesus is out with an injury while their highest scoring player is Kai Havertz, who has been converted into being an out-and-out forward since joining the Gunners and has done a commendable job in that role. However, his tally of eight…

“It’s boom or bust!” reads the Metro headline as it – like many of Thursday’s papers – looks at Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ “plan for rapid growth” as laid out in her speech on Wednesday. Her plans include backing for a third runway at Heathrow airport, and creating “Britain’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge. The…

Rescue workers in Japan are trying to pull out a truck driver from a sinkhole that appeared on Tuesday and has since widened. The sinkhole appeared in Yashio city in Saitama prefecture, near the capital Tokyo, swallowing a truck. Rescue efforts have been hampered by road collapses, and officials have ordered scores of households in…