Author: News Desk

Cliff Notes – Warning issued ahead of Download festival in Leicestershire Police issue mosh pit warning ahead of Download festival in Leicestershire this weekend | Ents & Arts News Police are warning rock fans at this weekend’s Download festival about the potential for accidental calls while in the mosh pit. Leicestershire Police issued an alert ahead of the event at the download festival at Donington Park, which begins on Friday. Download festival at Donington Park Posting on Facebook, the force said, in previous years, they received “a rise of nearly 700 extra 999 calls” caused by energetic dancing at Download. “The tech…

Read More

The weekend’s rolling in—and whether you’re into cider, synth-pop, spitfires or sunloungers, there’s something happening near you. From muddy boots at Download to garden picnics under the Red Arrows, we’ve rounded up the best of what’s on. Here’s what to do in the UK this weekend.

Read More

At least 260 die as plane on way to UK crashes in India The Guardian reports the plane crashed into a hostel housing “medical students, doctors and their families.” The paper says the Indian government is considering grounding Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet, just a day after one of the airline’s aircraft of the same make crashed in Ahmedabad city, killing more than 240 people. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Read More

Brit is only survivor of flight 171 Metro says the sole survivor of Air India flight AI171 which crashed and killed more than 200 people on board has told his family ‘I don’t know how I’m alive’. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, along with 53 other British nationals, was one of the 242 aboard the plane that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Read More

More than 240 die as Air India flight crashes in Gujarat following take-off The FT has a different take, looking at the pressure on Boeing. The paper calls it the worst aviation disaster in more than a decade. It is the first crash of that model of plane since it entered service in 2011 – it comes as Boeing is trying to “rebuild trust” following two previous crashes in 2018 and 2019. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Read More