Author: News Desk

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.

European leaders expressed deep concern after Israel launched an unprovoked attack on Iran and have called for an immediate de-escalation.

Woody Johnson is in discussions for a £200 million investment in Crystal Palace, potentially allowing the club to participate in the UEFA Europa League next season.

Sam Thompson has withdrawn from the 2025 Soccer Aid game due to injuries sustained during a recent marathon challenge.

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

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

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

Miracle of man in seat 11A who walked away The Daily Express says there is one survivor from the Air India Flight 171 crash after the plane plunged shortly after take off, police have confirmed. The flight from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was bound for London Gatwick Airport. Officials said 242 passengers and crew were on the aircraft, including 53 British nationals, 169 Indian nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

The miracle of seat 11A: BRIT SURVIVES INDIA PLANE CRASH HORROR The Daily Star also calls it a “miracle” noting he was sat in seat 11A and quotes the survivor’s family as saying “he had no idea how he walked away from the wreckage”. The paper says the doomed Air India flight was carrying 53 British nationals, including a boy of two and a four-year-old girl, who are both confirmed dead in the horror crash that has killed over than 200 people. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

MIRACLE BRIT IN SEAT 11A The Sun says “Miracle Brit in seat 11A” – the seat of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a father from Leicester who was the only survivor of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash which killed all the other 241 passengers and crew on board. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers