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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…

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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

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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

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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…

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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…

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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

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Friday’s UK news is dominated by Israel’s attack on Iran – and analysis into whether the attack might spiral into a wider conflict, the Air India plane crash in which one person – a British man – remarkably survives. The media are assessing what might have caused the crash and attempting to assign blame. Also topping the UK news, is the major blood cancer breakthrough as a new therapy is rolled out on the NHS in a “world first.”

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Breaking News: Iran retaliates against Israel launching a 100 drones to target military targets, that have bypassed the iron dome. Iran retaliates against Israel Iran had vowed to respond and now Iran has responded with a devastating attack on Israel, after Israel launched a major attack on Iran overnight. Netanyahu flees from Tel Aviv on Wings of Zion Israel’s ‘Wings of Zion’ airplane, the Israeli equivalent of Air Force One, has lifted off from Tel…

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Cliff Notes The UK government has urged for restraint and diplomacy following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, termed Operation Rising Lion, which targeted nuclear sites and reportedly killed six Iranian nuclear scientists. Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the situation as "dangerous," emphasising the need for stability in the Middle East for global security. The US has distanced itself from the attacks, warning against retaliation against American interests and reinforcing calls for de-escalation. UK calls for restraint…

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