Gatwick Airport chaos continues after BA plane aborted takeoff, closing runway Flights at Gatwick Airport remain disrupted after a British Airways plane aborted its takeoff on Friday leaving the runway temporarily shut. The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER from London Gatwick to Vancouver aborted its takeoff due to hot brakes. The plane appeared to remain on the tarmac, closing the runway, for some time before it was moved. The runway has now reopened, but an airport spokesperson said flights were still being disrupted early on Friday evening.…
Teenager who wrote rap lyrics about killing 17-year-old boy convicted of murder. Elijah Gokool-Mely penned a heartless rhyme about killing Victor Lee which were found in his prison cell. A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 17-year-old weapons dealer in broad daylight before pushing him into a canal in west London. Victor Lee had sold Elijah Gokool-Mely a crossbow earlier that day. He was stabbed twice in the back and once in the chest on the towpath of the Grand Union Canal, near Wormwood Scrubs Park, on June 25 last year. Rapper G…
Paulette review: The very definition of what a restaurant should be. In his first ever five-star review, David Ellis falls for a small neighbourhood bistro. The full story of the word “restaurant” — involving an 18th-century Parisian called Boulanger, lots of broth, and Matthew 11:28 — is too long to relay here, though worth looking up in an idle moment. The snappier take is that “restaurant” borrows from the French verb restaurer, meaning “to restore”, which is illuminative of their quintessence: seen in the right light, restaurants are about…
Duke of Westminster wedding: Billionaire Hugh Grosvenor and Olivia Henson tie the knot with Prince William among party. The Duke of Westminster and Olivia Henson have married at Chester Cathedral in what was widely billed as the society wedding of the year. Billionaire Hugh Grosvenor, 33, arrived in a Land Rover with his best men shortly before 11.30am, before waving to crowds of well-wishers gathered outside. Ms Henson, 31, was driven to the cathedral in a vintage Bentley, just before the service began at midday. Roughly an hour later the cou…
Diane Abbott gets Labour whip back but trail-blazing MP not expected to stand in election Ms Abbott was an independent MP when Parliament was prorogued on Friday, May 24, ahead of the General Election on July 4. The stance sparked a furious backlash from Leftwingers and some other Labour activists against Sir Keir Starmer. Sources said no final decision had been taken to resolve the row over the future of Ms Abbott, 70, who has represented Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987. A spokesperson say they are “working to fill seats as quic…
Ex-takeaway worker with Bitcoin worth more than £2bn jailed for six years The Bitcoin seizure is thought to be the biggest ever of its kind. A former takeaway worker found with Bitcoin wallets worth more than £2 billion has been jailed for over six years following a five-year cryptocurrency investigation. Jian Wen, 42, was living in a flat above a Chinese restaurant in Leeds when she became involved in a criminal racket converting the cryptocurrency into assets including multi-million pound houses and thousands of pounds worth of jewellery. Th…
Baby serial killer Lucy Letby loses bid to challenge murder convictions. Serial killer Lucy Letby has failed in a bid to challenge her convictions over the deaths of several babies in her care. The former nurse , 34, was found guilty last August of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital . The killing spree happened between 2015 and 2016, when Letby, from Hereford, was a staff nurse on the hospital’s neonatal unit. Letby applied through her lawyers for permission to bring a…
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