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- BBC
Heathrow Airport to confirm third runway expansion
The chief executive of the UK's largest airport will unveil plans to develop terminals two and five.
- Storyful
Bittersweet Video Shows Much-Loved Flight Attendant Killed in DC Crash Cracking Jokes in 2024
An admiring traveler posted video of Ian Epstein – a flight attendant who died in the January 29 midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport – that shows the late American Airlines employee joking with passengers last year.Video filmed in September 2024 shows Epstein cracking jokes with passengers on a flight from Charleston, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolina.“Ian was the best flight attendant I’ve ever had,” said Sam Fensterstock, who filmed the video.Epstein was honored with a water cannon salute at Charlotte Airport last week. He was one of 67 people who died when a passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided above the Potomac River. Credit: Sam Fensterstock via Storyful
- Yahoo TV UK
Peter Kay speaks out after kicking out hecklers who ‘spoiled’ show
Peter Kay, Lisa Riley and the hecklers have spoken out since the comedian's gig was "spoiled".
- Reuters
Malaysian court orders government, analyst to pay damages in Mongolian murder case
A Malaysian court has ordered the government and a political analyst, Abdul Razak Baginda, to pay a total of more than 9 million ringgit ($2 million) to the family of murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, media said on Wednesday. The victim of one of Malaysia's most gruesome murders, her body was blown up with military-grade explosives in a forest on the edge of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in 2006. Two former members of the security detail of Najib Razak, then the defense minister, were convicted of the crime in 2015.
- Reuters
Voestalpine cuts profit outlook, hit by weak automotive market in Europe
Austrian steelmaker voestalpine cut its core profit outlook on Wednesday after the metric slumped by nearly a third in its fiscal third quarter largely due to weakness in Europe, especially in the automotive and construction sectors. "Europe remained the most difficult market for voestalpine in the current business year," said the company that predominantly supplies steel to the automotive industry. European carmakers have been struggling with weak demand and rising costs, with German automakers like Volkswagen facing increased competition in China from local automakers.
- Yahoo Celebrity UK
David Walliams teases revelation about Prime Minister Keir Starmer
The Little Britain star and the attended the same Grammar school in Surrey and Walliams talked about it on The One Show.
- BBC
Law firm restricts AI after 'significant' staff use
The chief technology officer of Hill Dickinson warned of the use of AI tools.
- Deadline
Secuoya Studios & ‘The Castaways’ Producer BlackBox Multimedia Ink First-Look Development & Production Deal
EXCLUSIVE: Secuoya Studios is stepping into the UK. The Spanish powerhouse has inked a first-look development and production deal with The Castaways and This Time Next Year producer BlackBox Multimedia. Under the deal, the two companies will join forces to co-produce premium series for the UK and Spanish markets at Secuoya Group’s facilities Madrid Content City in Tres Cantos, …
- The Independent
UK politics live: Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure to make trade deal with Trump over steel tariffs
US president threatens 25 per cent tariffs on all steel imports in latest move in escalating trade war
- Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 12 February: Barratt Redrow surges on new profit guidance, index at record
Barratt Redrow shares have jumped 6% after it bolstered the City’s expectations for profits in the 2024/25 financial year. The builder lifted 24.7p to 461.7p in a session when rivals Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey also rose by just under 1%. The FTSE 100 index consolidated its position at a record high by adding 2.2 points at 8779.61.
- Reuters
Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye is on hunger strike, his wife says
A prominent opposition figure in Uganda who is on trial in a military tribunal has begun a hunger strike, his wife said, two weeks after the country's top court banned courts-martial from trying civilians. President Yoweri Museveni said his government would continue to prosecute civilians in military courts despite the Supreme Court's ruling. A spokesperson for Uganda's prisons denied that Kizza Besigye was on hunger strike.
- PA Media: Money
Watchdog opens new probe into Thames Water over delays to environmental work
The regulator said it would probe whether delays to the plans mean England’s largest water firm has breached its licence.
- Yahoo Celebrity UK
Sort Out Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon has viewers wound up
The BBC home makeover and decluttering show returned with a new series featuring a family of six, and many complained they didn't need the team's help.
- Yahoo Celebrity UK
Ben Fogle admits hair-raising experience in Roswell
The TV presenter scaled a 10 metre wind tower in the New Mexico desert to help his latest host on New Lives In The Wild.
- Evening Standard
The cheapest London boroughs to buy a home if you're single
Mortgage payments for a one or two-bedroom property are more than £1,000 per month across the capital
- PA Media: UK News
O’Neill and Little-Pengelly to meet King at Windsor Castle
Sinn Fein’s Ms O’Neill previously met Charles when he visited Northern Ireland in 2022.
- The Independent
Strange deep-sea creature discovered after it is listed on online fish market
Fish named after protagonist of Studio Ghibli anime Princess Mononoke
- BBC
Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks
The leaders share a warm relationship, but both will have their own wish list when they meet this week.
- The Independent
Trump forces federal agencies to work with Musk as USAID inspector fired, ICE officials demoted: Live
President’s latest executive action requires agencies to shrink workforce and limit hiring to essential roles
- The Independent
Emmerdale star shares diet hack that’s eased daily arthritis pain
‘I’m feeling the best way I’ve felt for a while,’ actor said