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A passenger has described how 'big flames' were visible from the cabin of a British Airways plane before it was dramatically forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport in west London this morning. The Airbus A319, which was carrying 75 passengers on its journey to Oslo, was forced...

From the BBC: Two men have been arrested after RAF Typhoon jets were launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft within UK airspace earlier this afternoon. A Pakistan International Airlines plane had been diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport in Essex (30 miles...

A serving British soldier has been hacked to death by two Muslim men 200 yards from his barracks in Woolwich, south east London, this afternoon in a suspected terrorist attack. A dramatic video tonight emerged of a man with bloodied hands, carrying knives and ranting 'We swear by almighty...

Wednesday marked the 70th anniversary of the raids on dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley by the RAF's famous "Dambusters" of 617 Squadron using their ingenious bouncing bombs. To mark the occasion, Britain's last Lancaster bomber flew over Derbyshire's Derwent reservoir and its dam, where Guy...

This is yet another fine example of the hypocritical Scots attacking the UKIP nationalist party and calling them "racists" and "Nazis" whilst devolved Scotland itself is ruled by a bunch of nationalists - the SNP, who want Scottish independence from the UK. The Scots see it this way...

Birmingham heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath release their nineteenth studio album, 13, on 10th June. The album was recorded between August 2012 and January 2013. It should have been recorded in Los Angeles but, because guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has announced today that he is to retire at the end of the season, after being in charge of the club since November 1986, making him the current longest-serving manager in English football. Everton manager David Moyes, a fellow Glaswegian of Ferguson...

A former member of the SS, who was allegedly a guard at Auschwitz, has been arrested in southern Germany. About 1.5 million people were murdered at Auschwitz in German-occupied Poland during the War. It was liberated by the Soviets in 1945. Hans Lipschis, 93, was taken into custody after...

When staff at a solicitors' firm kept noticing an unpleasant odour and an infestation of flies at their office, they called in pest control to get rid of what they thought was a pigeon. However, the pest control workers found something they certainly weren't expecting - the decomposing corpse...

An airliner with 180 passengers was involved in a near-miss with a UFO over the Glasgow suburb of Baillieston as it made its final approach to Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The unidentified flying object – described by the flight crew as “blue, yellow and silver” – loomed ahead of the Airbus...

Nigel Farage, the leader of the anti-EU party UKIP, has today said that UKIP have overtaken the Liberal Democrats as the third party of British politics as they made gains in today's local elections. 34 counties in England are holding elections today, and so, too, is the Isle of Anglesey in...

A central London resident has released video footage of the moment when a pavement exploded in central London, narrowly missing a passer by. The blast, which left a crater in the middle of the street, occurred at about 10:25 BST on Thursday and is believed to have been caused by a faulty power...

Sir Winston Churchill is to appear on the back of the new Bank of England £5 note. Elizabeth Fry, the 19th century prison reformer, has appeared on it since 2001, but she is to be replaced by the great wartime leader in 2016. He will become the first politician of the modern era to appear on...

Entire streets of the Roman city of Londinium, which was situated in an area now occupied by the City of London (aka The Square Mile) in central London, have been found on the site where the new European headquarters of Bloomberg are to be built: 'Entire streets' of Roman London uncovered in...

The British love their curries, but this is taking it a step too far... Those eating the Easter egg must wear protective gloves and sign a disclaimer An Indian restaurant in Surrey has created a "not for bunnies" Easter egg using three of the hottest varieties of chilli pepper. India...

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is to enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral later today. The Most Rev Welby, the 150th Archbishop of Canterbury, is the principle leader of the Church of England and the symbolic head of the world's 85 million Anglicans (including over 2 million...

Warrington is today commemmorating the 20th anniversay of the IRA bombing which killed two children. Bombs which the IRA placed in litter bins on Bridge Street killed 12 year-old Tim Parry and three-year-old Johnathan Ball in the Cheshire town on 20th March 1993. A previous attack the month...

Workmen building a new 73 mile railway have come across a plague pit filled with the victims of the Black Death in one of the busiest areas of London: They have lain unseen for centuries – a carefully arranged group of skeletons deep beneath what became one of the busiest areas of London...

According to legend, when Robin Hood did his stealing from the rich to give to the poor, he did so in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, and his enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham. But, according to an historian, Robin Hood actually came from Kent. The legendary figure, who is said to have...

The people of the Falkland Islands are today voting in a referendum on their sovereignty. They are choosing whether to remain British, become Argentinian or become a completely independent nation. The result is to be announced tonight and it is thought the islands - which are the size of...