A woman has been airlifted to hospital after falling 20 metres (65ft) down a Lake District fell. Mountain rescue teams carried out a near six-and-a-half hour operation at Sharp Edge,…
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UK: Man dies in Lake District ridge fall
A man has died in a 230ft (70m) fall from a mountain ridge.The alarm was raised following the fall from Sharp Edge on Blencathra, in the Lake District, on Thursday…
Chile: President Gabriel Boric makes historic trip to South Pole
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to…
Vietnam: British woman and fiance found dead in a villa
A British woman and her South African fiance have been found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, local police have said. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered by staff…
S Korea: Data extracted from first Jeju Air black box – ministry
Investigators have finished extracting data from one of the black boxes from the fated Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, South Korea’s transport ministry has said. The data from…
S Korea: Jeju Air passenger plane pre-flight checks found ‘no issues’ before Muan crash
A pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South Korea, killing 179 people, found “no issues”, the airline has said. “Nothing abnormal was noted…
Egypt: Tourist killed in shark attack
A shark attack off of Egypt’s Red Sea coastline has left one tourist dead and another injured, officials have said. In a statement, the north African nation’s environment ministry said…
Austria: Scottish passengers ‘abandoned’ by Ryanair
A Scottish family say they were “abandoned” by Ryanair in Austria after their flight home to Edinburgh left without boarding disabled passengers. Katie Brown, 25, who uses a wheelchair due…
S Korea: Authorities order air safety probe after deadly plane crash
South Korea’s acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its…
Northern Ireland: Father fears son who is missing in Spain is dead
The father of a Belfast man who has been missing in Spain for two weeks says he feels his son is dead. John Hardy, also known as John George, was…