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  • Abu Dhabi International Airport named best in Middle East

    Abu Dhabi International Airport has been named as the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ by The World Airport Awards of Skytrax, for the third consecutive year. The Airport also took home the award for Best Staff Service in the Middle East for the

  • Fun runners raise £12,000 for cancer charity

    A group of friends ran the Coventry Half Marathon and raised over £12,000 to support young people with cancer. The group, known as Team MesmerEyez were helping to raise money for the “UCLH Charity”. Funds will help provide recreational &

  • Images released of man wanted for racist attack

    A man punched and racially abused a Good Samaritan on a bus at Heathrow Airport before bizarrely doing chin-ups, police said. CCTV images released by police show the man using a handrail to carry out the gym moves after hitting a woman in the face

  • MP apologises for inappropriate tweet

    A senior Labour MP has apologised for publishing a joke about a cabinet minister dying. The gag at the expense of Eric Pickles was made by former opposition leader Lord Kinnock in a private letter to shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan. Offering

  • Body found in hunt for missing teenager

    Police searching for a missing teenager have found a body. Nida Naseer, 19, disappeared nearly three months ago after going to put the bins out at her home near Newport in South Wales. Gwent Police confirmed they were called to the Newport Wetlands

  • India declared free from Polio

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) has formally declared India to be polio-free, with no new cases of the disease detected in the country in the past three years. The WHO said that the milestone means it now considers the entire south-east Asian region

  • Terror suspects released from specialist control measures

    Seven terror suspects have been released from specialist control measures and there are currently no individuals subject to the controversial powers, the terrorism watchdog has confirmed. Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (Tpims) expired

  • Project which challenges racist beliefs launched in Commons

    A scheme to stem the rise of far-right beliefs by challenging views with face-to-face encounters, has been unveiled at the House of Commons. The Think Project, co-written by Huddersfield’s Professor Paul Thomas, is the brainchild of the Swansea-based