Police have released footage of the last-known movements of missing mum Gaynor Lord as they continue to search for her. The missing mum-of-three was last seen leaving work early at Jarrolds department store in Norwich city centre on Friday, December 8. Police identified Mrs Lord, 55, leaving the store at 2.45pm. The force is now appealing to members of the […]

Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, has issued a strong warning that the European Union is on the brink of self-destruction. Speaking ahead of the EU summit, Orban expressed his opposition to the EU’s plans to initiate membership negotiations with Ukraine and to provide financial aid of 50 billion euros to the country. Orban declared: “The European Union is about to […]

Boffins want to send spaceships rocketing to Mars at 11,000mph… with no brakes. European Space Agency chiefs are researching “aerocapture” that sees rockets set off without the fuel used to slow them down on arrival. Instead the rockets will smack straight into the Martian atmosphere and use a parachute to reduce their speed. READ MORE: Astronauts fail to launch back […]

Joe Biden’s softening rhetoric on Ukraine, including his new claim that America will only provide aid “as long as we can”, has sparked alarm about the West’s weakening resolve in the face of Russian aggression. Speaking at a press conference alongside Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, the President avoided repeating his past insistence that the United States would support the Ukrainian […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a challenging battle for political survival as his country rages a war against Hamas. Seeking support from sceptical hard-right allies, Netanyahu emphasised his role in preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state post-war. President Biden, however, has urged a change in Israel’s hardline government, stating that the current administration makes it difficult for the […]

Advanced weather modelling maps show that some parts of Britain could be buried in up to 13 inches of snow in the lead up to Christmas. There are also indications that some snow could stick around for December 25 – meaning a White Christmas is on the cards for some. The Met Office has said "snow and ice" now look […]

A jetsetting entrepreneur insists he “couldn’t care less” about the environmental impact of spending $1 million (or nearly £800k) a year on flights, as he claims it keeps people in jobs. American YouTuber Anthony Williams clocked up thousands of air miles during his seven holidays in 2023 in which he and his friends rented incredibly fuel-inefficent supercars for sightseeing. On […]

Most people know just how big airport runways are. Aeroplanes weave and wind across the tarmac on their way to take off, a process known as taxiing. Yet, in some places around the world, such manoeuvres are simply impossible. Some airports in far-flung corners of the world are so small that only the hardiest of pilots can successfully land on […]

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Passengers on a civilian aircraft were left praying and crying after the cabin lost pressure during the first phases of the flight, it has been claimed. Some of the dramatic scenes captured aboard a plane believed to be the Airbus A319-111 show people looking distressed as oxygen masks released in the cabin. The major scare happened not long after the […]