Swift actions of attacked pilot Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and other off-duty pilots to assist in subduing co-pilot and allowing plane to land safely Smit Machchhar was lying on the floor of the flydubai flight deck, covered with blood, when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to gain entry, overpower his attacker and save 174 passengers on board. Moments earlier, Machchhar’s fellow pilot had stabbed him, in an apparent effort to crash the plane which was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Machchhar, an Indian citizen from Mumbai, is being treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s north-western city of Tabuk, where the plane landed safely. Continue reading...

Converted from Victorian buffet bars, ticket offices and waiting rooms, these station pubs offer beautifully restored interiors, real ales and a slice of railway history

It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.

Riley Lubas took two over-the counter medicines without realising they both contained paracetamol.

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Two trials or not two trials? That should not be the question

The ballroom extravaganza is back – and for the first time ever, the hosts are generating more excitement than the contestants. How will the new presenting trio fare? Strictly is back, back, back! Almost as importantly, so is our sequin-spangled liveblog. Good evening all and welcome to the 24th series of Strictly Come Dancing. I’m Michael, your virtual dance partner from tonight until Christmas. I hope you’ll join me for another life-affirming autumn of glitz, glamour and giddy entertainment. It’s all change beneath the glitterball. After long-serving, much-loved presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman bowed out at Christmas (sob), a new hosting line-up was needed. The BBC surprised us all by replacing them with not one, not two, but three fresh faces: safe-pair-of-hands Emma Willis, wild card comedian Josh Widdicombe and professional dancer Johannes Radebe to provide hoofing expertise. Continue reading...

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

The inquiry found a "complete failure to protect babies on the neonatal unit" where the nurse worked.

Caroline Steel finds out why some people have difficulty remembering faces. Is it to do with ageing? Or are there other explanations?

Pilot marks significant expansion of the controversial software beyond its current use in hospitals

Becky Jones is among more than 40 people taking legal action against a hospital trust.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight force says it wants to speak to men in connection with anti-migrant unrest that left seven officers injured Police have released images of six men they would like to speak to after violent disorder in Portsmouth last week that left seven officers injured. About 200 people gathered at Eastney Marina on Sunday night after a small boat carrying asylum seekers arrived on the south coast having crossed the Channel. The activists dispersed the following day in the early hours. Continue reading...

The band borrowed one of Marr's instruments which was used on the cover of Oasis' 1994 debut single Supersonic.

This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...

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Health minister Diana Johnson has agreed to meet with MPs to discuss a series of amendments that would give integrated care boards (ICBs) emergency powers over failing pharmacy providers. The…

Flight disruption has ruined holidays and left passengers sleeping on airport floors - so what are their rights?

The charity’s chief executive said the online abuse was ‘wholly unacceptable’

Volunteers told to consider not wearing branded clothing and to shut lifeboat stations if they feel in danger

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Our investigation shows millions are at risk of avoidable reactions to overprescribed drugs

Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.

The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.