Hindustan Times British national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh A man survived the Air India crash that killed at least 200 people, a police chief has told an Indian news agency. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told ANI there was one survivor, who was in seat 11A on the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner flight. The flight manifest...
Beau Webster avoids a walk back to the pavilion after South Africa decide not to appeal the umpire’s decision, despite the replays showing that the batter would have been out lbw to Kagiso Rabada’s delivery. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
A Chinese paraglider has survived being accidentally propelled 8,500m (27,800ft) into the sky above north-west China, state media report. Peng Yujiang, 55, was testing new equipment at 3,000m above sea level, over the Qilian mountains, when a rare updraft or air current known as a “cloud suck” pulled him about 5,000m higher into a cloud...
Watch: ‘Turn the lights down’ – how the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting took an unexpected turn Donald Trump has proved to be the political Rottweiler of right-wing Afrikaner groups, taking their fight to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. They were quick to celebrate the US president’s ambush of Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, with the Solidarity Movement...
The powerboat flipped several times before splashing down into Arizona’s Lake Havasu. Freedom One Racing, the boat’s builder, told BBC News that both drivers were treated, released, and are recovering well, though still sore. A spokesperson added, “We all spoke this morning and they are joking around and being themselves”. Read full article at source...
Despite suggestions before the SGM that it would be just the start, not the end, of the rebellion, Sweeney’s opponents struck a more conciliatory tone when they spoke to the BBC afterwards. They stressed that forcing the SGM and making the RFU board answerable to the game at large was a victory in itself. Meanwhile,...
Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney has survived a vote of no-confidence at a special general meeting. 65% voted against the motion, which had called for the RFU board to terminate Sweeney’s appointment. “I am pleased to see such a decisive outcome,” said interim chairman Sir Bill Beaumont. “I trust those who supported the...
John Acres BBC News, Devon Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Anne-Marie August Anne-Marie August says she is a keen exerciser A “fit and healthy” woman from Devon who survived an “incredibly rare” aortic dissection has said she is determined to make the most of life. Marie Anne August, of Newton Abbot, became ill during...