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Up to 150 tourists feared killed as plane breaks in two after crash landing at Madrid airport
Up to 150 passengers are feared killed after a plane broke in half and burst into flames when it skidded off a runway at Spain's busiest airport. 'The cabin was full of carbonised bodies,' an emergency services worker told Spanish media. "'They are pulling out burnt corpses. The plane has been completely destroyed,' another source said, claiming just 25 of the 173 people on board had survived.
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- Glitter boards flight to Hong Kong after blundering Home Office gives him new passport
- Up to 25,000 British illegal downloaders sued for £300 as games developers turn to courts
- Pictured: The moment British Olympic swimmers confronted German rival over her 'dirty tricks'
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- 'I'm so ******* happy': British windsurfer swears on live TV after bagging the bronze
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- Parents take out newspaper advert to apologise for home-alone daughter's war zone party
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- Tesco customer sued by delivery driver who slipped and twisted his ankle on driveway
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- Boots opens Britain's first drive-through chemist... in an old McDonald's
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Pictured: The moment British Olympic swimmers confronted German rival over her 'dirty tricks'
Britain's swimmers added two more medals to the 'Great Haul of China' today in the gruelling 10km open water event - but promptly claimed they were robbed of gold. Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten accused Germany's Angela Maurer of dirty tricks.
- Usain Bolt becomes first man to do sprint double for 24 years with sensational Olympic run
- 'I'm so ******* happy': British windsurfer swears on live TV after bagging the bronze
- Bradley Wiggins' late-night roll over a car bonnet has cabbie fuming... but he soothes row with a quick photo
- Pictured: Tony Blair reveals slimline new look during visit to Olympics
Couple say sorry to neighbours in a newspaper advert after daughter holds a party that leaves their street like 'war zone'
A couple whose teenage daughter held a party that left their street looking like a 'war zone' while they were on holiday, have issued a grovelling apology to neighbours in their local newspaper.
Father rained punches on friend's baby boy 'because he was bitter that his daughter had Down's Syndrome'
A father attacked a baby while it slept in its cot - then claimed he did it because the boy's parents taunted him about his own daughter's ill health, a court has heard.
BAA forced to sell Gatwick, Stansted and a Scottish airport as watchdog orders end of monopoly
BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports, the competition watchdog ruled today.
HBOS chief executive has accounts frozen after fraudster steals his identity and withdraws £7,000
The chief executive of HBOS had his identity 'cloned' and thousands of pounds stolen from his personal account, it emerged today.
The world's oldest man dies at the age of 138
A great-grand father believed to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 138.
Man arrested and locked up for five hours after taking photo of police van ignoring 'no entry' sign
A man who was wrongly arrested and kept in a cell for five hours after he photographed a police officer ignoring a 'no entry' sign has received a full apology.
Up to 25,000 British illegal downloaders sued for £300 as games developers turn to courts
Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and computer games over the Internet will be face legal action, it was revealed today.
Tesco delivery driver sues customer after slipping and twisting his ankle on driveway
A Tesco delivery driver is suing one of the supermarket giant's customers after he slipped on the man's driveway while dropping off some groceries.
Glitter boards flight to Hong Kong after blundering Home Office gives him new passport
Gary Glitter was on a flight to Hong Kong this afternoon after a Home Office blunder left him free to travel the world. The convicted paedophile had been due to fly to Heathrow this morning. But he refused to get on the jet and remained at Bangkok airport while Thai officials tried to persuade him to leave.
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Non-smoker fights for life after thugs attack him for failing to give them a cigarette
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Tories will cut taxes to help the lowest paid, pledges Osborne
Shadow chancellor George Osborne made an attempt to steal Labour's mantle as the 'party of the poor' today with a signal that the Tories would cut taxes for the lowest paid.
Property market is so apocalyptic the bosses have started quoting Bob Dylan
The despairing boss of one of Britain's leading developers has quoted the lyrics of Bob Dylan to encapsulate the 'apocalyptic' state of the commercial property market.
Pensioners face losing up to £2,000 in benefits rule change
Thousands of pensioners could miss out on hundreds of pounds worth of backdated benefits under rule changes that come into force later this year, it emerged today.
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Parents urged to talk more to their babies as part of a £4m police drive to cut youth crime
Parents are to be encouraged to talk more to their babies as part of a police drive to combat youth violence.
Boots opens Britain's first drive-through chemist... in an old McDonald's
Britain's first ever drive-through pharmacy has opened - in a former McDonald's restaurant.
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Burly binmen refuse to take away rubbish because it's too heavy ... so this 7st housewife did it herself
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Up to 6,000 more special constables to be put on the streets of Britain
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