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Now BA pilots' union threatens further strikes following next week's walk-out

Two British Airways pilots' strike are set to take place next week with a third planned for September 27. Now, union bosses warn they could be followed by even more strikes.




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British Airways WILL remove pilots' perks for three years if they walk out

The Balpa union warned there may be more strikes following those scheduled to take place next week. British Airways warned pilots late last night that walking out would mean losing travel perks.




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British Airways pilots vow to hit passengers by carrying on with fresh strike

Pilots union Balpa will lead its members in a strike, after British Airways was forced to cancel up to one in 10 flights today as a result of the industrial action.




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British Airways starts cancelling hundreds of flights ahead of next strike by pilots

Tens of thousands of passengers are expected to be affected by the disruption on September 27. The 24-hour walkout follows a two-day strike this week when 1,700 flights were cancelled.




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British Airways pilots cancel planned September 27 strike in dispute over pay 

A strike planned by British Airways pilots on September 27 in a dispute over pay has been called off, Balpa said. General Secretary at BALPA called for 'common sense to prevail'.




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Fans spot rare glimpse of Harry and Meghan's rarely seen mystery nanny on their tour of Africa

Fans have gone wild over a rare sighting of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's mystery nanny during their tour of Africa.




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ITV presenter Charlotte Cross sparks fury by accusing British Airways of sexism

ITV presenter Charlotte Cross, from the Midlands, accused British Airways of sexism on Twitter after receiving a refund addressed to her husband despite her being the lead passenger.




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Chicken pox or mosquito bites? Mother and 17-month-old son kicked off BA flight over spots

Valdenize Barford, 31, tried to board a BA flight from Rhodes to London with her husband and their 17-month-old son but cabin crew suspected that the bites on the boy's face were signs of chicken pox.




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British Airways stewardess 'is suspended over claims her boyfriend had drunk bust-up with pilot' 

British Airways stewardess Natalie Flindall has been suspended after her boyfriend allegedly got 'hammered' on in-flight drinks to Singapore and had fight with the pilot at their overnight hotel.




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Peterborough couple kicked off Greece BA flight get £300 vouchers before airline noticed error

Victoria Parker, 41, and Paul Dempsey, 44, of Peterborough, had been on a romantic getaway to Greece last month when they were escorted off their British Airways plane.




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Pilot strike planned to hit British Airways for 10 days over Christmas is CALLED OFF

Pilot strikes this Christmas on British Airways could be cancelled after union bosses allegedly admitted they were not likely to get a better pay deal for members.




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'I don't want to put baby on floor' says mother who booked a premium BA flight seat

Kate Haussauer, 34, is due to travel with her baby son and husband from Heathrow Airport to Toronto on Saturday. She was told that the planes would not have safe baskets for babies.




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Mother who launched terrifying attack on long-haul flight faces jail

Boozy Emma Langford boasted that air crew couldn't afford the £4,000 she'd paid for her seat before launching the horrific attack on from London Heathrow to Cape Town last year.




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British Airways pilots reported smelling fumes in their cockpits five times in just seven weeks

Two of the incidents required BA flight crew to wear oxygen masks, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed.




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Ryanair voted worst airline again by Which? with British Airways slipping down the rankings 

Irish carrier Ryanair has finished bottom of the respected Which? annual airline survey for the seventh consecutive year. Also faring badly is British Airways with a customer score of just 55%.




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Murder suspect, 58, appears in court charged with killing mother-of-two

Jayesh Gobar, 35, has appeared at Lewes Crown Court today charged with the murder of Nelly Myers, 58, who was found dead at a detached property in Rotherfield, East Sussex.




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Frequent flyers vote British Airways' 'Club Suite' the world's best new business class seat

Frequent flyers voted in the UK's biggest frequent flyer website's airline awards, with the site - www.headforpoints.com - saying BA's new business class seat represents 'a genuine step forward'.




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Single mother, 47, who attacked three BA cabin crew must wear anti-booze bracelet

Emma Langford from Old Basing, Hampshire, admitted attacking BA staff on the Boeing 747 flight to Cape Town in South Africa, punching the manager and kicking another.




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BA pilot, 65, blasts 'appalling' family courts amid his 20 year divorce battle with ex-wife

Four-time married Richard Wilmot, 65, who lives on the Isle of Man, says he has asked the European Court of Human Rights to look at his case after he lost court fights and was criticised by judges.




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Qantas will NOT ban flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Qantas will NOT ban flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak




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BA flight to Milan delayed at Heathrow after a passenger got off the plane over fears of coronavirus

A passenger due to fly from London Heathrow to Milan today refused to board a British Airways flight at the last minute, amid fears they would contract the deadly coronavirus.




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Mother-of-two, 47, who attacked British Airways cabin crew in drunken rage avoids jail 

Emma Langford had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat while on the British Airways flight from Heathrow to Cape Town following the rampage. She was given a suspended sentence.




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Coronavirus UK: People returning from Italy NOT told to self-isolate

Francesco Stabile told MailOnline at Stansted today that he had 'no idea' about the Government diktat to self-quarantine immediately for a fortnight. after visiting his girlfriend in Italy.




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British Airways pilots face 50 per cent pay cut in desperate bid to save airline

British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic.




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Ministers draw up plans to part-nationalise BA and other struggling airlines

Easyjet and Virgin Airlines have also been pounded by global travel bans, and BA is reportedly burning £200million each week as 75 per cent of its fleet is grounded.




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Coronavirus UK: British Airways pilot is Tesco delivery driver

BA pilot Peter Login was saluted for his temporary change of career as he ditched Boeing 747s for a Mercedes Sprinter to drop off food to Britons in coronavirus lockdown.




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Mother of quadruplets, 39, who died of coronavirus feared she was infected by Chinese passengers

Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband of her fears about catching the virus from passengers.




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British Airways wants ALL staff not laid off to sign new contracts

The beleaguered carrier has reportedly asked staff to sign contracts that would allow the airline to fire them without negotiation. It has also warned it could withdraw from major UK airports.




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Affairs between British Airways pilots and cabin crew go on all the time, airline manager admits

Bartek Wytryszczewski (left), a Polish BA cabin crew member, said he was discriminated against because of his sexuality, nationality and because he raised safety concerns at his Heathrow-based job.




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Sabotage or a technical fault? British Airways 777 and 787 are covered in five tons of foam

The Boeing 777 and 787 will be out of action for months after the incident at London's Heathrow on Sunday, which has led to claims of 'sabotage'. But British Airways have said it is due to a technical fault.




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Christian Marclay - The Clock review: Film-spotting and giddy simultaneity

Ten years ago the Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay assembled a vast anthology of extracts from film and TV, mostly a few seconds long. The resulting film runs for 24 hours.




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Lorenzo Lotto Portraits review: One of the first convincing psychologists in paint

Although Lorenzo Lotto lived in Italy in the 16th century, and was surrounded by a culture of many great painters, his work stands out for its thought, originality and intelligent observation.




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The Renaissance Nude exhibition at the Royal Academy is not just enjoyable, but thought-provoking

Our ideas about what the naked human body means probably amount to two – sex and suffering. Either the concentration-camp victim or the centrefold.




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Mohamed Salah: Amr Warda 'should not be sent to guillotine' after 'sending inappropriate messages'

Mohamed Salah has slammed his Egypt team-mate Amr Warda after he was accused of sexual harassment, insisting 'no means no', but added he 'shouldn't be sent straight to the guillotine'.




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UK weather heat wave Glastonbury south west hottest Thursday Friday London south east Saturday

Sunbathers were pictured basking in the heat on the south coast, with temperatures in Bournemouth already pushing 80F (27C).




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Benefits-cheating grandmother who scammed £41,000 could go to jail

Geraldine Thomas, 54, of Bargoed, Caerphilly, spent thousands of pounds on all-inclusive breaks to Egypt after lying that she lived alone. Thomas was secretly living with her partner Raymond Adams.




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School teacher, 54, collapsed in Egyptian hotel after eating final holiday meal

Alison Sonnex, 54, and husband Clive Eversfield, 60, of Ramsgate, Kent, fell ill after dining at the Royal Tulip beach resort at Marsa Alam in April 2018 and Ms Sonnex later died in hospital.




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Mother, 51, stripped naked and nearly paralysed in TUI Sharm El Sheikh waterpark wave machine

Tracy Turner says her 'life has changed forever' after she sustained crushed bones, back and neck fractures on the machine at the waterpark attached to the Coral Sea Aqua Club Hotel in Egypt.




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Consultant surgeon, 62, accused of molesting three schoolgirls in front of their mothers

Magdy Eskander, 62, is accused of placing his hands on the girls' private areas while blocking their mothers' view at Darlington Memorial Hospital. In 2017 he was cleared of all charges.




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British girl, four, drowns in a hotel pool in Egypt after she 'hit her head'

Skia Watson (pictured with mother Elisha) from Bristol was only out of sight of her family for a split second while on holiday at Seagull Beach Resort in Hurghada, on the Red Sea, south of Cairo.




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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp slams football's increasingly hectic schedule

DOMINIC KING IN BOSTON: Klopp has warned about the perils of football's increasingly crammed calendar and used Mane's workload as evidence of the current excess.




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Arsenal footballer Mohamed Elneny 'is shocked after dead body is found on patio of Egyptian home'

The midfielder's father reportedly found the corpse at his home, which is under construction, in the city of Mahalla Al-Kubra in Egypt on Friday.




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Trump urges America to 'get smart' over Somali refugees arrested for ISIS plot

The President (pictured) flagged up a case in Arizona where two young men told an undercover FBI agent that they wanted to 'achieve martyrdom' in the Middle East.




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Swashbuckling soldier accused of plotting to kill the King is at the centre of the new Poldark

Colonel Edward Marcus was at the centre of murderous plans to assassinate King George III and he has found fresh fame on televison today - in Poldark.




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Group of 11 Britons sue five-star hotel in Egypt after 'catching gastric illness'

A group of Britons who were holidaying in Egypt are launching legal action against a five-star hotel after claiming they were struck down with gastric illness last month.




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Jennifer Lopez slips figure into revealing leotard for her FIRST ever concert in Egypt

Jennifer Lopez has played her stadium-packing shows all over the globe, but she's never played in Egypt before. She changed that on Friday with a performance in the Middle Eastern nation.




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Photo of Steve Jobs look-a-like sparks conspiracy theory that he is still ALIVE

The snap, which was taken in the North African country and shared to Reddit on Sunday, shows a man who looks strikingly similar to the late Apple founder sitting on a plastic chair.




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British traveller opens up his photo album from a trip through Africa in 1970 

The snaps were taken by Allan Hailstone in 1970 on a trip from London to Cape Town. He stopped off in Cairo, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Salisbury (now Harare) en route.




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NYT publisher reveals how Trump planned NOT to warn paper Egypt was about to arrest their reporter

NYT's publisher revealed a never-before told story on Monday where he said Donald Trump intentionally withheld knowledge that one of their reporters was going to be arrested in Egypt.




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Mo Salah involved in fresh row with Egyptian FA after they failed to vote in FIFA's Best awards

The Liverpool star, who finished fourth in the men's Best Player award, raised alarms of a possible withdrawal from Egypt's team after removing all references on his social media accounts.