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News of the Air India plane crash is traumatic. Here’s how to make sense of the risk

On Thursday afternoon local time, an Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad. There were reportedly 242 people onboard, including two pilots and ten cabin crew.

The Conversation

How deadly Air India crash shattered dreams, wiped out entire families

The dead include a young man who won a visa lottery; families returning from a wedding and Eid; a student eating lunch.

Al Jazeera

Hot weather to be cut short by thunderstorms this weekend as Met Office issues warnings

The UK could become hotter than Ibiza on Friday before thunderstorms descend in the evening

The Independent UK

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‘Miracle Brit in seat 11A’, ‘descent into tragedy’: Front pages on the Air India crash

In what is being described as one of the worst aviation disasters in recent memory, a London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing at least 260 on board and in the area impacted by the crash.

Newslaundry

Sadiq Khan meeting targeted by protesters after minicab driver caught in TfL licensing backlog chaos dies from heart attack

Veteran driver Rob Dale waited three months for a new licence. It finally arrived - 17 days after his death.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why did Taylor Swift's London tour sell out, but not Beyonce's? Because Mum and Dad aren't paying for Beyonce tickets

Have you noticed the swarm of cowboy hat-clad fans storming the Overground recently? The Beyhive are in town. They’re here for Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter album tour. Her pivot to country music has been globally praised and is it surprising given everything she’s touched in the past three decades has practically…

Evening Standard

'Unless I want to take a loss I am stuck': the leaseholders battling the cladding crisis with no end in sight

As London marks the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, thousands of leaseholders remain stuck in unsellable and potentially dangerous flats

Evening Standard

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Experience: I live as William Morris for three months a year

It’s made me feel it’s OK to be an artist with a social purpose, though my wife hates the beard

The Guardian - UK

‘Things changed in 30 seconds’: Survivor recounts Air India crash

A 40-year-old man, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, walked away from the wreckage of Air India Flight AI 171 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, surviving a tragedy that claimed at least 204 lives.

Newslaundry

Two Brits Allegedly On Doomed Air India Flight Identified: Who Are Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and Jamie Meek?

Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and Jamie Meek are a couple who co-founded The Wellness Foundry, a UK-based luxury spiritual lifestyle brand.

International Business Times UK

Cocoa Prices Rally Sharply on Dollar Weakness

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) Thursday closed up +309 (+3.24%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) closed up +78 (+1.20%). Cocoa prices on Thursday settled sharply higher as Thursday's 0.70% drop in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 3-1/4 year low prompted strength in most commodities,...

Barchart

‘Panic and sadness’: British Gujaratis in Harrow gather to mourn Air India dead

At community centre in north-west London, dozens share names of flight AI171 victims they knew, from relatives to dignitaries

The Guardian - UK

Former Man Utd Midfielder Opens Door to Tottenham Move Under Thomas Frank

Christian Eriksen believes Thomas Frank is the right man for the Tottenham job and would be open to reuniting with his compatriot in north London.

Sports Illustrated

British wellness couple posted ‘Goodbye India’ video from airport before fatal Air India plane crash

Jamie Ray Greenlaw-Meek and Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek described their ‘magical experience’ in India as they joked about the length of the 10-hour flight

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Evening Standard

Who are the Air India crash victims? Britons on tragic Gatwick-bound flight are named

Two entire families from London are among the passengers who perished in the plane crash

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan warns ministers not to ‘pit our towns and cities against each other’

London mayor attacks decision to sideline city in spending review, arguing it has some of UK’s worst deprivation

The Guardian - UK

British man has ‘no idea’ how he survived Air India crash

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is sole survivor of crash and told his brother he does not know how he escaped from the plane

Evening Standard

Stocks mixed amid GDP miss and fresh trade worry

The UK economy fell at a faster pace than expected in April, numbers on Thursday showed, as services output slumped.

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The Independent UK

Terrified students leap from windows to save themselves after Air India flight crashes into medical hostel

In the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad

The Guardian - UK

Ken Don obituary

Other lives: Head brewer at Young’s Ram Brewery in London who upheld the company’s support for cask ale

Barchart

Dollar Weakness Lifts Cocoa Prices

July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25 ) today is up +299 (+3.13%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25 ) is up +67 (+1.03%). Cocoa prices are soaring today as today's -0.65% drop in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 3-1/4 year low has prompted strength in most commodities, including cocoa....

Evening Standard

British couple from London feared to have been on crashed Air India flight named

Jamie Meek, 45, and his husband Fiongal Greenlaw, 39, from London, feared to have been on board Boeing plane bound for London Gatwick which crashed shortly after take-off

The Independent UK

Boeing's troubled era has dimmed the prospects of a preeminent American manufacturer

A London-bound Air India plane carrying more than 240 people crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday

The Independent UK

New angle shows final moments of Air India flight from take-off to crash

A new angle shows the final moments - from take-off to crash - of the doomed Air India flight on its way to London, Gatwick.

Evening Standard

Man, 30, dies after double shooting in west London street

It follows another gun attack where the victim arrived at a hospital in Hackney on Thursday morning

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