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A pilot was taken off a flight from Gatwick Airport after fears were raised he was drunk. The British Airways flight to Mauritius on Thursday was delayed and the pilot replaced, BA said. An airline source told The Sun: “Cops rushed on to the plane and headed straight for the cockpit. The first officer was cuffed and led away.” A ...

A Nigeria woman gave birth on board a flight after she went into labour a week earlier than her delivery date. Toyin Ogundipe delivered her son, Jake, in mid-air about 35,000 feet above sea level. The 41-year-old and her daughter, 4, were aboard an Air France flight heading to New York. She is a banker resident in the United Kingdom ...

Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett and four other people were killed in a helicopter crash in a remote northern part of the U.S. state of New Mexico, officials and his political party said on Thursday. The crash of a private Huey helicopter in rugged terrain near Raton, New Mexico, on Wednesday evening killed Bennett, 60, along with his wife, ...

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday he does not know if he will seek re-election in 2019 and the decision is personal and also for Nigerians. Buhari, 75, was speaking in a radio interview. He was elected in 2015 but spent much of 2017 in Britain being treated for an undisclosed ailment that left him visibly ...

JOSE MOURINHO says he has no idea why Alexis Sanchez is not a Manchester United player. Old Trafford officials have been working to complete a deal with Arsenal for the £35million-rated Chile forward, with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan going the other way in part-exchange. Mourinho has made it clear that he wanted Sanchez in his plans for the trip to Turf ...

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick will become a billionaire, after investors agreed to take a large stake in the ride-hailing firm. A consortium led by Japan’s Softbank is buying a chunk of the company from existing shareholders as well as new Uber shares in a $9.3bn (£6.7bn) deal. Mr Kalanick, who stepped down as chief executive in June, is selling $1.4bn ...

Brazil legend Pele is in hospital after collapsing on Thursday with exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). Pele – the only player to win three World Cups – “has undergone a series of tests which appear to point to severe exhaustion”, said ...

ALEXIS SANCHEZ is on the brink of joining Manchester United – and Adidas’ official store is already printing his shirts! Alexis Sanchez was at Arsenal training today for perhaps the last time before he moves to Manchester United. Arsene Wenger says the deal could be done within the next 24 hours. United will send Henrikh Mkhitaryan to Arsenal in return ...

Twitter has denied claims that it regularly reads private messages sent on the popular social network. The tech giant spoke out after a recent report showed footage of alleged Twitter employees talking about how they often browse personal direct messages, or “DMs.” In the clip, one supposed staffer who had seen hundreds of obscene messages admitted: “I’ve seen a lot ...

Apple is stepping up to the plate — big time. The tech titan on Wednesday promised to create 20,000 new American jobs over the next five years, part of $350 billion US investment plan. The iPhone maker also said it will build a second US corporate campus and pay $38 billion in taxes as it moves an undisclosed amount of ...