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Qantas flight makes emergency landing at Sydney airport after engine failure, sparking grass fire near runway
A passenger onboard QF520 to Brisbane says it was ‘a real struggle to get airborne and it was clear to everyone … that something was badly wrong’
4-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Photographer disappeared on solo boat trip off Wales – only to turn up in Ireland two days later
A photographer who sparked a huge search when he disappeared on a solo boating trip off the coast of Wales washed ashore in Ireland two days later.
2-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
LPO/Gardner/Ólafsson review – fierce Brahms and a rich Waley-Cohen premiere
Vikingur Ólafsson’s performance of Brahms’s first piano concerto was the evening’s main attraction, but those who left at the interval missed the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s ambitious and rich Mother Tongue
2-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
The perfect ski holiday in Whistler, Canada’s leading winter resort
Boasting dramatic mountain scenery and a lively après scene, Whistler, on the west coast of Canada in British Columbia, is much more European in flavour than most North American resorts. Twenty years ago, it was more of a locals’ mountain than the top international resort it is today – attracting global crowds thanks to its reputation as Canada’s largest (and most popular) resort.
9-min read - LifestyleEvening Standard
Going it alone? What I've learnt from travelling to 61 countries solo as a woman
World traveller Lydia Swinscoe shares her ultimate guide to getting the most out of solo travel — from the one thing you should always pack, to how to stay safe, and the secrets to combatting loneliness
10-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
Glasgow toasts 20 years of theatrical lunchtimes with A Play, a Pie and a Pint
Event has brought new drama each week, and stars such as Robbie Coltrane, to city’s West End since it began in 2004
3-min read - BusinessThe Guardian
‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions
Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in emissions, condemned as ‘gratuitous waste’
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