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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 15:35 05 Oct 2026
 
- Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport or building, reports say
[3 hours old]: The Omani national was a "lone wolf" extremist, according to the reports.

. The extreme engineering of aircraft windows
[471 hours old]: Few companies have the technology to make aircraft windows which are getting harder to make.

. Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
[711 hours old]: Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?


and in other news ...

* No 10 insists RAF Fairford is safe after US withdraws bombers
[1 hours old]: US media reported a new threat led to the bombers being removed on Sunday, following an incident near the base last week.

- What we know about former Prince Andrew's legal action against police
[1 hours old]: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in February.

* Twelve arrests after protest over migrant boat arrival
[1 hours old]: Flares were set off and there were a few scuffles with police during the stand-off in Gosport.

- Spanish PM Sánchez calls early election after housing protests
[4 hours old]: Sánchez says Spain will head to the polls on 29 November after recent defeats on measures aimed at addressing the country's housing crisis.

- BBC appoints Rachel Jupp as new director of news
[1 hours old]: Jupp is a former deputy editor of BBC Two's Newsnight and has also served as Panorama's editor.

* Teenager's hand blown off during confrontation between France school protesters and police
[0 hours old]: The prefect of Pas-de-Calais says the 15-year-old's life is "not in danger" after the "very serious" incident.

- Average five-year mortgage rate hits 6% for first time in three years
[4 hours old]: The cost of a new fixed-rate mortgage has been rising in recent weeks as lenders face higher costs.

* Man jailed for life over failed knife attack at Israeli embassy in London
[0 hours old]: Abdullah Albadri arrived in the UK on a small 16 days before trying to break into the embassy with two knives.

- Jewish Greens chair says she could leave party over 'Zionism is racism' motion
[3 hours old]: The motion, which has divided senior party figures, backs a "single democratic Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine".

* Man detained for stabbing dog walker to death
[0 hours old]: Dawood Safi killed Wayne Broadhurst and injured two others in a knife attack in west London.

- The job interview question you don't have to answer
[15 hours old]: Experts explain what you should do if you are asked for your current salary during a job interview.

- Why are data centres such a big deal in Scotland?
[4 hours old]: At least 23 huge data centres are planned in Scotland, causing significant concern for campaigners.

- Watch: How the eviction of an elderly resident in Madrid led to a snap election
[5 hours old]: A series of measures to tackle the housing crisis were defeated in parliament on Friday

- Indian singer Anuv Jain on finding success without the Bollywood boost
[3 hours old]: The star reveals why he is "very selective" about releasing music - and shares his future collab hopes.

- £800m in, £800m out - Why Man City scandal shines light on Man Utd finances
[6 hours old]: Manchester City's owners have been found guilty of injecting money into the club. At Manchester United, fans are frustrated at how much has been taken out.

- 'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa
[6 hours old]: For many locals on this island, the arrest has brought decades of frustration back to the fore.

- How India became dangerously addicted to Chinese imports
[13 hours old]: India’s toy shops provide an unlikely barometer by which to measure its economic relationship with China.

- Right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro wins first round of Brazil election
[11 hours old]: With neither candidate getting more than 50% of the vote, the election will go to a run-off on 25 October.

- Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain
[3 hours old]: US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.

- Potty training scheme to roll out to 20 more areas
[1 hours old]: The government wants 75% of children to end their first year of school with a good level of development by 2028.

- Artist 'taking legal advice' over Tories' use of Andy Burnham portrait
[1 hours old]: Manchester illustrator Stan Chow says he was not asked permission for use of his cartoon.

- BT agrees rescue deal to buy broadband operator TalkTalk
[4 hours old]: The takeover still needs to be approved by the regulator, but would give certainty to TalkTalk's millions of customers

- Shadow chancellor to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
[3 hours old]: Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

- Trump chooses top spy boss to run new AI taskforce
[4 hours old]: The US president said his national intelligence chief will lead the group as worries over AI grow.

- F1 needs to have hard look at itself - Sainz
[2 hours old]: F1 "needs to have a hard look at" itself in the wake of unprecedented software glitches that affected the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, Carlos Sainz says.

- Bournemouth unhappy after Scott injured with England
[2 hours old]: Bournemouth are unhappy with the way they believe England handled the injury to Alex Scott - which means he could now be out for up to eight weeks.

* Medvedev defaulted for hitting spectator with ball
[0 hours old]: Daniil Medvedev is defaulted from the China Open after hitting a spectator in the face with a ball during his semi-final against Novak Djokovic.

- Australia warm-up shows England have 'learned' from Ashes
[1 hours old]: England confirm warm-up fixture at the Waca before this winter's white-ball tour of Australia - a stark contrast to last year's Ashes defeat.

- Quins disaster, salty celebrations and Test bolters - Prem talking points
[2 hours old]: Bristol set out their top-four aspirations with a statement win, while Gloucester's renaissance continues in the second round of Prem action.

- How much is your salary?
[9 hours old]: And would you reveal it in a job interview?


and in other older news ...

. BBC News app
[12552 hours old]: Top stories, breaking news, live reporting, and follow news topics that match your interests

. Are The Public Ready To Vote Tory Again?
[62 hours old]: The BBC’s daily news podcast with episodes Monday to Sunday at 5pm.

. UK diesel prices top £2 a litre for first time, RAC says
[70 hours old]: The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.

. Suppliers pile pressure on government over energy bills
[53 hours old]: Immediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK.

. G7 to release millions of barrels of oil and diesel after Trump threat
[58 hours old]: The co-ordinated release is aimed at heading off further price spikes and avoiding a ban on US diesel exports.

. US jobs market sees sharp slowdown ahead of midterm elections
[72 hours old]: Unemployment rose slightly as American employers paused hiring with midterm elections just a month away.

. 'It could cost me £10k but I need the money now': Why Gen Z are opting out of pensions
[87 hours old]: A growing number of people are opting out of these schemes due to cost-of-living pressures.

. What's gone wrong at Nike? How the world's sportswear giant lost its mojo
[87 hours old]: Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.

. The wealthy Cuban Americans ready and waiting for Havana to fall
[87 hours old]: Cuban exiles in Florida are increasingly hopeful that regime change in Cuba is now on the horizon.

. No more cereal at the end of the aisle? New rules in Scotland's supermarkets
[75 hours old]: Restrictions are being put on products with high sugar, fat and salt content, but the meal deal lives on.

. Why UK diesel prices have breached the £2 per litre mark
[73 hours old]: The average price of a litre of diesel at the pump stands at an all-time high of 200.01p, according to the RAC motoring body.

. Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery
[86 hours old]: The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.

. OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information'
[78 hours old]: The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.

. Thames Water apologises after £145,000 customer billing mistake
[92 hours old]: The firm has apologised to the family.

. PM warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
[92 hours old]: Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.

. US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
[77 hours old]: President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections.

. Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
[99 hours old]: The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.

. AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
[100 hours old]: Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".

. HMRC urged to scrutinise tax implications of Man City case
[92 hours old]: The Treasury Committee, which is responsible for overseeing HMRC, has urged the body to scrutinise tax implications of the Manchester City verdict.

. Vape tax comes into effect - but prices won't rise yet
[111 hours old]: Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.

. The AI telling farmers when to harvest
[111 hours old]: Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?

. The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
[135 hours old]: Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.

. X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
[255 hours old]: Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

. How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom
[279 hours old]: Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.

. Spain battles climate change on several fronts
[317 hours old]: A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.

. The virtual worlds where robots are trained
[423 hours old]: Training systems that allow robots to negotiate the real world are getting more sophisticated.

. Would you buy branded clothing from your favourite tech firm?
[447 hours old]: Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic are all now selling their own limited edition fashion lines.

. Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
[591 hours old]: Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?

. I asked my husband to pay into my pension when we had a child - here's why
[591 hours old]: Molly and Taylor Haylett explain the changes to how they managed their finances when they started a family.

. Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
[615 hours old]: AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

. Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?
[639 hours old]: More companies are tying career progression to AI use: is that fair?

. New baby bank 'open to everybody'
[56 hours old]: The facility offers essential items for free, including clothes for babies and small children.

. My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
[183 hours old]: Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?

. Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
[246 hours old]: Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[1790 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[2319 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. Watch: Why has UK diesel price hit an all time high?
[69 hours old]: Diesel has now hit an average of £2 a litre in the UK, the RAC motoring group says, with petrol prices also rising.

. Why are minimum alcohol prices going up?
[78 hours old]: The minimum price of alcohol (MUP) in Wales has risen by 30%.

. Business Daily
[90 hours old]: Protests about 87-year-old Mariacarmen Abascal's eviction reignited the housing debate


 
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