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Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 11:15 02 Oct 2026
 
- Watch: Emotional pilot recounts moment of Flydubai attack
[1 hours old]: He has been hailed a hero for opening the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower his co-pilot.

- My missing Celtic jersey spent 25 years travelling the globe in a long-running prank
[4 hours old]: Kevin Hill's much-loved Celtic top was lost years ago but that was just the start of an international mystery.

. Travelodge failed sex assault victim 'at every stage'
[17 hours old]: Room intrusions were still being reported at one-in-10 Travelodge hotels this summer, a review finds.

. The extreme engineering of aircraft windows
[395 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
[635 hours old]: Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

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and in other news ...

* 'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot
[1 hours old]: Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack.

- Man City verdict has 'significant implications for integrity of the game', says FA
[1 hours old]: English football's governing body adds it will "take action where appropriate."

- Christa Pike in critical condition after surviving two lethal injections, lawyer says
[11 hours old]: Pike’s lawyers have asked for her death sentence to be commuted following the botched execution.

* Chaos, coffins and 'Claudiapatra' steal the show in Celebrity Traitors
[0 hours old]: There is paranoia, confusion and a battle to survive among the celebrities as they fight for survival.

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

- 'I was terrified': Alex Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life
[4 hours old]: Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson speaks to BBC Breakfast as he approaches his 85th birthday.

* Olivia Dean accused of copying Bill Withers' Just The Two of Us
[0 hours old]: The star's record label is sued over similarities between her song I've Seen It and Withers' classic.

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

- NY's governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell frat rape investigation
[7 hours old]: The governor said she'd lost faith in prosecutors overseeing the case and handed it over to New York Attorney General Letitia James.

- 'It could cost me £10k but I need the money now': Why Gen Z are opting out of pensions
[11 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
[10 hours old]: Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.

- Chris Mason: Andy Burnham's about-turn on Manchester City matters
[12 hours old]: The prime minister's comments on Man City were revealing on several levels - and leapt on by many in football, the BBC's political editor writes.

- Spain and China are cosying up - to the anger of many in the EU
[10 hours old]: Amid global tumult, the two countries' alliance is not the only unlikely pairing.

- The rise of lymphatic drainage beauty videos and whether the massages work
[10 hours old]: Fans of these massages claim they "depuff" and "define" their stomach - but what's actually happening to their bodies?

* British paratrooper killed by explosion in Ukraine, coroner rules
[0 hours old]: L/Cpl George Hooley is the first UK service member to die in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

- UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say
[10 hours old]: The 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, marking the sixth arrest in connection with Sunday's incident near the airbase.

- Watch: Celebrity Traitors series two kicks off with a wild curveball
[12 hours old]: The BBC's Noor Nanji on the gameshow's new twist and a traitor's shocking admission.


* First minister demands 'new deal' for Wales, before Plaid Cymru conference
[1 hours old]: Rhun ap Iorwerth will address members at Plaid's first conference since winning the Senedd election.

- 'Potential crime' probe into death of Scots wingsuit flyer dropped
[4 hours old]: British champion Liam Byrne, 24, was fatally injured on the Gitschen mountain in June last year.


- Zack Polanski to call for three-year 'emergency brake' on private rent rises
[1 hours old]: In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.

- How to see the Orionid meteor shower from Friday
[3 hours old]: Friday sees the start of the Orionid meteor shower as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet. It peaks later in October.

- Man City verdict has 'significant implications for game's integrity' - FA
[1 hours old]: English football's governing body adds it will "take action where appropriate."

* What does Man City guilty verdict mean for their squad?
[1 hours old]: BBC Sport looks at how Manchester City's guilty verdict will affect their existing players' futures and the club's dealings in the transfer market.

- The Unpromotables: Germany's league champions who can't go up
[3 hours old]: German football is grappling with a sum that doesn't add up - four promotion spots for five league champions.

* Leclerc tops Bahrain GP in Malaysia second practice
[1 hours old]: Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sets the pace in Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

- 'Hitchy is always with us' - the keeper who died after one-punch attack
[2 hours old]: The memory of James Hitchcock lives on at non-league Barton Town, almost two years after he died following being punched on a visit to York.

- Ferguson on being 'terrified' by brain haemorrhage and 'fantastic' return to Man Utd
[4 hours old]: Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson speaks to BBC Breakfast as he approaches his 85th birthday.

* Was long-awaited win a turning point for Bellamy?
[0 hours old]: Has the impressive 2-1 victory over Norway changed the mood music for Wales and restored fans confidence in head coach Craig Bellamy?

* US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
[1 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.

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

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

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

* Diesel prices in NI at highest level since Iran war began
[1 hours old]: The average price of a litre of diesel hit 193.3p this week, according to NI Consumer Council data.

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

- Move to stop charges for parents to sit by children on flights
[3 hours old]: The government says sitting together can currently cost a parent and child up to £104 on a return journey.

- Lorry training firm 'riding out' record diesel price
[4 hours old]: Fuel prices have been steadily rising since the US-Israel war with Iran began in February.

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. Weekly quiz: How did two champions fight over marathon dates for next year's London races?
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. Thames Water apologises after £145,000 customer billing mistake
[16 hours old]: The firm has apologised to the family.

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

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

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

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

. Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
[27 hours old]: The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers.

. Energy bills are rising by £60 a year - here's how you can bring that down
[27 hours old]: Household energy bills have risen again but there are ways to keep a lid on your expenditure.

. Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
[43 hours old]: A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.

. Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs
[43 hours old]: The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".

. Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit
[54 hours old]: The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.

. Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey
[44 hours old]: AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.

. Doubters spur me on: why more women are taking up DIY
[50 hours old]: Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.

. Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all meals
[59 hours old]: The advertising watchdog said that viewers could assume from the ad that replacing all normal food with Huel was "nutritionally appropriate".


. Africa's richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests
[27 hours old]: The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.

. Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
[65 hours old]: I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.

. The AI telling farmers when to harvest
[35 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
[59 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?
[179 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
[203 hours old]: Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.

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

. The virtual worlds where robots are trained
[347 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?
[371 hours old]: Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic are all now selling their own limited edition fashion lines.

. Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
[515 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
[515 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
[539 hours old]: AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

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

. 'Tirana teeth': Albania hopes to be the new Turkey for dental work
[577 hours old]: The Balkan nation is aiming to become a new centre for medical tourism.

. From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom
[677 hours old]: Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.

. My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
[107 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?
[169 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
[1714 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
[2243 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. Is it time to ditch premium bonds?
[18 hours old]: Martin Lewis says though they are the UK's most popular form of savings, not everybody benefits from them.

Martin explains who premium bonds are best for, and who they aren’t so good for.

. The Bottom Line
[22 hours old]: How does the antiques industry work and is it accurately portrayed on television shows?