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Simon Read is Personal Finance Editor at The Independent. He edits the Saturday Your Money section as well as writing for the news and business pages of the Independent and i newspaper.

Delta's new Sky Club in terminal 4 at New York's JFK. Delta launched service from the newly renovated $1.4 billion terminal on Friday.

A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport as eyewitnesses reported seeing the aircraft "on fire" flying over central London.

"Who watches the watchers?" It's been attributed to Juvenal, appropriated by comic-book superheroes and inspired generations of whistleblowers to act: If there are secrets being kept, we will expose them.

A British Airways plane made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday morning after developing a technical fault, the airline said.

A British Airways plane bound for Oslo made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday morning after developing a technical fault, the airline said.

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The teenager, who is part of boyband District3, has been writing songs with his dad at their Cleethorpes home studio ahead of his 3eek Out tour which begins at O2 Academy2 Sheffield.

Norwich The newest addition to the city's vehicle fleet would look at home on downtown Norwich streets 100 years ago.

There was standing room only in a packed St Bartholemew's Church, Otford on Wednesday for a memorial service for Otford stalwart Ray Gulliver, who founded of one of the village's most recognised businesses - Gulliver Timber Treatments Ray, who had a winning smile and warm charm about him, will be fondly remembered for the amount of time he devoted ... (more)

During the 21 months of the Emergency, parallel to what happened on the political front, the ideological distance separating India's economists ceased to be a talking point.

UPDATE 2.45PM: NEWQUAY Cornwall Airport has responded to news that Flybe will scrap its London service from next March, saying it signified "no loss in confidence in the airport's viability". Managing director Al Titterington also commented on statistics revealed today that show passenger numbers have dropped for the fifth year running.

The coming Bank Holiday weekend, however, is likely to much more May-like in appearance, with warmer temperatures making a welcome return.

A turbulent landscape in which storm clouds and sunlight vie for mastery over Salisbury Cathedral, which John Constable hoped would help secure his eternal reputation as an artist of genius, has been acquired by the Tate for A 23.1m. Many gallery visitors probably assumed it was already safely in the national collection, since Salisbury Cathedral ... (more)

I step into a launderette on Blackstock Road in north London, the Arctic chill clinging to my overcoat as I make my way to one of the large dryers.

Waltham Forest council has invested millions in to breathe new life into its Leyton high street and win a London Planning award In a time of austerity where we are seeing what has been dubbed the death of the high street, regeneration work is not always a top priority for councils.

Faced with a two-hour commute home from the capital at the end of an eight-hour working day, the vacancies signs lighting the front of hotels and bed and breakfasts are undoubtedly inviting to any weary traveller.

More than 15 per cent of workers in the city are putting their best feet forward and enjoying a stroll to the office, rather than driving, cycling, or using public transport, compared to the regional average of just 9.9 per cent and the national rate of 10.7 per cent.

European cities dominated the world destinations popularity table, with New York City , San Francisco and Sydney the only non-European destinations in the top 10.

ITV has announced that this year's judging panel will consist of Osbourne, Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger.