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• Volcanic ash cloud: expert commentary
• Iceland volcano: latest travel news
• Iceland volcano: first flights in days leave Scottish airports
• Volcanic ash cloud: timeline of Met Office blunders
• Volcanic ash cloud: Met Office profile
• Iceland volcano: new ash cloud causes further disruption
• Volcanic ash cloud: new threat to flights
• Volcanic ash cloud: Met Office blamed for unnecessary six-day closure
• French footballers, Ribery and Govou, in prostitute sex scandal
• Volcanic ash: cloud of uncertainty
• Iraq's senior al-Qaeda leaders killed
• Iceland volcano: banks offer support to stranded travellers
• Iceland volcano: flights to start again in UK tomorrow
• Rescuers save 17,000 from China quake
• Iceland volcano: British Airways condemns grounding of flights
• Iceland volcano air restrictions are excessive, says European Commission
• Iceland volcano: Navy fleet to rescue stranded UK nationals, Gordon Brown says
• French international footballers Franck Ribery and Sidney Govou in prostitute scandal
• Man should not have been charged for killing burglar, CPS decides
• Volcanic ash restrictions could be lifted, Lord Adonis suggests
• Volcanic ash cloud restrictions 'embarrassing', say airlines

Volcanic ash cloud: expert commentary Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:47 AM PDT On Sunday, British Airways was very brave and sensible when it flew through the various layers to properly test the air conditions brought about by the Iceland volcano. This is a next step maybe the government should be seriously considering doing.

Iceland volcano: latest travel news Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:01 AM PDT Flights will start again in Scotland and parts of the north tomorrow. Follow the latest updates here.

Iceland volcano: first flights in days leave Scottish airports Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:48 PM PDT A small number of domestic flights have taken off from Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Newcastle after the cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland cleared from some parts of British airspace.

Volcanic ash cloud: timeline of Met Office blunders Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:56 PM PDT The Met Office's credibility has taken a battering in recent years amid a series of inaccurate forecasts and criticism of its operations.

Volcanic ash cloud: Met Office profile Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:59 PM PDT The Met Office operates as a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defence but charges customers including the taxpayer for its various services.

Iceland volcano: new ash cloud causes further disruption Posted: 19 Apr 2010 10:47 PM PDT Plans to re-open most of Britain's airports are scaled back due to fresh activity from the Icelandic volcano that has shut most of Europe's airspace for the past five days.

Volcanic ash cloud: new threat to flights Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:46 PM PDT Air traffic control company Nats has said the "situation was worsening" in some areas as a new ash cloud is spreading towards the UK, with the possibility of further delays.

Volcanic ash cloud: Met Office blamed for unnecessary six-day closure Posted: 19 Apr 2010 02:06 PM PDT The Met Office has been blamed for triggering the "unnecessary" six-day closure of British airspace which has cost airlines, passengers and the economy more than £1.5 billion.

French footballers, Ribery and Govou, in prostitute sex scandal Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:38 PM PDT A sex scandal has threatened to engulf France's football team after two of its leading players were questioned about under-age prostitutes.

Volcanic ash: cloud of uncertainty Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT Telegraph View: It transpires that thousands of flights were cancelled simply because of a mathematical model

Iraq's senior al-Qaeda leaders killed Posted: 19 Apr 2010 11:01 AM PDT Abu Ayub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed by rockets as they sheltered an underground bunker.

Iceland volcano: banks offer support to stranded travellers Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:34 AM PDT Banks agree to waive late payment and overdraft charges.

Iceland volcano: flights to start again in UK tomorrow Posted: 19 Apr 2010 08:04 AM PDT After days without any flights above the UK due to volcanic ash, air traffic control company Nats has finally lifted restrictions for Scotland and part of northern England from 7am tomorrow.

Rescuers save 17,000 from China quake Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:47 AM PDT While the death toll from last week's earthquake in Western China continues to rise, the Chinese government said at least 17,000 lives had been saved by the rescue operation.

Iceland volcano: British Airways condemns grounding of flights Posted: 19 Apr 2010 07:19 AM PDT The BA chief executive Willie Walsh says airlines are best placed to assess risks themselves after test flights in the wake of the Icelandic volcano show no damage to aircraft engines.

Iceland volcano air restrictions are excessive, says European Commission Posted: 19 Apr 2010 05:50 AM PDT Europe should reduce flight ban to "several dozen kilometres" around Iceland and rethink Met Office science behind the current no fly restrictions, according to a senior European Commission official.

Iceland volcano: Navy fleet to rescue stranded UK nationals, Gordon Brown says Posted: 19 Apr 2010 04:08 AM PDT Three Royal Navy ships will rescue stranded British nationals, Gordon Brown says, as criticism mounts of handling of the Iceland volcanic ash crisis.

French international footballers Franck Ribery and Sidney Govou in prostitute scandal Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:57 AM PDT Two players from French team questioned about underage girls at Paris nightclub.

Man should not have been charged for killing burglar, CPS decides Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:45 AM PDT Decision to prosecute trainee builder for murder after he stabbed teenage burglar was ''erroneous'', a court heard.

Volcanic ash restrictions could be lifted, Lord Adonis suggests Posted: 19 Apr 2010 01:01 AM PDT The blanket ban on flying through volcanic ash could be lifted, Lord Adonis, the Transport Secretary, said.

Volcanic ash cloud restrictions 'embarrassing', say airlines Posted: 19 Apr 2010 12:25 AM PDT The system that has placed a comprehensive restrictions on flights across Europe due to volcanic ash floating over from Iceland is a "mess", an airline chief says.

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