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CHINESE JET SEARCH CREW SPOT OBJECT
A Chinese plane crew spotted a white, square-shaped object in an area identified by satellite imagery as containing possible debris from the missing Malaysian airliner.
The development came as the United States prepared to m
ove a specialised device that can locate black boxes into the region.
The crew aboard an IL-76 plane sighted the object in the southern Indian Ocean search area today.
FRESH UKRAINE INCURSION FEARS
Fears are growing of a fresh Russian incursion into Ukraine as world leaders prepare to discuss the crisis at a summit.
With G7 leaders due to meet in The Hague today, Nato’s supreme commander in Europe warned that the force on the border was “very, very sizeable and very, very ready”.
US General Philip Breedlove raised the prospect that the Kremlim could even seek to take control of a Russian-speaking section of nearby Moldova.
PENSIONS REFORM ’TO HELP 400,000’
Up to 400,000 people will benefit immediately from the Coalition’s radical pensions shake-up, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister, who will attempt to capitalise on the positive reception for the changes today by meeting Saga members in Brighton, said they represented core Tory values.
Meanwhile, London Mayor Boris Johnson has hailed the policy as “Thatcherite” - but risked fuelling concerns about a housing market boom by saying “huge numbers” of people would now sink their retirement savings into property.
UK DEFENCE ’NEEDS NEW DIRECTION’
UK defence is at a crossroads and decisions must be taken about what Britain’s forces can and should do around the world, the shadow defence secretary will warn today.
Vernon Coaker will urge a more practical focus at the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) rather than allowing the Treasury to run a rule over all the measures.
Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Germany opens the possibility of far-reaching debate, the Labour spokesman said.
STRESS ’CAN MAKE WOMEN INFERTILE’
Too much stress can lead to infertility in women, a study has shown for the first time.
High levels of pre-conception stress more than double the chances of a woman failing to get pregnant after 12 months of trying, scientists found.
A year of not conceiving despite regular unprotected intercourse is the clinical definition of infertility.
£40,000 PLEDGED OVER TRAGIC CYCLIST
Donations are still pouring in for a father-of-three who was killed in a car accident during a 24-hour charity cycle ride.
More than £40,000 has so far been pledged in memory of Christian Smith, from Boughton Aulph in Kent, who died following the crash at about 4am on Saturday.
The fundraiser was attempting to circumnavigate the counties of Kent and Sussex in aid of the mental health charity Mind when he was in collision with a blue Peugeot 206 car on the A2990, near Chestfield, Kent.
NZ PLANE CRASH KILLS BRITISH MAN
A British man who was due to take a pilot’s test in New Zealand has died during a training flight in the country.
Christopher Howell, 46, died along with his local instructor, Christopher Rawlings, when they crashed into a riverbed near the North Island town of Hastings yesterday.
The 46-year-old was already a qualified pilot in the UK but planned to validate his licence in New Zealand by taking a test this week.
BANNERS TO LINE CROW FUNERAL ROUTE
Trade unionists from across the country will attend the funeral of rail union leader Bob Crow today.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said Mr Crow’s family have asked for the funeral service at the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium to be private.
But trade unionists, friends and colleagues of Mr Crow, will be invited to line the route of the funeral procession.
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