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A ‘hero’ London bus driver who ‘instinctively’ caught and restrained a thief who stole from one of his passengers has been sacked. Mark Hehir was driving the 206 bus between Wembley and Maida Vale in ...

A Ukrainian soldier has described the moment a passenger train was targeted by Russian drones, killing five people. When a carriage on the train was hit in northeastern Ukraine, passengers threw ...

Watch as the woman repeatedly shakes the seat and claps her shoes together above the head of the passenger in front THIS is the moment a passenger from hell shamelessly planted her feet on a headrest ...

A railway station in Nottinghamshire has been crowned the UK's quietest, with a mere 68 people passing through its gates over an entire year. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data reveals that Elton ...

A 2025 video has resurfaced on social media, showing a dispute between an Uber driver and a passenger in the UK over tipping. In the footage, recorded by the passenger, the driver can be seen refusing ...

A drunken passenger led off a plane by police at Manchester Airport after a ‘disgusting’ episode during a flight has been jailed. Wayne Scott, 47, was loud and verbally abusive during the Qatar ...

AN abandoned airport in the UK has revealed the newest plans amid years of talks of reopening. Manston Airport, in Kent, once offered flights from the UK to Europe, including Italy, Portugal and ...

A North East airport is flying high as rising passenger demand and new routes have driven its busiest year in more than a decade. Teesside International Airport recorded more than 260,000 passengers ...

12:50, Thu, Jan 15, 2026 Updated: 12:50, Thu, Jan 15, 2026 A married businessman tried to kiss a male flight attendant on board a British Airways flight after getting drunk on vodka and wine. Philip ...

Jacobs reacting to a passenger screaming back at a noisy child on a plane. Mike Jacobs/ViralHog A video of a plane passenger screaming back at a crying child has reignited a long‑running argument over ...

A man who tried to murder another passenger by stabbing him with a broken Buckfast bottle on a busy train has been jailed for 12 years. Thomas Craig, 48, attacked a stranger with a bottle on a Glasgow ...