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Oldest World Cup 2026 players, eight stars to be 40 or older, including Cristiano Ronaldo | LBC
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (703+ words) 1pm - 4pm1pm to 4pm Eight players aged 40 or over could feature at the 2026 World Cup, including Portuguese veteran Cristiano Ronaldo in his sixth global tournament. Only seven players in their fifth decade have ever played at the Fifa spectacle, there could be a…...
British woman, 44, plunges 1600ft to her death from Spanish mountain in front of horrified partner | LBC
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (489+ words) 7pm - 10pm7pm to 10pm A British woman has died after plummeting more than 1, 650ft from a Spanish mountain as her mortified partner watched on. The tourist, 42, fell to her death while hiking the Balaitus Peak in the Pyrenees, a mountain range in northern Spain…...
Arrive three hours early at European airports as long queues expected, air boss warns returning UK holidaygoers | LBC
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (524+ words) 6pm - 9pm6pm to 9pm 7pm - 11pm7pm to 11pm The UK boss of Wizz Air said it's because new border checks are expected to cause long queues. Yvonne Moynihan said there have been long delays in getting through passport control at major European airports, with some passengers…...
Italian man, 25, latest suspected hantavirus case after travelling on flight alongside woman who later died | LBC
3+ week, 1+ day ago (903+ words) Italy's top infectious diseases hospital said on Tuesday it would examine biological samples from a man in quarantine having come into contact with a woman who died of Hantavirus. The 25-year-old from the southern region of Calabria had been placed…...
Rat-virus cruise passengers arrive in Netherlands, as hospital staff quarantined following failures | LBC
3+ week, 2+ day ago (678+ words) Two planes carrying 28 passengers from the hantavirus-stricken ship have landed in the Netherlands, as a Dutch hospital treating a patient with the rat-virus has quarantined 12 staffers as a preventative measure. The planes landed at Eindhoven Airport shortly after midnight, carrying…...
All passengers disembarked from rat-virus stricken ship following evacuation mission | LBC
3+ week, 2+ day ago (932+ words) A total of 27 crew members remain on board as the ship prepares to sail to Rotterdam All remaining passengers on board the the rat virus cruise ship have been evacuated as it prepared to head to The Netherlands. Those still…...
Fury as Tenerife dock workers protest against arrival of rat-virus stricken cruise ship | LBC
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1775+ words) Angry Tenerife dock workers gathered to protest against the imminent arrival of the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship as it approaches the island's port. The dockers held banners as they assembled outside the Canary Islands' parliament building in Santa Cruz…...
World Cup resale tickets now cheaper than those available direct from FIFA | LBC
3+ week, 5+ day ago (784+ words) Resale World Cup tickets are now significantly cheaper than those sold directly from FIFA. Prices could continue to drop further in the weeks leading up to the tournament, including for the United States" opener against Paraguay. The most expensive Category…...
Spanish police make "record-breaking" cocaine bust off the coast of Africa | LBC
4+ week, 2+ day ago (392+ words) Between 35, 000 and 40, 000kg of the class A drug were seized. Police in Spain have seized what they believe to be a international record for impounded cocaine from a vessel intercepted off the coast of North Africa. Spain's Civil Guard intercepted a…...
Woman stabbed to death in random attack at Spanish holiday hotspot | LBC
1+ mon, 19+ hour ago (489+ words) A woman has been stabbed to death in an area of Barcelona popular with British holidaymakers. The victim was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, and onlookers described a trail of blood down the street. The alleged attacker…...