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Australia confirm Robbie Deans' resignation as head coach following defeat to the British and Irish Lions
Tuesday 09 July 2013
Ewen McKenzie becomes the new head coach of the Wallabies
BA in-flight headphones may have been manufactured in Chinese prison factory
Wednesday 26 June 2013
Qantas has already confirmed that Dongguan prison-linked Airphonics was its main supplier
Snake on a plane - no really, ON a plane
Friday 11 January 2013
Stunned Qantas Airways passengers watched as a large python clung to a plane's wing during a two-hour flight
Simon Calder: No trip with Zip – it’s Buzzed off, along with Song and Ted
Friday 11 January 2013
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Fly-half Quade Cooper ends speculation by signing deal with Australia
Friday 07 December 2012
Fly-half Quade Cooper has finally ended speculation surrounding his future by signing a new two-year deal with the Australian Rugby Union and Queensland.
Simon Calder: The strewth about BA’s loyalty scheme
Friday 16 November 2012
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Adelaide: A city of grids and gardens in South Australia
Sunday 28 October 2012
The state capital fully justifies its reputation for enlightened elegance
Simon Calder: Gunners’ own goal: taking to the air for a Canaries clash
Thursday 25 October 2012
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Simon Calder: Flying by numbers: MEB3, petits fours, World's 5-star airline
Friday 19 October 2012
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Simon Calder: What did it say at the departure gate again?
Friday 22 June 2012
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Something to declare: Beyond the Andes; Jubilee England; air links falling off map; Franco-Spanish trains
Friday 02 March 2012
Bargain of the week: Beyond the Andes
Airbus to check all A380s amid safety fears
Thursday 09 February 2012
Cracks found on wings of super-jumbo must be examined in entire fleet, aviation authorities insist
Cracks found on A380 superjumbo wings
Wednesday 08 February 2012
Another wing crack problem has been found on the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 superjumbo, whose future airline customers include British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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