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The RAF pilot was on a low-level training mission when he was forced into a inverted loop manoeuvre

Very occasionally you are lucky enough to encounter a performance in which a sort of mystical transformation takes place: when the music and the way it is performed simply embody the emotion that underlies it.

Lightning strikes and flooding caused havoc on mainline rail services today.

Threat of flash flooding as localised, torrential downpours hit sun-baked ground

Study part-funded by the CIA to investigate national security implications of geoengineering

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Burt Bacharach strolls onto the Festival Hall stage like he's stepping on board a yacht, the brass buttons on his blazer gleaming in the spotlight. A brief pause to acknowledge the applause, then the captain takes the helm of his Steinway to steer his crew smoothly through a half-century of hits.