The Queen's Baton Relay has touched down on home soil for a visit less than two months before the start of the Commonwealth Games.
Travellers have said they are being asked to check in their baggage the day before flying.
The work is underway to put on the best opening party ever seen in the region.
The Monarch, 96, was travelling from Balmoral ready to join the nation’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations marking her 70 year-reign.
A landmark for ticket sales has been reached with less than two months to go until the start of the Commonwealth Games.
The themes of exploration and discovery are at the heart of a new Commonwealth Festival exhibition.
Aerial photos of the crash site showed aircraft parts scattered on rocks.
There was no word on any survivors.
A search is under way for the Twin Otter aircraft, which had been on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the town of Jomsom.
A second round of 67 at Bernardus Golf gave Wallace a halfway total of eight under par and left him two shots behind Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia.
Nearly 150,00 passengers are expected to fly in and out of Birmingham Airport over the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
Reiltin Doherty, originally from the Waterside in Derry, is a final year student at the University of York.
An airline is expanding its operation at Birmingham Airport.
Freshers’ Week is a coming-of-age moment for those embarking on their first year of university. Overflowing with drink and debauchery, the onslaught of new experiences away from home can often come as a shock to many new students.
Residents and business owners say they are looking forward to cyclists racing through their neighbourhood in the Commonwealth Games and it is worth putting up with road closures for the day.
