
Alexandra Topping
Senior Reporter at The Guardian
Senior reporter at the Guardian Northerner stranded in the South. Long-suffering Evertonian. Views are mine alone. Also found at: @lexytopping.bsky.social
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Daniel Lavelle |Rebecca Ratcliffe |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi | +7 more
Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivor
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Daniel Lavelle |Rebecca Ratcliffe |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi | +7 more
Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivor
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Alexandra Topping |Jamie Grierson
All but one passenger is thought to have died on the Air India flight bound for London Gatwick airport that crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India. There were 242 passengers and crew onboard the plane, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian. One passenger, the British national Vishwashkumar Ramesh, survived the crash and was treated in hospital for injuries.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Daniel Lavelle |Rebecca Ratcliffe |Jonathan Yerushalmy |Léonie Chao-Fong |Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi | +7 more
Narendra Modi visits crash site where hundreds died in Ahmedabad and meets Briton who was sole survivor
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Alexandra Topping |Kate McCusker
A British man is the sole survivor of the London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people that crashed shortly after takeoff in the north-west Indian city of Ahmedabad. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who in seat 11A of the flight, said the aircraft crashed almost immediately after takeoff. It is believed he had a brother on the same flight. “Thirty seconds after takeoff there was a loud noise and then the plane crashed.
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I spoke to @speedomick about seeing his extraordinary life transformed into a musical at @RoyalCourtLiv - and it was a joy from start to finish. Go and see it! https://t.co/Vw6mmKv4RN

I’ve been obsessed with Brighton’s bin wars for a while. The council say managers in their depot have had death threats and car tyres slashed. I spoke to former workers who say they still have pstd from their experience. My report here >> https://t.co/DASVxJ2AZy

If you read nothing else this weekend, or frankly this year, you must read this astonishingly beautiful piece by my lovely colleague @archiebland about his son Max, the boy who came back. https://t.co/yEO8BFCUsC