Motor racing legend Jackie Stewart was taken to hospital today after falling ill on a London-bound flight.

SNOW and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday travel chaos for road, rail and air passengers throughout much of Europe yesterday, raising fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas.

A FIRST-YEAR fashion student from Co Donegal beat off stiff competition to make the top five in a worldwide competition to design a dress for Florence Welch of hit band, Florence and the Machine.

Disgruntled British Airways passengers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 today complained about the disruption caused by the strikes.

BRITISH Airways, which has flown under a series of names in its history, celebrated its 90th anniversary yesterday.

INDAVER has been accused of trying to muscle-in on Cork County Council’s waste disposal business.

British Airways (BA) is currently the worst national carrier in Europe for cancellations, it was claimed today.

THE new Cork airport terminal should be state-of-the-art. A huge amount of money went into its construction, yet it has many of the hallmarks of a provincial affair in a less than developed country.

Naomi Campbell has been dropped from appearing at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert over her air rage conviction, it emerged today.

Jennifer Aniston has turned a whirlwind 24-hour visit to London into an armed police and paparazzi frenzy.

EVEN by Naomi Campbell’s fiery standards it was an extreme tantrum.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell today admitted assaulting two police officers at Heathrow Airport.

Airports operator British Airport Authority today counted the cost of tighter security measures and money spent on the troubled launch of Heathrow's Terminal 5 as it reported a £51m (€64.2m) operating loss for the first three months of the year.

The head of Heathrow operator BAA told MPs today that he was “not aware” in advance that there were likely to be problems with the airport’s new Terminal 5 (T5).

Naomi Campbell has flown to Brazil to raise awareness of a potentially deadly disease carried by mosquitoes, her spokeswoman said today.

Supermodel Kate Moss is the latest celebrity to become embroiled in the baggage chaos at London's Heathrow airport - losing suitcases full of her fashion designs on a trip to Los Angeles.

British Airways is to postpone moving most of its long-haul flights to Heathrow’s T5 because of continuing problems at the £4.3bn (€5.3bn) terminal, union sources said today.

The misery continued for passengers at London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 tonight after British Airways were today forced to cancel 126 flights, the majority due to snow.

Baggage handlers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will continue to sort passengers’ luggage by hand throughout the weekend after the system was hit by further technical problems today.

Hopes that Heathrow’s Terminal 5 in England could return to a normal schedule today were dashed after further problems with the baggage system.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 in England is expected to return to a normal schedule today after more than a week of chaos and misery for passengers.

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 will operate a full schedule of flights on Saturday, British Airways said today.

British Airways tonight apologised again to passengers hit by cancellations, crippled facilities and delays at Heathrow’s new Terminal 5 after admitting that 15,000 bags were lost in the system.

British Airways suffered share price misery today in the wake of the high-profile problems hitting the opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Ryanair has renewed its call for a break up of the Spanish-owned BAA airport monopoly following the chaotic opening of Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Chaos continued to reign at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 this morning as long queues built up and more flights were set to be cancelled after yesterday’s disastrous opening day.

DOZENS of flights at Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 5 (T5) were cancelled on its opening day yesterday after problems with security and luggage.

The new £4.3bn (€5.5bn) Terminal 5 has opened for business at London's Heathrow Airport today, with the first plane landing eight minutes early.

A 27-year-old man is due in a British court tomorrow charged with aircraft endangerment after a major security alert was sparked at the UK’s biggest airport.

British Airways shares were trading sharply higher today after investors took a closer look at the benefits of the airline’s move to Heathrow Terminal 5.

The Civil Aviation Authority indicated today that it would take a dim view of any takeover bid for airports operator BAA using large amounts of debt.

THE British tourist industry is hoping for a £2 billion (€2.9bn) bonanza after London secured the 2012 Olympic Games.

Airports operator BAA today said it remained on course for 6% annual growth in passenger numbers following a “robust” performance over the summer months.

The last but one Concorde flight will leave Heathrow bound for Barbados tomorrow with 70 invited British Airways staff on board.

The lingering impact of foot-and-mouth disease will mean that Britain’s major airports see only a small increase in passenger numbers this summer, operator BAA said today.