A FLIGHT attendant with long-haul carrier Emirates has been taken to hospital in Uganda after falling out of an open emergency door on a passenger plane that was parked on the tarmac.

Civil aviation authorities in Uganda said the incident happened at Entebbe International Airport.

They issued a statement saying the female flight attendant “unfortunately fell off” the Boeing 777 which was preparing to fly to Dubai.

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FLAT doors in Grenfell Tower could only hold back a blaze for half the time they were supposed to, investigators have found.

Experts acting on behalf of the Metropolitan Police tested an undamaged front door from the west London block and found that it could withstand a blaze for 15 minutes – not the 30 for which it was designed.

Seventy-one people died when a fire ravaged the residential building on June 14 last year.

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LESS than a quarter of Scots want a second independence referendum in the next three years because of Brexit, a poll has revealed.

Research by Ipsos Mori for STV News found that that while about two-fifths (41 per cent) back another vote on independence before the next Scottish Parliament elections in 2021, only 22 per cent said Brexit should result in second ballot on leaving the UK.

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