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Gatwick airport as well as Southern trains on the Brighton to London line was severely disrupted yesterday when a lightning strike hit a Gatwick tower damaging aircraft and train equipment. Trains were disrupted on the Southern line after the strike with passengers experiencing delays and cancellations. Flights from Gatwick airport were suspended and rush hour trains running from both London Bridge and London Victoria were from 2.45pm.

Shares in Betfair were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in revenue and pre-tax profit in the full year ended 30 April.

The head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, was arrested in London on Tuesday evening. He spent the night in a prison cell, and is expected to be deported from the U.K.

Shares in Stagecoach were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the full year ended 30 April.

Beijing tax authorities are seeking more than £1m in unpaid taxes and fines from the outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was released last week after nearly three months in detention, one of his close friends has said.

Arsenal are said to be ready to sell Cesc Fabregas but a re confident of signing Juan Mata and Gary Cahill.

The pick of today's European football transfer rumours for 28 June 2011. Any transfer gossip surrounding Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma, Barcelona and Real Madrid will be covered here.

Humanity will encounter alien civilizations within the next two decades, a top Russian astronomer predicted on Monday.

Chelsea face competition from Real Madrid for Falcao, Barcelona reject bid for David Villa and Didier Drogba linked with Turkish switch.

Richard Branson has reportedly begged Virgin Atlantic pilots to call off the strike action that is set to cause mass chaos and disruption for British travellers this summer. In a written letter, Branson has called on the pilots to call off the industrial action and to reconsider the pay structure that the airline has offered them

June 27 2011 – All the latest transfer gossip from Arsenal

Believe it, or not, unidentified flying objects have appeared among the clouds over a BBC building in West London, a video has shown.

British travellers set for summer of chaos despite British Airways deal

UK Government plans published yesterday revealed that Wales faces the prospect of new nuclear power stations in the north and near the south coast.

Shares in Berkeley were up on the FTSE 250 in morning trading after the housebuilder reported a rise in pre-tax profit in the full year ended 30 April.

Ai Wei Wei is back at home after more than two months in detention. The Chinese activist and artist has been released on bail, after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, according to state news agencies.

On 21 June 2011, the first sea-ice thickness map of the Arctic was presented by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Paris Air and Space Show. From an altitude of just over 700 km and reaching unprecedented latitudes of 88º ESA's CryoSat mission has spent the last seven months delivering precise measurements to determine changes in the thickness of Earth's ice, which is necessary to fully understand how climate change is affecting the fragile Polar Regions.

Transocean ltd, the owners of the deep water horizon drilling rig that was destroyed by the explosion before the initial Gulf of Mexico oil spill has claimed that the full responsibility for the disaster should be placed on BP's shoulders.

Operation Anti-Security has been a busy time for LulzSec, hacking two Brazilian Government websites and the U.K.'s Serious Organised Crimes Agency, begging the question what is its partner in crime Anonymous up to?

Olympic allocation announced amid warning of online scammers

A painting by Pablo Picasso has been sold for £13.5 million at Christie's auction house in London.

Virgin Atlantic pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a four per cent pay increase. The strike, which has mass support amongst pilots, had a turnout of 94 per cent with 97 per cent voting in favour to strike.

After the cancellation of her whole European tour, speculation is rife that Amy Winehouse may never perform again.

Liverpool transfer rumours: Dalglish moves for Clichy and Croatian starlet

André Villas-Boas has resigned as FC Porto coach and will be installed as the next Chelsea manager once his €15m (£13.3m) release clause is paid by the Stamford Bridge club, the Portuguese club announced this morning.

Tottenham transfer rumours: Cahill, Osvaldo and Vucinic head Redknapp wish list

Roundup of all the Championship transfer news

Shares in Whitbread were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the group reported a rise in sales in the 13 weeks ended 2 June.

Joey Barton set for Arsenal talks and all the other transfer gossip from Arsenal

FC Porto manager André Villas-Boas is on the verge of becoming the new Chelsea manager, according to reports in Portugal.