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Brian Strutton, pictured, can be seen as he prepares to jet off on holiday at Bournemouth airport. The £141,000 per year union chief earlier announced strikes which could ruin the plans of 450,000 BA passengers after pilots turned down airline's offer.

Boris Johnson insisted Brussels is as keen as the EU to do a deal saying 'our friends and partners' want to focus on 'the new partnership that we're going to build'.. He said he is prepared for Brexit negotiations with the European Union to go right down to the wire as he suggested he would not 'walk away' from talks before October 31. The Prime Minister said in his experience Brussels usually left striking deals to the last minute as he signaled his willingness to engage in a high stakes game of brinkmanship with the bloc. Mr Johnson suggested the UK would be able to leave things late because by the Halloween deadline 'absolutely colossal and extensive' No Deal preparations would be in place.

Daniel Craig is to blame for the rise in male nudity on television, according to Sanditon star Anne Reid. The 84-year-old actress blames Craig's James Bond emergence from the sea in Casino Royale in 2006 (left) for male nudity becoming a 'thing' on TV. Miss Reid, who plays rich widow Lady Denham in Jane Austen's 'sexed-up' Sanditon drama, said it is 'unnecessary' to have so many naked men around. Right: a scene from Sanditon which began on ITV on Sunday night and has already set pulses racing with scenes of nudity and a sex act in the woods.

Ben Stokes, who has almost single-handedly dragged his side over the line in both a World Cup final and perhaps the most gripping Ashes Test match ever (in which he is seen left, celebrating victory on Sunday), hasn't always been such a national treasure. With a fiery temper and sharp tongue, not to mention a troublesome relationship with alcohol, the New Zealand-born star has often made headlines for the wrong reasons (he is pictured inset in a police mugshot after he was arrested over a 2017 brawl, also pictured). In a career that began when he was still an unruly teenager, the 28-year-old all-rounder has repeatedly tested the patience of his club, his country, and perhaps most of all his wife Clare (pictured together top right). Bottom right: Stokes's two children Layton and Libby.

The picture above shows England's Ashes hero Ben Stokes (circled, top right) with teammates in Year 11 at Cockermouth School, Cumbria, in 2007. Front and centre is their coach Chris Hayes, now 56, who said of the side: 'They will always be the team that was my best ever. Ben had arrived as a 12-year-old from New Zealand after his father Gerard took up a coaching role at Workington Town Rugby League Club. The flame-haired superstar hit a sensational 135 to beat Australia on Sunday, levelling the Ashes with two tests remaining (he is pictured celebrating victory, inset).

Performers dressed in jewelled and glittering costumes (bottom left and centre) have taken to the streets today in London to celebrate the last day of the Notting Hill Carnival. Locals also got involved in the celebrations and one group of women were pictured dancing in the windows of their flat in the area (top). Nearly one million people are expected to attend the festivities in the streets of west London to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street demonstration in Europe. The carnival has taken place since 1966 and is showing no signs of slowing down as street performers lined up today to take part in the prestigious event. Dancers were seen arriving in costumes decorated with vibrant feathers and gems (bottom right) and well as outfits which sparkled in the sunlight.

The 18-year-old, named locally as Courtney Chamberlin, was hurried to hospital after she was taken ill in the bathroom of The Warehouse in Leeds city centre shortly after 3am this morning. Security guards found her 'screaming and distressed'. Courtney, described as 'sweet and caring' by friends, was pronounced dead in hospital despite frantic efforts to save her by paramedics and doctors. A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and remained in police custody today. West Yorkshire Police said the teenager had died of a suspected drug overdose and warned against taking 'incredibly dangerous' illegal substances.

My father, Wilfred Johnson, known as 'Johnny', was a pilot with RAF Coastal Command,' writes STANLEY JOHNSON. My mother would never have expected my father to be in the crash: he had taken off for a ten-hour patrol at 10.30pm and the crash had occurred at 11.20pm. But the next morning - my fourth birthday, August 18, 1944 - the 'padre' or RAF chaplain came to our door. There was bad news.

The current restriction on the height of the masts is set at 82ft (25m) and could be doubled to 165ft (50m) - almost exactly the same height as Nelson's column.

Bolsonaro (right with his wife Michelle) endorsed a sexist Facebook post (inset middle) about France's first lady Brigitte Macron (left with husband Emmanuel) yesterday, the latest chapter in an escalating war of words between him and his French counterpart over the Amazon crisis. Emmanuel Macron had called for emergency talks by G7 nations on the fires (inset left) destroying chunks of the Amazon rainforest, piling pressure on Bolsonaro, who in turn accused him of having a 'colonialist mentality'. A Bolsonaro fan posted a meme to facebook which pictures both leaders alongside their wives with the caption: Do you understand now why Macron pursues Bolsonaro? The president himself replied, 'Don't humiliate the man' and then followed it with Kkkkkkk which translates to laughter in Brazil.

Donald Trump (pictured at a press conference in France today), who has run into trouble before when discussing Britain, asked 'what's happening with England?' and claimed that 'they don't use it too much any more'. Speaking at the G7 summit in France he said he had quizzed Mr Johnson on UK geography but praised Britain as an 'incredible place' and a 'tremendous ally'. Trump is by no means the first to struggle with the UK's somewhat overlapping terminology, and Americans sometimes use 'England' in situations where British people generally would not.

The burning forests (shown in a NASA satellite image above) cover an area of more than a million square miles in the Congo Basin, often described as the 'second green lung' of the planet after the Amazon itself. Like the Amazon, the African forests absorb CO2 and are sanctuaries for endangered species. Under pressure from environmentalists, G7 leaders have this week hurried to take action against the Amazon blaze (which is seen inset), but the African fires have attracted less attention. Still, French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday declared that 'the forest is burning in sub-Saharan Africa too' and said world leaders were examining a similar response to the one they agreed for Brazil.

The estranged wife of a decorated NASA astronaut has spoken out about her decision to go public with allegations that her spouse hacked her bank account from space, revealing an ugly custody battle back on earth. Summer Worden (left) has accused astronaut and former US Army Lieutenant Anne McClain (top right) of illegally accessing her financial records while aboard the International Space Station, as part of a 'highly calculated and manipulated campaign' to obtain custody of Woden's six-year-old son, Briggs (pictured all together bottom right). Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer, brought a complaint against McClain with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that McClain had committed identity theft, even though none of Worden's funds had been tampered with.

Hong Kong police arrested 29 people including a 12-year-old after some of the worst violence in twelve weeks of political unrest broke out in the Tsuen Wan district last night (left). Officers said they were forced to fire a water cannon and a warning shot during clashes at pro-democracy rallies. It is believed to be the first live round fired by an officer during the crisis. The violence erupted after a peaceful march nearby earlier on Sunday. Police used tear gas in the clashes. More demonstrations are planned for this week and protesters (right top and bottom) took part in a sit-in at Revenue Tower in the commercial area of Wan Chai today.

A video has emerged of a jumper, known only by the name of Karl, attempting a base jump from Monte Brento near Trento, Italy. Karl stands at the edge of the mountain at the start of the video with a camera attached to his head. He takes the plunge after a matter of just seconds and confidently begins the jump by doing a mid-air flip. After hurtling through the air for eight seconds he pulls on his parachute, however it soon becomes clear that something is wrong.