Only one passenger has reportedly survived after a plane bound for Gatwick Airport crashed shortly after take-off in India.

The winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction has said the award is “the greatest honour of my life as a woman” as she reflected on her experience growing up intersex.

Air India confirmed 241 of the 242 people on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner were killed on Thursday when the aircraft crashed into a medical college shortly after its take-off from Ahmedabad Airport.

Dozens of Labour MPs last month urged the Prime Minister to pause and reassess planned cuts, saying the proposals are ‘impossible to support’.

The US Defence Secretary was also pressed on his use of the Signal messaging app to discuss military operations.

Representatives of the British and Irish Governments will meet in Co Down on Friday to discuss latest political developments across the islands.

Yael van der Wouden won the award for her novel, The Safekeep, which explores repressed desire and the unresolved aftermath of the Holocaust.