内容摘要：that the teachers' pay review body has recommended a 4% rise and the NHS body has recommended 3%.

that the teachers' pay review body has recommended a 4% rise and the NHS body has recommended 3%.

"In America his favourite whisky was a bourbon called Old Grandad."People would turn up at his hotel room with a bottle and want him to drink it in front of them.

"When people were feeding him lots of whisky he could get irascible."I think he liked to be the centre of attention, in a pub he would tell great stories and people would buy him drinks, but I don't think he was known for a temper in any way."[His wife] Caitlin had the temper and she would give him a right hiding."

Actress and writer Ruth Jones has been awarded this year's Hay Festival medal for drama.The Gavin and Stacey co-creator was honoured in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, where she was speaking about her new novel.

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo won the fiction medal, while British-Turkish novelist Elif Shafak won the medal for prose.

"We are honoured to celebrate three exceptional storytellers," said Hay Festival chief executive Julie Finch, who said the three winners had "each done much to push the boundaries of contemporary writing and spread the joy of stories here and around the world".Experts told BBC Verify that incidents such as these and major crashes are thoroughly investigated by authorities. New details and data from accidents are fed into pilot training simulators so that they can prepare for similar scenarios in the future.

"If you look at simulators today, how advanced they are, they are like real aircraft," said Ismo Aaltonen. "It's completely different to when I started flying more than 40 years ago."Regulators can also impose penalties for safety violations which include fines, license suspensions and operational restrictions. Airlines can also be banned from countries and blocs if they don't adhere to safety standards.

Despite the recent spate of incidents, air travel remains by far the safest form of travel.Of all transport-related deaths in 2022 in the US, over 95% occurred on the road, according to the latest available figures from the US Department of Transportation. Fewer than 1% were related to air travel.