Jet2 buys Thomas Cook’s slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airports November 8, 2019 Budget airline Jet2 has snapped up Thomas Cook’s airport slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham, the collapsed travel company’s liquidators confirmed today. The official receivers did not reveal how much Jet2 paid for the landing and take off slots, which came hours after Easyjet bought Thomas Cook’s slots at Gatwick and Bristol. Read more: MPs [...]
General Election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn to go face-to-face in BBC debate November 8, 2019 The BBC is set to host a live debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. The party leaders will go head-to-head in a televised debate on 6 December, just days before the general election. Jo Swinson, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has not been asked to attend the debate. Read more: General Election announcement [...]
Property of the Week: A modern mews hidden in the heart of the legal district November 8, 2019 London lawyers looking for a pied-a-terre could find their perfect home in this secluded new mews development in the heart of the legal district. Pinks Mews is a Victorian block on Dyers Buildings; a quiet gated street set just behind the hustle and bustle of Holborn. It has just been redeveloped to create 35 luxury, [...]
Honda cuts operating profit outlook by 10 per cent due to strong yen and falling motorcycle sales November 8, 2019 Honda has cut its annual profit expectations by 10 per cent and said it would buy back $915m shares over the rest of the financial year. Japan’s third biggest car maker is now predicting an operating income of ¥690bn for the year ending March 2020. Read more: Crossrail will not open until 2021 and could [...]
Crossrail will not open until 2021 and could run £650m over budget, bosses admit November 8, 2019 Crossrail will not open until 2021 and will run up to £650m over budget, transport bosses admitted today. The long-awaited Elizabeth Line, which was originally due to open in December 2018, will not open until “as soon as practically possible in 2021”, Transport for London (TfL) said. Crossrail chief executive Mark Wild warned technical issues [...]
UK weather: ‘Danger to life’ flood warnings in place as river levels rise in northern England November 8, 2019 Severe weather warnings are in place across northern England signifying a “danger to life” as a result of rising river levels. Parts of northern England and the midlands had a month’s worth of rain fall in 24 hours on Thursday and overnight. There are five severe warnings in place along the River Don in Doncaster [...]
Half of UK citizens think the country will not exist in a decade November 8, 2019 More than half of UK citizens think the country will not exist in its current form a decade from now, according to a new poll. The Ipsos Mori poll showed 50 per cent thought the United Kingdom would not exist in 10 years, up from 43 per cent in 2014. Just 29 per cent said [...]
Easyjet buys Thomas Cook slots at Gatwick and Bristol for £36m November 8, 2019 Budget airline Easyjet has bought the take-off and landing slots of collapsed travel company Thomas Cook at London Gatwick and Bristol airports for £36m. The company announced today it has bought 12 summer slot pairs and eight winter slot pairs at Gatwick and six summer slot pairs and one winter slot pair at Bristol, in [...]
Clacton Labour candidate Gideon Bull steps down over ‘Shylock’ remark November 8, 2019 The Labour Party candidate for Clacton has stepped down after allegations he made an antisemitic remark to a fellow Labour councillor. Gideon Bull, who is a cabinet member in Haringey council, was accused of calling Jewish councillor Zena Brabazon “Shylock” during a private meeting. Bull denied he called Brabazon “Shylock” but admitted he used the [...]
RBS launches ‘social bond’ for deprived areas November 8, 2019 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has launched a “social bond” aimed at boosting lending within deprived areas of the UK. The banking giant announced this morning that the bond would be linked to roughly £2.5bn of lending to small firms in disadvantaged areas. Read more: HSBC receives second warning from Bank of England An [...]