Wembley gets extra Euro 2021 last-16 fixture as Dublin out April 23, 2021 Wembley Stadium will host an extra last-16 tie at this summer’s European Championships after Dublin lost all four of its matches due to Covid-19. The match, which will see the winners of group D meet second place in group F, could see England meet arch-rivals Germany. As a result, Wembley will now host eight matches [...]
Rolls-Royce in ‘constructive talks’ over ITP Aero sale April 23, 2021 Rolls-Royce this afternoon hit back at claims that the sale of one of its Spanish subsidiaries could be blocked, saying it was in “constructive talks” with authorities over the issues. The FTSE 100 engine maker is in the process of selling off £2bn worth of assets in a bid to fix its finances after the [...]
EU to seal world’s biggest ever vaccine deal with Pfizer April 23, 2021 The EU is on the brink of signing the biggest single deal yet for Covid-19 vaccines with Pfizer in the coming days. Under the deal, the bloc will buy up 1.8bn doses of the Pfizer-Biontech’s vaccine, adding to the 600m shots it has already contracted from the firms. European Commission president Ursula van der Leyen [...]
Prevalence of Covid-19 in UK drops sharply for second straight week April 23, 2021 The number of people infected with Covid-19 in the UK dropped sharply for a second week in a row last week, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. Last week, an estimated 1 in 610 people in England had the disease, down from 1 in 480 the week before. There were drops of [...]
Wizz Air aiming for 60-80 per cent capacity over summer April 23, 2021 Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi said that the carrier was planning to fly at 60-80 per cent capacity over the summer months. Speaking at an aviation conference this morning, the Hungarian airline’s boss said that the situation over the summer would be far better than the current circumstances. “I’m expecting something between 60 per [...]
Greensill: David Cameron made multiple attempts to lobby Bank of England April 22, 2021 David Cameron made multiple attempts to lobby Bank of England (BoE) officials over allowing collapsed financier Greensill access to the bank’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) scheme. Documents obtained by Freedom of Information request show that Cameron contacted officials five times in total over the “incredibly frustrating” issue. It is the latest saga in a [...]
EU kicks off legal case against Astrazeneca over vaccine supply issues April 22, 2021 The EU has begun legal proceedings against Astrazeneca over its alleged failure to deliver on its Covid-19 vaccine supply agreements. Speaking in the Irish parliament today, health minister Stephen Donnelly confirmed that the bloc had initiated action. “With regard to Astrazeneca, a legal case has been initiated by the (European) Commission and earlier this week [...]
Biden pledges to cut emissions by 52 per cent by 2030 April 22, 2021 US President Joe Biden administration has today pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent – 52 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. The new target was unveiled ahead of a two-day climate summit featuring the world’s biggest economies. Before the summit began, Biden tweeted: “No nation can solve this crisis on its [...]
Manufacturing optimism at highest levels in nearly 50 years April 22, 2021 UK manufacturers’ hopes for an economic rebound rose to their highest levels in nearly half a century this month as Britain slowly began its exit from Covid-19 lockdowns. According to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends survey, its quarterly business optimism gauge jumped to +38, its highest level since April 1973. In January, amid the [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to pause production at two plants due to chip shortage April 22, 2021 The disruption caused by the global shortfall of semiconductor chips continued this morning as Jaguar Land Rover said it would pause production at two of its plants next week. The shortage, which has hit many of the world’s biggest carmakers, will see the Tata-owned firm idle production lines at Castle Bromwich and Halewood for a [...]
