9 pro tips to easing back into post-lockdown training April 14, 2021 It’s been a year since gyms first closed, and for many of us it’s been almost as long since we followed a real fitness regime The saying ‘only fools rush in’ feels particularly apt here, so we asked an expert how to ease ourselves back into tip top shape. Ollie Thompson, Personal Trainer at SIX3NINE, [...]
Oil prices surge as refining surge fuels demand hike April 14, 2021 Oil prices surged today as a larger than expected fall in US crude stocks gave fresh indications that fuel demand is beginning to increase as coronavirus restrictions begin to be rolled back around the world. Worldwide standard Brent Crude saw prices jump 4.2 per cent today, rising to $66.34. US counterpart West Texas Intermediate (WTI) [...]
Ford Mustang Mach-E review: muscle car reborn as electric SUV April 14, 2021 Ford has reinvented the Mustang as a fully electric SUV – with surprising results. Richard Aucock drives the 294hp Mach-E RWD Extended Range.
Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff dies in prison, aged 82 April 14, 2021 Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff dies in prison, aged 82
UK working to deliver in-person COP26 climate summit, says Sharma April 14, 2021 Alok Sharma has today told MPs that the UK is working to ensure that this November’s COP26 climate summit can be held in person. Speaking in Parliament today, Sharma, the conference’s president, added that there was no intention of postponing the conference for a second time. “We are working very hard to ensure we deliver [...]
Competition watchdog clears £31bn O2-Virgin Media merger April 14, 2021 The competition watchdog has provisionally cleared the £31bn merger between O2 and Virgin Media following an in-depth investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a probe into the tie-up amid concerns it would harm competition in the wholesale market. Virgin Media provides leased lines to mobile operators such as Vodafone and Three, while O2’s [...]
Ministers must avoid slap-dash rules for Covid passports or they risk falling foul of human rights laws April 14, 2021 Are they a ticket to freedom or a tool of oppression? Will they encourage vaccinations or discriminate against vaccine sceptics? Are they worth the paper, or the code, they are written on? As arguments swirl around “Covid status certificates” or “Vaccine Passports” in the corridors of power around the world, human rights law may help [...]
Phoenix from the ashes: the rise, fall, and rebirth of Flybe April 14, 2021 It’s been a bumpy ride. From humble beginnings as Jersey European Airways to becoming Europe’s largest independent carrier, followed by downturn, collapse, and now rebirth, Flybe’s 40-year flight path has been anything but direct. After becoming Europe’s biggest regional airline in the middle of the 2000s, the end of the 2010s saw the carrier plunged [...]
Keir Starmer hits out at ‘return of Tory sleaze’ over Greensill scandal April 14, 2021 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of overseeing a “return of Tory sleaze” over the Greensill Capital lobbying scandal. Starmer told MPs today that the government needed to “overhaul the whole broken [lobbying] system”, while also calling for a full Westminster-led inquiry into Greensill Capital’s links with ministers. Labour is introducing an [...]
Flybe set for summer return as buyout deal completed April 14, 2021 Flybe’s journey back to the skies moved a step closer today after the sale of the collapsed airline to a firm backed by private equity firm Cyrus Capital was completed. The deal, which was first announced in October last year, will see new owner Thyme Opco change its name to Flybe Limited. A spokesperson for [...]
