Thomas Cook share price hit as UK government cancels flights to Sharm el-Sheikh airport November 5, 2015 Shares in Thomas Cook fell 5.8 per cent to 113.55p in early trading, after the UK government cancelled flights to Sharm el-Sheikh. David Cameron grounded flights to the Egyptian resort last night, saying the safety of British citizens was the government's "first priority", after a Russian Metrojet flight from Sharm crashed in the Sinai peninsula at the [...]
Sinai plane crash: Philip Hammond says Isis involvement in Metrojet A231 flight 7K9268 crash a “significant possibilty” November 5, 2015 The UK's foreign secretary Philip Hammond has said there is a "significant possibility" that Isis was responsible for destroying the Metrojet A231 flight 7K9268, killing all 224 people on board. Hammond was speaking ahead of a second Cobra meeting, which will be chaired by David Cameron later today, after the Prime Minister suspended all flights out [...]
Sinai plane crash: British government grounds all flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh November 4, 2015 The British government has grounded all flights from Sharm el-Sheikh to the UK, blaming security concerns following the crash of Metrojet flight 9251 to St Petersburg on Saturday. Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a COBR meeting last night, where ministers agreed to temporarily suspend flights to and from Sharm, to work urgently with airlines and the Egyptian authorities to [...]
Sinai plane crash: US military thinks Metrojet A321 flight 7K9268 was blown up – but rules out missile attack November 3, 2015 US military said it has evidence that rules out theories that Metrojet A321 flight 7K9268 was brought down with a missile, instead suggesting there could have been an explosion on the plane itself. A US satellite picked up signs of a "heat flash" in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at around the time the Russian passenger jet crashed on [...]
Turkish Airlines Open 2015: Winner Victor Dubuisson’s tears show what it means November 3, 2015 He has had a woeful year so it was very much a case of Turkish delight for an emotional Victor Dubuisson on Sunday as the Frenchman secured his first European Tour title since his breakthrough success on the same course two years ago. The 25-year-old was in floods of tears on the 18th green in Antalya [...]
Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal keen to dispel myths of Manchester United’s attacking past November 3, 2015 Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has denounced the suggestion that the Old Trafford club was a constant bastion of attacking football prior to his arrival as they bid to avoid an unwelcome record against CSKA Moscow tonight. United have recorded three successive goalless draws, which includes a 325-minute goal-drought dating back to their 1-1 Champions [...]
Sinai plane crash: “External factor” blamed for Russian Metrojet A321 flight 7K9268 tragedy over weekend November 2, 2015 Russian airline Kolgalymavia has blamed an "external factor" for the Metrojet A321 flight 7K9268 crash this weekend, in which 224 people were killed. It was "impossible" for the Airbus plane to have broken up in the air because of a technical fault or pilot error, the company has said. The only explanation was a "physical or [...]
Metrojet flight 9268: No Islamic State involvement in Russian plane completely destroyed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt crash October 31, 2015 A Russian plane carrying 224 passengers was "completely destroyed" after crashing in central Sinai, killing all those on board. Authorities have reported that the Metrojet plane was "completely destroyed" with "all on board likely to have died". The Egyptian search and rescue team dispatched to the scene was initially searching for survivors as "voices" could [...]
Mix it up: How Spectre has us all bonding over cocktails October 30, 2015 Everything in this world has a price. And for an undisclosed, but no doubt princely sum, Belvedere vodka has become the official of the drink new James Bond film Spectre. (Next time, I’d like to see him knocking back a bottle of Lambrini, please.) Last year, Bond courted controversy by drinking a Heineken in bed. [...]
Restaurant review: There’s more to Palm Court than afternoon tea, thank god October 29, 2015 If I could click my fingers and banish one element of our national cuisine, it would be afternoon tea. It’s a dreary throwback to a time when we felt the need to ape our social betters, in this case by eating wildly overpriced cucumber sandwiches. Its emergence is often credited to Anna Maria Russell, the [...]