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BA and union leaders reach stalemate over threatened strikes
Leaders for Unite and British Airways (BA) will be meeting later today to decide if, and when, strikes by cabin crew will be held. Union leaders have until March 15th to announce a date for strike action, and it must give the airline a full week’s notice before cabin crew can walk out over a long-running [...]
Continue reading...Chevron’s Pembrokeshire refinery looking for buyer
10. March 2010
Chevron has announced its oil refinery in Pembrokeshire, which employs 1,400 people, is up for sale. Some reports claim the plant could face closure if a buyer is not found, but in a statement the firm said: "To confirm, this process is to determine interest in our operations in Europe. "No decision has been made to [...]
Continue reading...GM recalls 1.3 million cars in US over power steering problem
2. March 2010
At least 1.3 million vehicles have been recalled by General Motors (GM) in the US following the discovery of a power steering problem. It is believed the issue may have led to 14 crashes, as drivers have reported difficulty when steering the vehicle under 15 mph. The firm said four models were affected - the Chevrolet [...]
Continue reading...DfT criticised over ‘inadequate’ handling of Metronet collapse
2. March 2010
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been heavily criticised over its handling of the collapse of Metronet, which cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds. The Commons committee on public accounts described the government’s handling of the planned improvements to the London Underground network as "flawed from the outset". In 2003 three contracts were signed with [...]
Continue reading...Snow and ice create UK’s ‘coldest winter for 30 years’
2. March 2010
Abnormally cold weather has seen the UK experience its coldest winter for 30 years, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. The weather forecaster said on Monday the mean UK temperature this winter had been 1.5C, the lowest since 1978/79. Widespread snow and ice at the end of 2009 and the start of this year [...]
Continue reading...Hundreds left stranded after Eurostar train breaks down
22. February 2010
Eurostar officials have begun investigating yet another breakdown which left over 700 people stranded in darkness on Sunday night. The Paris to London service suffered a power failure just south of Ashford, in Kent, at around 22:45 GMT yesterday. The hundreds of passengers were then forced to climb down ladders onto the tracks in the dark and [...]
Continue reading...Airport body scanners may be illegal, human rights activists say
17. February 2010
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned the scanners in Heathrow and Manchester airports may not comply with UK law, and say they have concerns there is an "apparent absence of safeguards to ensure the body scanners are operated in a lawful, fair and non-discriminatory manner". In a letter to the secretary of state [...]
Continue reading...Eurostar travel chaos inquiry criticises ‘insufficient’ support
12. February 2010
A report into the failures which led to travel chaos for Eurostar passengers over Christmas found help for those stranded was "insufficient". In the week before Christmas last year, several trains broke down in the Channel Tunnel, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Eurostar services were cancelled for three days, with the train operator blaming the severe cold [...]
Continue reading...Lexus hybrid latest motor under spotlight
11. February 2010
Toyota is to temporarily halt the production of two of its models, the Lexus HS250h and SAI hybrids, in Japan as the car manufacturer continues to suffer in the face of massive recalls. The company has already announced the recall of its Prius after problems were found with the brakes of Toyota’s flagship hybrid model. The [...]
Continue reading...Honda extends airbag recall by 437,700 cars as Toyota problems continue
10. February 2010
Japanese carmaker Honda has extended its recall by 437,700 cars due to an issue with airbags on some of its models. The recall, mainly in the US, comes after Toyota announced the global recall of its flagship hybrid Prius model, due to a problem with faulty brakes. The Honda recall follows a 15-month global recall for faulty [...]
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FTSE down 0.4% by end of trade Thursday, as miners drag
Britain’s leading shares index the FTSE 100 was down 0.4 per cent at 23.31 points to 5,617.26 by close of trade Thursday. Miners dragged on the FTSE, as did Morrison WM Supermarkets; despite the firm announcing much better than expected results for 2009 earlier today. Among the miners Kazakhmys led the falls, down 3.17 per cent, while [...]
Continue reading...Barack Obama: The time for talk is over on health reform
US president Barack Obama has said the "time for talk is over" on his crucial plans to overhaul the country’s healthcare system. Speaking to a crowd in Missouri, Mr Obama said it was time for Congress to vote on his proposed healthcare plans, which would see a trillion-dollar national health service introduced in the world’s richest [...]
Continue reading...Beckham insists Red Knights campaign is ‘not his business’
David Beckham has denied supporting an anti-Glazer family takeover of Manchester United despite draping himself in the movement’s colours at Old Trafford last night. The former England captain returned to Old Trafford as an opposing player for the first time last night since leaving United seven years ago as his AC Milan side lost 4-0 on [...]
Continue reading...Sahil Saeed has not been freed, Foreign Office confirms
Sahil Saeed, a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Punjab, has not been freed and is still being held by kidnappers, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. A Foreign Office spokesperson told inthenews.co.uk that Sahil had definitely not been released, as had been claimed by a senior Punjab minister earlier today. Sahil was taken at gunpoint by [...]
Continue reading...Morrisons sees profits for 2009 up 30% beating forecasts
UK supermarket chain Morrison has seen its profits for 2009 surge 30 per cent, beating financial forecasts. The firm said like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, were up six per cent, with profit before tax at £858 million in 2009, compared to 2008’s £655 million. Underlying profits were up 21 per cent, the firm announced, at £767 [...]
Continue reading...BP announces deal to search for oil off Brazilian coast
Oil giant BP has announced today it has secured a deal to begin deepwater offshore exploration for oil off the Brazilian coast. The firm said it would pay US firm Devon Energy £4.7 billion for its Brazilian assets, as well as those in Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In addition, BP will sell [...]
Continue reading...HMRC accepts Portsmouth administration
Portsmouth Football Club are expected to learn on Thursday that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will accept the legality of the club entering administration. The south coast are still likely to face a nine-point deduction in the Premier League but will now avoid a winding up order after HMRC accepted that owner Balram Chainrai was legally [...]
Continue reading...Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim tops Forbes rich list
According to the Forbes rich list Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms bazillionaire, has pushed Bill Gates off the top spot as the world’s richest man. The list also showed that China now has more billionaires than any other country besides the US, while the Grosvenor family were the only UK-based billionaires to make it into [...]
Continue reading...De Niro to call plays as NFL coach Vince Lombardi
Oscar winner Robert De Niro is to play renowned American Football coach Vince Lombardi in a new big screen biopic, it has been confirmed. The Taxi Driver star, who won an Academy award in 1980 for playing real-life boxing champion Jake LaMotta, will star as the Green Bay Packers’ greatest coach in Lombardi, a new production [...]
Continue reading...Kaka asks for forgiveness after Lyon defeat
Real Madrid forward Kaka has apologised to the club’s fans after the big-spending club were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon. The Spanish side crashed out Europe’s premier club competition after Miralem Pjanic’s late equaliser for Lyon, sending the French team through 2-1 on aggregate. Real Madrid spent £240 million last summer, purchasing the likes [...]
Continue reading...UK journalist accused of espionage by Hamas is freed
A British journalist accused of being an Israeli spy has been freed by Hamas after the Palestinian group held him captive in the Gaza Strip for the last month. Paul Martin was arrested in mid-February as he arrived in Gaza to testify in the defence of a Palestinian man himself accused of espionage. Hamas did not formally [...]
Continue reading...Three MPs and peer deny false accounting over expenses claims
Three Labour MPs and one Conservative peer have denied charges of fraudulent expenses claims as the political scandal of the decade finally reached the courts. Labour MPs Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor, as well as Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with 13 charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for [...]
Continue reading...BA and union leaders reach stalemate over threatened strikes
Leaders for Unite and British Airways (BA) will be meeting later today to decide if, and when, strikes by cabin crew will be held. Union leaders have until March 15th to announce a date for strike action, and it must give the airline a full week’s notice before cabin crew can walk out over a long-running [...]
Continue reading...Felipe Massa looking for large Ferrari points haul in Bahrain
Felipe Massa is looking for a large points haul at the opening race of the season in Bahrain, following Ferrari’s impressive form during winter testing. The Brazilian makes a comeback to his race-seat with the Maranello-based team, having made a full recovery from the injuries he sustained from being struck on the head by a piece [...]
Continue reading...Heart patients being ‘failed’ by doctors over cholesterol levels
A study out today has claimed doctors are failing to lower heart patients’ cholesterol levels adequately, with women particularly at risk. According to research in the European Heart Journal only half of all patients at high risk of heart disease are given correct targets for lowering their cholesterol levels. The study, of 25,250 patients in Germany, investigated [...]
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11. March 2010
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