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An Italian school teacher who admitted sexually assaulting a Ryanair flight attendant as a plane was about to land has dodged jail. Sebastian Russo, 39, was travelling on the flight from Krakow in Poland to Edinburgh when he touched the cabin crew member on the behind while she was attending …
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Glasgow Prestwick Airport has returned a £3.2m operating profit for the year 2023-24. With revenue streams spanning passenger travel, cargo operations, general aviation, fuel supply and property, the financial update stated that diversification has driven performance in recent years. Prestwick’s future growth strategy is being strengthened by new partnerships that …
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Businesses and institutions around the world have been knocked offline after a major IT outage. In the UK, Sky News has been knocked off air, while Britain’s biggest train country warned passengers to expect disruption due to “widespread IT issues”. Around the world, banks, supermarkets and other major institutions reported …
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To cut a long story short is a phrase that reeks of a lack of self-confidence. However, when I tell you that I am cutting this story short, it is because brevity is required. So how to summarise the administrative passport and Royal Mail hell the past 5 months have …
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A dad says he has been “hounded” for seven months to pay a parking ticket after his dyslexic son accidentally entered the wrong digits on the machine. Colin Marshall, 62, said he had appealed four times over the parking fine, which has now reached £170 (€193.74) in the course of …
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Unions representing millions of workers in the UK are seeing a greater willingness to strike, as the cost of living worsens and living standards drop at their sharpest rate since the 1950s. While wages stagnate and inflation soars, many workers have seen their wages cut in real terms, setting up …
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Thousands of BT telecoms and call centre staff could strike within weeks. On June 15, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) balloted workers in three categories—BT, Openreach and EE subsidiaries—across the BT group. If the strike goes ahead it will be the first national stoppage of BT workers in 35 years. …
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Hull and the UK are seeing an upswing in strike action amid spiralling living costs, with workers from a range of sectors walking out as inflation squeezes pay. Barristers were the latest workers to walk out today (Monday, June 27) after 81.5 per cent of the 2,055 Criminal Bar Association …
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For most of us who live near or drive past East Midlands Airport, the sound of jet engines is a regular feature of our daily lives. As the summer season brings the usual holiday boom, the noise of planes taking off and coming in to land only gets more frequent. …
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