Passengers returning home for festive season face disruption as Omicron leaves airlines short-staffed Passengers travelling home for Christmas have been hit with disruption worldwide after airline companies cancelled more than 3,000 flights on Friday, according to a flight tracking website. The surge of Christmas Eve cancellations came as the rapidly […]
Month: December 2021
Loss of more than 40,000 staff over past six months prompts move to recruit overseas Thousands of additional care workers are to be recruited from abroad to fill chronic gaps in the workforce, the government has announced, after figures showed more than 40,000 social care staff had left the sector […]
Met Office says temperatures set to plunge to -2C in areas of the UK, with warnings for snow and strong winds A white Christmas may be on the way for the uplands of north Wales and northern England, while festive flurries and bracing temperatures will set in on Boxing Day, […]
Food bank campaigners joined forces with Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s rival festive song, while expletive-strewn protest against Boris Johnson goes top five LadBaby have scored their fourth consecutive UK Christmas No 1, making them the first artist to ever achieve that feat – while an expletive-strewn protest against Boris […]
Merseyside police took 54-year-old into custody after £70,000 theft from Alder Hey A man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary after 100 iPads worth £70,000 were stolen from a children’s hospital. Police were called after a report that the devices were taken from an outdoor container at Alder Hey […]
Deal with Thai and Austrian firms includes the four UK stores and raises hopes for Oxford Street redevelopment The family owners of Selfridges have sold out to a Thai retailer and an Austrian property company for an estimated £4bn ($5.36bn) in a deal which sees the return of the luxury […]
Unsparing observer of national politics and her own life, she won enormous acclaim for her memoir of grief, The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion, the eminent journalist, author and anthropologist of contemporary American politics and culture – a singularly clear, precise voice across a multitude of subjects for more […]
Fresh evidence that variant is milder is countered by record new infections and sharp rise in health staff off sick Coronavirus – latest updates Doctors have made an urgent plea to keep Christmas celebrations small as scientists said mounting evidence that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is milder may not […]
Moon Jae-in, her successor, will reportedly free Park from 22-year sentence three months ahead of presidential election South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye has been pardoned by her successor, Moon Jae-in, in a special amnesty that could influence voters in a presidential election that is just three months away. […]
Chief executive seeks public dialogue, suggesting protests against Loznica project have hindered any ‘reasonable debate’ Rio Tinto will put its controversial western Serbia lithium project on hold, a news agency has reported, quoting the CEO of Rio’s Serbian arm. The mining group wants to develop the mine near Loznica in […]