27 h. ago Airlines are now banning a very common electronic item from going in checked luggage

Following a ban on power banks being carried on some flights due to fire risks, airlines are now cracking down on another popular electronic device.

Events

3 d. ago Tour company declares bankruptcy amid Play airline shutdown chaos

A European tour company has declared bankruptcy amid the fallout from Play airline's shutdown. Last month, Budget airline Play cancelled all flights as it ceased operation with immediate effect.

Events

7 d. ago ‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score

At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?• ‘From (finally) being given the Booker prize to the day her partner died’: an exclusive extract from Margaret Atwood’s memoirMargaret Atwood is doing her grocery shopping in her local supermarket in Toronto, and it is taking longer than usual. This is not because The Handmaid’s Tale author turns 86 this month, but because she is checking the provenance of every item before it goes in her trolley: California satsumas out; Canada spuds in. Atwood is a passionate environmentalist, but at the moment she is more worried about boycotting anything that comes from over the border in the US than air miles. “Elbows up!” she declares, taking a furious stance in the fruit and veg aisle.Back in her kitchen she shows me a YouTube skit of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and comedian Mike Myers in the national hockey kit to explain the significance of “E...

Politics

9 d. ago Major outage at Amazon and Microsoft Azure takes down banks, airlines, Office 365, and even Minecraft

It’s the second major internet outage in as many weeks, and comes just before Microsoft’s quarterly earnings call

Society

2 w. ago Mum arrested at airport after kicking off at staff blames 'burnout' for meltdown

Leanne Burns, 44, was arrested and banned from an airline after she was refused entry to a flight with her two children.

Events

2 w. ago Mum banned from airline after being arrested at UK Airport for being 'too drunk'

A mum-of-two who was arrested at Manchester Airport after being too inebriated to fly has said she is trying to 'get her social life back on track' following the incident

Events

2 w. ago Mum took a picture with her kids at Manchester Airport ahead of family holiday... she was arrested minutes later

Leanne Burns was with her two children when was arrested at Manchester Airport and banned from an airline

Society

2 w. ago Mum arrested at Manchester Airport and banned from airline after she's stopped from boarding

Leanne Burns was with her two children when was arrested at Manchester Airport and banned from an airline

Events

2 w. ago Morrisons customers urged to check batch codes of one item amid 'health risk' fears

Supermarket shoppers are being urged to return affected batches to their nearest stores

Economics

3 w. ago Passenger, 61, accused of attacking flight crew that tried to calm her down prompting an emergency landing in Idaho

The passenger has now been banned from flying with Alaska Airlines, the company said

Events

3 w. ago Airlines hit back at Trump’s plan to ban US flights over Russia

One airliner argued that the ban would ‘inconvenience travellers’ from both nations

Politics