14 h. ago Angry tourist claims Ryanair served him the 'worst plane food ever' as he shows off sandwich 'not fit for Oliver Twist'

A holidaymaker has claimed Ryanair served him with the 'worst plane food ever' on a flight home.

Society

3 d. ago Ryanair hits back at claims it's 'lying' about reason for cancelling Spain flights

At the beginning of September, Ryanair confirmed the closure of the Santiago base and the cancellation of all flights to Vigo and Tenerife North. Simultaneously, it was announced that the airline will maintain the closure of its Valladolid and Jerez bases and decrease capacity in Asturias, Santander, Zaragoza, and the Canary Islands this winter

Events

4 d. ago Olivia Attwood hints at Bad Boyfriends twist with 'naughty celebrity men'

The reality TV star has hinted at a potential spin-off of her ITV series Bad Boyfriends

Politics

7 d. ago Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fearsForgive me if I’ve got this wrong, but I seem to recall the country voting the Tories out last year. Part of the reason, if I remember correctly, was their staggering incompetence and insouciance, epitomised by Liz Truss’s mini-budget. That catastrophe was, like Truss’s political career, formed and steered by the neoliberal junktanks of Tufton Street.But now I begin to doubt my recollections. We booted them out through the front door, right? Yet they still appear to be in the house. Perhaps they came round the back. After taking an interest in the Department for Business and Trade’s “growth school” speaker sessions for civil servants, I sent a freedom of information request. Given that Keir Starmer, like Truss, has placed his growth “mission” at the centre of policy, and that this department is responsible for delivering it, the instruction given to its officials is crucial to the ...

Events

8 d. ago From full bars to no service: The best and worst areas for mobile signal in the UK revealed

You might have been told your mobile network covers 99 per cent of the UK. But new data reveals the truth about how good the quality of that connection really is in your local area.

Politics

1 week ago Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economyThey were places of crushing hardship for the poorest people in Britain for centuries but a new report highlights how closely workhouses in England and Wales were linked with slavery and British imperialism.Workhouses, perhaps best known in popular culture through the Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist, were routinely funded and administered by people involved in the slave trade, the study says.The paper Racial Capitalism and the Workhouse–Plantation Nexus in the Atlantic World was published in Antipode. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emmerdale's Mack plot mirrors tragic Coronation Street twist involving same actor

Emmerdale aired the big reveal that John Sugden was keeping Mack Boyd captive after a death twist, and fans noticed the plot was similar to Oliver Farnworth's Coronation Street exit in 2017

Events

3 w. ago Ryanair flight grounded as passenger 'tries to open emergency exit' in mid

The Ryanair flight was grounded at Manchester Airport, with passengers claiming someone attempted to open the emergency door while the plane was in mid-air

Politics

3 w. ago Supermarket issues urgent recall on 'radioactive' shrimp after 'contamination' fears

An urgent food recall, fuming plane passengers, a prank that nearly turned lethal and Donald Trump's new meme coin are just a few crazy tales from the US this week, Christopher Bucktin writes

Politics