14 h. ago Flight attendant who was too stressed to fly wins discrimination claim over sacking

Jennifer Clifford had worked for British Airways for almost 40 years

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14 h. ago British Airways flight attendant wins discrimination claim after being fired for being unable to fly

Jennifer Clifford worked for the airline for almost 40 years

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15 h. ago British Airways stewardess wins discrimination claim after being sacked for being 'too anxious to fly'

Jennifer Clifford worked for the airline for almost four decades before the coronavirus pandemic

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21 h. ago British Airways stewardess wins discrimination case after being sacked for fear of flying

Jennifer Clifford had been a loyal and dedicated employee for almost 40 years, but was sacked after she was too scared to fly following the Covid-19 pandemic

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31 h. ago British Airways air stewardess sacked for being too scared to fly wins discrimination claim

Jennifer Clifford worked for the airline for almost 40 years before the Covid-19 pandemic, an employment tribunal heard.

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32 h. ago MP calls for sentence review for man who threatened to 'gang rape and set fire' to stewardess on Heathrow flight

Salman Iftikhar, 37, told Virgin Atlantic stewardess Angie Walsh she would be dragged from her hotel room, gang raped and set alight

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3 d. ago I tipped this gold stock a year ago and it's already up 60%. Here are three to invest in NOW that could soar, reveals our shares guru

Gold is on a roll. The precious metal is flirting with record highs of more than $3,500 (£2,608) an ounce, having soared 40 per cent in the past year alone.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘The Home Office is forcing me to leave the UK and a job I love to go to a country I’ve never called home’

Shady El Farra, a 28-year-old Egyptian national, worked at British Airways after studying in the UK and is fighting to be allowed to make Britain his home

Society

3 d. ago British Airways, easyJet flights to Spain new disruption ahead

Travellers could face issues and delays on their trips after further strike action was announced which will take place on set days and times

Politics

3 d. ago easyJet, British Airways and Wizz Air travellers to Spain facing major disruption

The union UGT has already announced repeated walkouts in Ryanair's baggage handling department, starting on August 15 - with the prospect of delays and flight cancellations made worse by another strike

Politics

4 d. ago Married British Airways pilot and colleague lover demoted after fixing rota for Venice affair

The airline launched an internal investigation after a whistleblower reported the fling

Politics

8 d. ago Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald review – humanity’s greatest myth?

A spirited skewering of the idea that things can only get better takes us from the Book of Genesis to neoliberalismEverything is in decline, argues the geographer Samuel Miller McDonald. Democracy and free speech are in freefall. Inequality is soaring, with the 1% scooping up ever-larger shares of global wealth. These days, the US has a Gini coefficient – the most common international measurement of inequality – on a par with slave-owning Ancient Rome. Maternal mortality rates for American millennials are three times higher than those of their parents’ generation – and this in the world’s richest society.Global life expectancy is falling. So, too, are food standards. Outside a few bourgeois sourdough enclaves, real bread has vanished. In its place we get mass-produced, spongy, tasteless “pseudo-bread” – as Guy Debord lamented in The Encyclopedia of Nuisances. In an earlier age, there would have been bread riots. Now? Just muted indigestion. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago British Airways owner IAG's shares have soared 130% in the past year

Since the beginning of the year, the British Airways owner's shares have gained more than 25%, having recovered swiftly from a Trump-tariff related downturn.

Politics

9 d. ago British Airways ‘SuperJumbo’ to Heathrow turns back for heavy landing after smoke alert

Exclusive: Airbus A380 lands safely at Johannesburg with over 100 tons of fuel on board

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3 w. ago British Airways pilots forced to open windows as plane fills with 'toxic fumes'

The British Airways flight bound for Mexico landed at Gatwick due to "toxic fumes" in the cabin - as an easyJet plane was also forced to touch back down at the same airport a minute later

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3 w. ago ESPN radio host 'nearly arrested' at Heathrow Airport during meltdown over son's golf clubs

ESPN’s Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo said police were called after he got in a row with British Airways staff

Society

3 w. ago Famous US sports radio host 'nearly arrested' at Heathrow Airport during meltdown over son's golf clubs

ESPN’s Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo said police were called after he got in a row with British Airways staff

Society

4 w. ago ESPN's Chris Russo has police called on him at London Heathrow airport after clash with British Airways staff

Famed sports radio host Chris Russo, whose fiery takes have earned him the moniker 'Mad Dog,' has claimed he narrowly avoided being arrested at Heathrow Airport in London.

Society