Ryanair said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August – three-quarters of the number it carried on the same month in 2019 before the pandemic. It was an increase of 59% from August last year – when Europe’s largest airline flew 7 million people – and the highest monthly traffic number since December 2019. In
Month: September 2021
At least six people have been killed after Storm Ida dumped a month’s worth of rain on parts of the US. Four of those who died were in New York City, while the other two were in New Jersey, according to NBC. A state of emergency has been declared after the remnants of a hurricane
The education secretary has insisted children must return to a “normal pre-pandemic” experience in schools, despite the risk of an increase in COVID cases. Gavin Williamson said testing would be key to guarding against rising infection rates, but refused to outline what the government’s “contingency plan” for other potential measures might involve. Experts are predicting
The US Supreme Court has refused to block a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy – the country’s most far-reaching curb on abortions in half a century. With a 5-4 vote, justices denied an emergency request by abortion and women’s health providers for an injunction that would stop the legislation from being
Adults who are fully vaccinated are 47% less likely to have long COVID should they contract COVID-19, a new study says. The team at King’s College London analysed data from more than two million people who logged their symptoms, tests, and vaccine status on the Zoe COVID Symptom Study app between 8 December 2020 and
A Russian official has warned the International Space Station could suffer from “irreparable” failures due to outdated equipment. Cosmonauts have found new cracks in part of the ISS which could widen over time, Vladimir Solovyov, the chief engineer of rocket and space company Energia, told state media. He also said 80% of inflight systems on
A leaked Foreign Office report warned government ministers on 22 July that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would lead to ‘rapid Taliban advances’, a senior Conservative MP has claimed. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat, told Sky News that the department’s own principle risk report on Afghanistan suggested the country’s cities
After listening to almost two weeks of evidence against disgraced neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, the jury in Dallas, Texas, reportedly took just a few hours to find him guilty of maiming patients. Following at least a year of botched surgeries, which resulted in the deaths of two patients and left dozens of others paralysed or seriously
Wizz Air is to require all its flights crews to be vaccinated against coronavirus by December, but is yet to clarify if those who refuse face dismissal. The Hungary-based airline, which serves 11 UK airports including Birmingham and Luton, said the decision was taken on health and safety grounds and to ensure the “smooth” operation
In 2018 Simu Liu sent a tweet in which he asked Marvel “are we gonna talk or what?”, and used the hashtag #ShangChi. Now, in a storyline perhaps worthy of its own Hollywood movie, the actor’s first film as the superhero is hitting cinemas across the world. And Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten
The Taliban has been showcasing military hardware it captured in its takeover of Afghanistan, during a parade in the southern province of Kandahar. Footage showed fighters sitting on top of pickup trucks, flying the group’s flag and driving a convoy of armoured vehicles through the streets. Celebrations have erupted across Afghanistan after the US troops
Dominic Raab has said he is “not confident with any precision” about how many people who are entitled to come to the UK remain trapped in Afghanistan. Facing questions on the UK’s withdrawal by members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the foreign secretary says his best estimate of the number of UK nationals and their
The age of smart glasses is upon is, or so reckon Facebook and Apple, both of which are expected to launch devices in the near future, betting serious money that this isn’t just another fad. Consumers around the world already spend tens of billions of dollars a year on wearable technology, especially wristwear, but previous
Good Morning Britain was not in breach of the broadcasting code over Piers Morgan’s controversial comments about the Duchess of Sussex, Ofcom has said. The regulator had received more than 50,000 complaints about the programme in March, which focused on Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey. Although Ofcom said Morgan’s statements about suicide and
Wetherspoons has become the latest well-known business to experience supply shortages, with some of its beers not available. A spokesman said the pub chain’s supply problems with Carling and Coors were the knock-on effect from industrial action by delivery drivers working for another brewer, and apologised to customers. It is the latest company to be
The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former chief executive of medical technology company Theranos, has begun in California. She is pleading not guilty to perpetrating one of the biggest frauds in Silicon Valley history, “an elaborate, years-long fraud” as the US government alleges, and faces up to 20 years in prison. Theranos itself, which