Michael O’Leary hopes to ‘reboot’ Ryanair reputation by stepping back from airline’s daily running March 8, 2019 Ryanair chief executive, Michael O'Leary, has blamed his reputation for becoming a negative distraction for the airline and claims it is part of the reason he will step back from the company's day-to-day running. "I think one of the negatives of Ryanair is its association with me, I'm an easy person to target," O'Leady told [...]
Lawyer apologises for Carlos Ghosn’s bail ‘disguise’ March 8, 2019 Carlos Ghosn’s lawyer has apologised for his “amateur plan” to disguise the car industry titan as a manual labourer on his release from prison yesterday. The former Nissan boss, was identified within moments of leaving a Tokyo jail on Wednesday despite wearing a facemask, overalls, yellow reflective braces and a cap. Japanese media mocked the [...]
UK matches EU offer to protect flying rights in event of no-deal Brexit March 7, 2019 The UK government has said it will match the EU's offer to protect flying rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, allowing planes to take off unhindered after 29 March. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it had "adopted this approach to provide reassurance and minimise disruption — providing a cushion during which future [...]
Consumer watchdog urges holidaymakers to renew passports by tomorrow to avoid no-deal travel shock March 7, 2019 Millions of British holidaymakers have just two days to renew their passports if they want to travel to hotspots such as Spain and Italy after Brexit, a consumer watchdog has warned. Which is warning that 3.5m passports holders with up to 15 months validity could be prevented from travelling to the continent if the UK [...]
A third of UK energy to come from offshore wind by 2030, government says March 7, 2019 A third of the UK’s energy will come from offshore windfarms by the end of the next decade, the government said today as it signed a new deal with the industry. Companies will invest £250m to develop the supply chain, and increase global exports to countries including Japan and the US, fivefold under the new plan. [...]
Crossrail boss refuses to give railway opening date but ‘very much wants’ 2020 launch March 6, 2019 Crossrail's new chief executive has refused to confirm any date for when the railway will open, saying only that the company "very, very much wants to get this done in 2020". Addressing Westminster's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today, Mark Wild said Crossrail's next update, due in April, would provide a "window" of opening dates rather [...]
Police evacuate Glasgow and Essex universities after reports of suspicious packages March 6, 2019 Universities in Essex and Glasgow have been partly evacuated today as police investigate reports of suspicious packages. Read more: Police investigating explosives at Waterloo and City and Heathrow Airports The evacuations come after police found IEDs at two London airports and a train station yesterday. Essex Police said: “We have received a call today about [...]
Uber avoids criminal liability following fatal self-driving car collision March 6, 2019 Uber has been cleared of liability by a US court after one of its self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March. A letter from the Yavapai County attorney, made public today, said there was “no basis for criminal liability” for Uber, but that the back-up driver, Rafaela Vasquez, should be referred [...]
‘Revolution’: Energy regulator Ofgem plans to rip up its own rulebook March 6, 2019 Ofgem plans to undertake a “complete rethink” of Britain’s energy systems as the country seeks to support clean energy and “serious innovation”. The regulator’s head of consumer and markets, Mary Starks, said markets should be shaped by innovators, not regulators. Read more: SSE pays out £705,000 after misreporting renewable energy payments She said Ofgem would try [...]