News archive from Wednesday, 02 May 2012, page 12
TODAY'S RACING TIPS - 02/05/12
He won the Racing Post's National Press Challenge in 2005, and has been a regular winner of that paper's monthly prize in the last 18 months. Here are his selections for today's racing in the UK: COMPUTERMAN Cheltenham 5.00 PISTOLET NOIR 5.35 WOODVIEW...
Heathrow given 80 staff – but 900 were cut across UK
Nearly 900 Border Force posts, equivalent to 10 per cent of staff, have been scrapped over the past two years in the Government's austerity drive. The scale of the cuts emerged as Damian Green, the Immigration minister, announced that 80 extra staff...
Discount cut hits National Express
The Government's decision to axe pensioners' discounted, long-distance coach travel is costing National Express £15m this year. The Coach Concessionary Travel Scheme, which paid for half-price, long-distance travel, was cut in November. Without the...
Etihad buys Aer Lingus stake in new European airline move by Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi yesterday threw more cash into European aviation when its flagship airline Etihad bought a 3 per cent stake in the Irish carrier Aer Lingus for about €15m (£12m). The Middle East country, which owns Manchester City FC, raised its stake in...
Iron Maiden singer sets up aviation company
The Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is looking to bring thousands of tons of heavy metal and up to 1,000 new jobs to South Wales. Mr Dickinson, a commercial airline pilot and established aviation entrepreneur, has set up Cardiff Aviation Limited,...
Let the 2012 (waiting) games begin
You'll queue for hours to get through immigration at Heathrow, where delays yesterday prompted the Prime Minister to demand an explanation from his home secretary. You'll queue to get to the Olympics, where you'll queue to watch Croatia do archery...
Verona, Sri Lanka, Turkey
Now... Departing on 12 May, Citalia has a three-night city break in Verona for £329pp. The deal includes easyJet flights from Gatwick and B&B at the Hotel Accademia. The city is also just a short drive from the shores of Lake Garda, making a day...
Holidays with home comforts
What's the attraction? A period of financial gloom and a growing desire among travellers for a more personal experience equals a new, clumsily titled trend: the stay-in-someone-else's-home-cation. To make extra cash, more people are short-term-renting...
The 10 Best self-catering essentials
1. Zippo Lighter £17.79, langtoninfo.co.uk A lighter is a must. For lighting the gas hob, romantic dinner candles or just finding your way to the fuse box in a power cut, you'll almost certainly need one. 2. Casio LED travel clock £9.18,...
Bauhaus: Culture shock
First thing in the morning, I stepped outside my bedroom on to a vertiginous balcony that is embedded in architectural history, before descending four storeys to the canteen. Indulging in a sunny breakfast sitting outside was a treat in itself, but in...
BSkyB hopes results can outshine hacking headlines
BSkyB, already 39 percent-owned by Murdoch's News Corp, was dragged firmly into the centre of the hacking storm engulfing Murdoch's British newspaper business when its Sky News channel admitted last month that it hacked into emails on two occasions....
MI6 accused of withholding clues in 'spy in a bag' case
MI6 and Scotland Yard's CounterTerrorism Command were accused yesterday of failing to disclose vital evidence into the death of intelligence officer Gareth Williams. Recriminations and claims of a cover-up continued on the penultimate day of an...
Dowler police under fire for keeping hacking secret
Surrey Police failed for more than a decade to disclose information which showed that the News of the World hacked the phone of Milly Dowler – and the force was yesterday criticised by MPs. The Independent revealed last year that two senior Surrey...
Nine arrested over naming of rape victim
Nine more people have been arrested as part of the investigation into the naming on Twitter of the victim in footballer Ched Evans's rape case. Five men and four women, all from North Wales, were arrested and are in custody for questioning at St Asaph...
Cannabis: Britain's growth industry
Against the steady hum of an extractor fan, the handheld video camera pans over a small forest of green plants. The unmistakable serrated leaves of cannabis flutter as gentle gusts of warm air from a heating unit waft over them. The man who uploaded...
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