Mail Online - Knock-on effects from the tech outage were due to stretch into this morning with planes in the wrong place and passengers whose flights were cancelled yesterday scrambling to rebook.
Mail Online - The Association of British Insurers called for coherent standards on e-scooter construction and safety, including whether wearing helmets is made mandatory.
Mail Online - Grant Shapps told the Commons he wanted to impose the tough rules 'as quickly as possible' amid the bitter row over the firm's mass sackings.
Times Online - British Airways suffered an IT failure yesterday, resulting in long delays and cancelled flights.
Times Online - Grant Shapps has written to the boss of the Insolvency Service arguing his firm belief that the chief executive of Pmp;O Ferries is unfit to lead a British company.
The Independent - 'I'm stranded at Heathrow with no accommodation and a flight two days away,' one woman told PA.
The Herald - The trains need to go where people want, when people want and at a reasonable price. This in essence is our approach to rail travel and should surely be the mission statement of those in charge of it.
The Guardian - Exclusive: MPs criticise 'climate-degrading' and 'nefarious' practice of flying near-empty planes to retain landing slotsAlmost 500 ghost flights a month departed from the UK between October and December 2021, data has revealed.The information, obtained through a freedom of information request by the Guardian, shows Heathrow, Aberdeen, Manchester, Stansted and Norwich were the top five airports for such flights during the period. Continue reading...
The Guardian - New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which Pmp;O will probably find acceptableGrant Shapps sounded terribly pleased with his nine-point response to the Pmp;O Ferries debacle, but it is hard to see how any of the transport secretary's measures will force the company to reinstate the 800 workers it sacked without consultation a fortnight ago, which seemed the government's aim only a few days ago.The toughest new policy will create powers to block... Читать дальше...
The Guardian - Hypermiling - driving for maximum fuel efficiency - used to be a niche pursuit. But with high petrol prices, Guinness World Record winner Kevin Brooker thinks we can all learn something from it. Here are his tips Kevin Booker fell into hypermiling. Or perhaps he coasted gently downhill into it, hypermiling being the art of driving in a way to maximise fuel efficiency. Anyway, he's an accidental hypermiler; it started as something to relieve the boredom of the daily 70-mile commute... Читать дальше...
The Guardian - Proposal in response to outrage over Pmp;O Ferries sacking of 800 workers has been called "unworkable"The UK ports industry has described as "unworkable" ministers" plans to ask port operators to block ferries with crews paid less than the minimum wage, the government"s signature policy response to outrage over the sacking of 800 workers without consultation by Pmp;O Ferries.The transport minister, Grant Shapps, told parliament on Wednesday that the government would write to the operators... Читать дальше...
Jacob Melton's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning gave No. 3 Oregon State a 9-8 victory over Nevada on Wednesday at Greater Nevada Field in Reno.
Date: 03/31/2022
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Jessica Delboni captured the Invicta FC atomweight title with a decision victory. | Invicta FC
Jessica Delboni believes she was “robbed” the first time she challenged Alesha Zappitella for the Invicta FC atomweight title in 2021 but made sure to get her revenge this year. Now, she’s hoping for bigger challenges in the sport.
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As many as 23 horses were identified as positive for equine herpes in initial baseline tests. Two horses were euthanized.
KALAMA — When Vic Leatzow moved to the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s, firefighting wasn’t on his radar.
Date: 03/31/2022
Player: Andrea Brazzola (D)
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Date: 03/31/2022
Player: Sandro Inniger (D)
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Date: 03/31/2022
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Debuting nearly two years after its originally scheduled release date, Morbius is the beneficiary of fortuitous timing, opening as it is in the wake of Sony’s sky-high superhero successes Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Alas, at least some of the goodwill generated by those Marvel efforts is squandered by Daniel Espinosa’s origin story for vampiric Michael Morbius, another Spider-Man adversary who’s been reconfigured into a cursed antihero. Designed... Читать дальше...
Site. Located in West Dharma Village, Fangshan District, Beijing, In S&N Resort is favorably sited amidst mountains and trees. Legend has it that the twenty-eighth generation of Bodhidharma disciples of Shaolin Temple in Songshan traveled across the world. When passing through the Baihuashan area, they built temples, spread Buddhism, did good deeds, and cured the illnesses of local people under the protection of Bodhidharma. To commemorate the virtues of Dharma, the mountain peak there is... Читать дальше...
BBC News - The trade body representing the UK's main ferry ports says they are not the right bodies to enforce pay rules.
Morbius, the long-delayed next film in Sony’s Spider-Man universe, is like a roller coaster without a pulse. There are highs, there are lows, there’s plenty of disorientation, and by the end, you aren’t upset with the ride, but largely underwhelmed because you have the sense it should have been better.
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Just when you thought you've seen every meme or joke related to Will Smith and Chris Rock's Oscars "slap heard 'round the world." Continue reading…