Early Man film review: Aardman Animations returns to its roots with this prehistoric football fable January 29, 2018 Aardman Animations, creator of beloved duo Wallace & Gromit, rarely puts a plasticine foot wrong. Its stop-motion shorts featuring a northern inventor and his indefatigable hound are classics for the ages, destined to be repeated every Christmas from now until the fiery end of days, passed from adoring parent to amazed child. Then came [...]
British Airways owner IAG snaps up Monarch Airline Gatwick slots November 27, 2017 The owner of British Airways has beaten off the competition to secure Monarch Airline’s Gatwick take-off and landing slots. IAG has snapped up the majority of the slots from the collapsed carrier at Britain’s second busiest airport, according to sources familiar with the situation. The sale, by Monarch administrator KPMG, follows last week’s Court of [...]
Brexit deal live: UK would vote to remain in EU in a second referendum January 17, 2019 Hello and welcome to our Brexit vote live blog. Stay tuned for reaction to Labour's no confidence vote yesterday, after Theresa May's Brexit deal slumped to a historic defeat in parliament on Tuesday night. Please manually refresh this page for the latest updates What you need to know: The Prime Minister’s deal was defeated by [...]
Jason Robinson interview: I still don’t see Elliot Daly as a winger November 22, 2017 World Cup winner Jason Robinson believes Elliot Daly is better suited to playing at centre rather than his current position on England’s wing despite his try-scoring exploits against Australia at Twickenham on Saturday. Wasps utility back Daly has been retained in Eddie Jones’s 25-man squad for the final clash of the autumn series against Samoa [...]
UK housing associations tell UK chancellor Philip Hammond to axe property height rules in Autumn Budget November 13, 2017 Housing providers are backing calls for Philip Hammond to relax planning laws in the Budget to address the UK’s chronic housing shortage. Writing to the chancellor, an influential group of housing associations urged Hammond to allow developers to extend the height of properties without having to secure planning permission. Under the “build up not out” [...]
Barratt has sold 172 luxury London new-build flats as rental homes, including an entire block at Nine Elms March 6, 2017 Here's an unusual move by a housebuilder: Barratt Homes has bundled together 172 flats at various developments across London and sold them off as rental homes. The housebuilder said it had sold the units to Henderson Park for £140.5m. The portfolio includes 29 units at Aldgate Place, a joint venture with British Land, 25 in Fulham Riverside and all 118 at [...]
Wizz Air eyes bigger expansion in London as it secures collapsed airline Monarch’s Luton Airport slots November 29, 2017 Hungarian airline Wizz Air has secured a number of take-off and landing slots at Luton from collapsed airline Monarch. It announced today it will add two aircraft to its fleet at London Luton, taking its total at the airport to seven, saying more routes will be unveiled in due course. Read more: British Airways owner [...]
Heathrow has revealed the latest rankings of the nosiest and dirtiest airlines at the airport from July to September November 30, 2017 Heathrow has revealed which airlines using the airport are still yet to clean up their act, with a league table for the noisiest and dirtiest carriers across the third quarter. Some airlines have flown up the rankings, with Air India now the quietest flying to the London airport from July to September, moving up 41 [...]
Guest’s notes: Claire Fox on sugar taxes, gender ratios, comedy clubs and free speech April 8, 2018 Hope you had a happy sugar tax day. If you’re a joyless public health campaigner, you’ll be cheering. But if you’re a drinks company, there’s less reason to be cheerful: you’ll now be forced to pay between 18p and 24p for every litre of sugary drink containing more than 5g of sugar you produce or [...]
Manufacturing output rises again to hit 30-year high on UK order books November 21, 2017 Manufacturing order books have filled up to the strongest level for nearly 30 years. Total orders in the three months to November were the strongest since August 1988, according to the CBI. Meanwhile export order books were at the joint highest for more than 20 years. Anna Leach, the CBI’s head of economic intelligence, said: [...]