French government scraps plans for expansion of Charles de Gaulle airport February 11, 2021 The French government has today scrapped plans for a major expansion at Charles de Gaulle airport due to climate change concerns. According to an interview given by a French minister to Le Monde, the €9bn expansion was “no longer aligned with environmental policy”. The development would have increased the capacity of Europe’s biggest airport by [...]
Pornhub removes 80% of its videos following Mastercard rebuttal December 16, 2020 Mastercard has said it will cut ties and block the use of its cards on Pornhub after they found that the website allowed for unlawful content to be uploaded onto the site. More than 10m (80 per cent) videos have been removed from the website, following an investigation from the New York Times which claimed [...]
Network International taps Mastercard executive as new boss January 5, 2021 Payments processor Network International has hired a top Mastercard executive as its new chief executive following the departure of Simon Haslam. Nandan Mer, who currently serves as Mastercard’s strategy head for international markets, will take up the role on 1 February. It comes after Haslam announced plans to retire at the end of the month [...]
Government ‘acted unlawfully’ by failing to disclose Covid contract details, court rules February 19, 2021 The High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully by failing to disclosed details of its Covid contracts. “The Secretary of State acted unlawfully by failing to comply with the Transparency Policy” Judge Chamberlain concluded in his judgment this afternoon. He added “there is now no dispute that, in a substantial number of cases, [...]
The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke dies aged 59, Johnny Marr leads tributes May 19, 2023 The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke has died aged 59, his former bandmate Johnny Marr has said. A post on Marr’s Twitter account said on Friday morning: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Andy Rourke after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer. “Andy will be remembered as a kind and beautiful [...]
Evening Standard told to pay £70,000 to Frenchman who sued over false abuse claims July 1, 2021 Frenchman Bruno Lachaux has been awarded £70,000 in compensation from the publisher of the Evening Standard after it published unverified claims he had abused his ex-wife. Lachaux, a French national who lives in Abu Dhabi, sued after stories were published in the Evening Standard, the Independent and the i newspapers in 2014. The stories reported [...]
Marcus Rashford to hold talks with Deliveroo over workers’ rights March 26, 2021 Marcus Rashford is reportedly set to hold discussions with Deliveroo amid rising concerns about the way the delivery giant treats its workers. Deliveroo has come under scrutiny in recent days after it emerged many of its riders were not earning minimum wage. A string of major investors have also distanced themselves from the company’s blockbuster [...]
Heathrow connectivity collapses by two-thirds due to pandemic December 18, 2020 Some six thousand air routes across Europe are yet to be restored nine months into the Covid-19 crisis, a new report reveals, with Heathrow’s connectivity collapsing by more than two-thirds. The report, from Airports Council International, measures connectivity through a set of direct, indirect and hub indexes. European and UK airports have been the hardest [...]
Morrisons granted permission for Supreme Court appeal over data breach ruling April 16, 2019 Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing a major court case over a data leak. In October the UK’s fourth-biggest supermarket lost an appeal against a High Court ruling that concluded the firm was legally liable for a former employee leaking personal information about 100,000 staff members, meaning it [...]
Hospitality groups gear up to take on insurers over business interruption cover April 23, 2021 Hospitality companies hit hard by the pandemic are forming groups to take on their insurers, in the hope of receiving business interruption cover they believe they are owed. The hospitality businesses involved believe they are owned payouts from their insurers after the coronavirus and subsequent restrictions left them unable to serve customers for months at [...]