Qatari royal ‘lived in hotel from Pretty Woman and used fleet of supercars’ while studying in LA

Emir of Qatar’s son’s LA student life of luxury revealed: How ‘prince lived in hotel from Pretty Woman, used fleet of multi-million pound supercars, partied with Kardashians star and took regular gambling trips to Vas Vegas’ Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, 28, studied in LA from 2011 The prince arrived in the … Read more

End of the BA jumbo jets: British Airways scraps ENTIRE FLEET of iconic 747 planes

End of the BA jumbo jets: British Airways scraps ENTIRE FLEET of iconic 747 planes after plummeting passenger numbers forces bosses to bring forward plan to retire them in 2024 The nation’s flag carrier is world’s last major operator of the iconic Boeing 747 BA used 31 jumbo jets before coronavirus crisis forced bosses to … Read more

End of the BA jumbo jets: British Airways scraps ENTIRE FLEET of iconic 747 planes

End of the BA jumbo jets: British Airways scraps ENTIRE FLEET of iconic 747 planes after plummeting passenger numbers forces bosses to bring forward plan to retire them in 2024 The nation’s flag carrier is world’s last major operator of the iconic Boeing 747 BA used 31 jumbo jets before coronavirus crisis forced bosses to … Read more

Fleet of trucks delivers two million pieces of PPE to the NHS in Mail Force’s largest delivery yet 

Packed with more than two million pieces of vital personal protective equipment, five 44-ton trucks head in convoy for the front line of the battle against coronavirus. This was the remarkable scene yesterday as Mail Force, the new charity created by this paper, delivered its largest donation yet to the main UK hub of the National … Read more

Fleet of trucks delivers two million pieces of PPE to the NHS in Mail Force’s largest delivery yet 

Packed with more than two million pieces of vital personal protective equipment, five 44-ton trucks head in convoy for the front line of the battle against coronavirus. This was the remarkable scene yesterday as Mail Force, the new charity created by this paper, delivered its largest donation yet to the main UK hub of the National … Read more

Legendary Fleet Street photographer John Downing dies aged 79 

The acclaimed Fleet Street photographer John Downing MBE, who survived interrogation by Idi Amin’s special forces and documented war zones around the world, has died aged 79. Downing visited more than 100 countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda and Uganda during a distinguished career, bringing harrowing images of conflict to newspaper front pages in the UK. … Read more

EasyJet grounds its entire fleet of 330 planes due to coronavirus pandemic 

EasyJet has today grounded its entire fleet of 330-plus planes as coronavirus continued to wound Britain’s airlines – just ten days after the airline paid a £174million dividend to shareholders including to its founder Stelios. The company has worked with union Unite to agree two-month furlough arrangements for cabin crew which means that crew will … Read more

EasyJet grounds its entire fleet of 330 planes due to coronavirus pandemic 

EasyJet has today grounded its entire fleet of 330-plus planes as coronavirus continued to wound Britain’s airlines.  The company has worked with union Unite to agree two-month furlough arrangements for cabin crew which means that crew will be paid 80% of their average pay through the Government job retention scheme.  EasyJet, whose main base is … Read more

Aer Lingus to use grounded fleet to bring ‘significant order’ of PPE medical gear from China

Irish air traffic controllers bade farewell to an Aer Lingus jet which is flying to China to pick up PPE gear for health care staff across the entire island.  The Northern Ireland Executive has joined with the government in Dublin to buy the vital equipment directly from China.  An Aer Lingus Airbus A330 departed Dublin … Read more

Royal Navy sends NINE ships to shadow seven-strong Russian warship fleet active in UK waters

The Royal Navy has deployed to counter ‘unusually high’ levels of activity by Russian ships in UK waters as the country is gripped by the coronavirus crisis, it was revealed today. Nine vessels, along with helicopter support, were tasked with shadowing seven Russian warships in the English Channel and North Sea over a week.  The … Read more