Compounding any possible confusion, the majority of the airports that have not yet rolled out the new tech do, in fact, have one or more of the new scanners in operation. This means there is a chance that you will travel through Gatwick or Heathrow this summer with a see-through bag full of 100ml liquids,...
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Starmer rejects claims thousands of jobs at risk due to oil and gas stance
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has rejected claims his party’s stance on oil and gas would cost jobs in the North Sea. The party has said it would not allow new licences for oil and gas exploration if Sir Keir becomes prime minister after the July 4 election. But some in the north east of...
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Russia hoping to ‘knock sense’ in Britain and West as it carries out nuclear drills
Russia is hoping that nuclear drills will “knock sense” into the West and dissuade Nato countries from sending fighter jets to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Belgium’s recent pledge to send 30 US-made warplanes to Kyiv by 2028 is a “signal action”. Speaking to the RIA state agency, he said: “They are trying...
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Freight train derailment sparks travel chaos between England and Scotland
A “do not travel” alert has been issued after a freight train derailed on a major route between England and Scotland. Services are being cancelled and delayed because of the incident, which happened on the West Coast Main Line between Carlisle and Oxenholme Lake District on Wednesday evening. Some lines are blocked, with a very...
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WORLD EXCLUSIVE – BOMBSHELL LUCAN DOSSIER: The explosive case file that reveals the truth about Lord Lucan and the nanny he bludgeoned to death – PLUS a world-first podcast event on Britain’s most notorious murder
The Mail has obtained a sensational, never-before-seen Scotland Yard report from almost 50 years ago that finally reveals the definitive account of the Lord Lucan mystery. The newly discovered, previously confidential 60-page document chronicles in astonishing detail the Crown’s case against the missing peer, suspected of bludgeoning his children’s nanny Sandra Rivett to death with...
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Britain has become the welfare state for the world
New properties were being built. Designer clothes were suddenly evident everywhere. And the whole place was flush with cash. When Inspector Vassil Panayotov, a determined copper who could have stepped straight out of an old-fashioned detective mystery, noticed how much money was swilling around the Bulgarian village of Sliven, in the foothills of the Balkan...
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Fewer hot meals and no more ‘lap babies’ – how airlines are preparing for a turbulent future
In addition to the new rules announced by Singapore Airlines, a flight attendant union is lobbying for a ban on children under the age of two travelling on a parent’s lap. Last year the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA union, which represents more than 50,000 flight attendants in the USA, urged legislators to change the rules...
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Broken Britain: How the wage squeeze left us being treated as a developing country
“It seems that the recent increase in wages is a cyclical phenomenon driven by labour shortages as a result of Brexit, people dropping out of the workforce following the pandemic and a rebound in growth,” says the economist Julian Jessop. “We will not get a structural, long-term increase in wages until there is sustained productivity...
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British equestrian rider Georgie Campbell dies competing at event in Devon
Georgie Campbell, the British professional horse rider, has died while competing at an equestrian event in Devon. Campbell, 37, suffered a fall from her horse during an international competition at Bicton on Sunday. Governing body British Eventing said in a statement: “It is with deepest regret that we announce that Georgie Campbell (GBR) suffered a...
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UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected
Ruling Conservative Party says it will bring back national service if it wins the July 4 general election. Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s July 4 election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The UK has “generations of young...
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Ditch stretchy leggings to help save the planet, says Great British Sewing Bee star
He told the StyleDNA podcast: “There’s almost no non-plastic in sportswear these days. “I think what’s been really interesting, having launched it a couple of weeks ago, is that so many people have said ‘Ooh, I never thought about it as being plastic’. “We’re very aware of plastic in lots of areas of our lives,...
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Travel chaos as UK gears up for busiest late May Bank Holiday since Covid – with trains disrupted, long queues at Dover, airports packed with travellers and 20million journeys set to clog up Britain’s roads
Britons were warned to prepare for congestion on what is set to be the busiest late May bank holiday weekend on the roads since the start of the pandemic. More than 20million leisure trips by car are expected to be made between today and Monday, which would be the most for the late May bank...