Leeds Bradford airport reopens Leeds Bradford Airport has just confirmed that its runway had reopened and operations have resumed. It said some disruption was expected to continue throughout the day due to a backlog of departing flights, but the airport expected the situation to “improve”. Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript…
Anthony Albanese will frame this year’s federal election as a choice between “building Australia’s future” under Labor or “taking Australia backwards” under the Coalition as the prime minister opens 2025 with a blitz of three campaign battlegrounds. The prime minister will move to an election footing this week, travelling to electorates across Queensland, the Northern…
Barclays is facing criticism over adverts for paid “mystery shoppers” which suggested that people could pretend to be blind or deaf to test the services at the British bank’s high street branches. The bank hired market research firm Ipsos to carry out testing at branches. The Barclays-branded instructions said candidates for the roles would ideally…
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, made a flying visit to Donald Trump’s Florida golf club on Saturday, during which the US president-elect praised the far-right leader for “really taking Europe by storm”. The pair were photographed in the grand ballroom of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. The five-hour visit comes a few days before Meloni is due…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about large, corporate customers is that trying to get anything done with their employees between 15 December and 15 January is impossible. Nearly everyone’s on vacation. And, c’mon, let’s all agree: the ones who aren’t on vacation aren’t working very hard. You can’t blame them. They’re getting their paychecks.…
Ukrainian armed forces have begun a surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers. Video showed Ukrainian armoured columns advancing across snowy fields towards the village of Bolshoe Soldatskoe, north-east of the Ukrainian-held Russian town of Sudzha. The scale of the Sunday morning operation was not immediately clear. There…
Lush, Uniqlo and Gymshark have stopped using freelance retail workers hired through apps such as YoungOnes and Temper, after unions criticised the gig economy companies. The TUC wrote to the retailers urging them to stop using freelance retail workers amid concerns they were missing out on significant employment rights. Some retailers recruited temporary shop assistants…
Firefighters are working to bring freshly sparked bushfires under control amid heatwave conditions, with nearby residents advised to monitor the situation. With total fire bans in place in Victoria, firefighters responded to fresh blazes on Sunday afternoon in the state’s central goldfields region. Residents were advised to stay informed as crews worked to control fires…
A landmark legal ruling that set out the duty of care New South Wales police owe people attending protests has been overturned on appeal, stripping an Invasion Day marcher of an $800,000 compensation claim and forcing her to repay $103,00 in legal costs. The NSW court of appeal handed down the decision shortly before Christmas,…
Almost £100m has been spent over the past decade on repairs for eight of the largest publicly owned ferries in Scotland. The figure has been described as “eye-watering” by Sue Webber, transport spokesperson for the Scottish Conservatives, who obtained details of the repair bill from ferry operator CalMac. The disclosure will add to the controversy…
