Israeli airline staff start strike over open skies deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Workers at Israel's three main airlines went on strike on Sunday, stopping their outbound flights in protest at the government's plans to ratify an open skies deal with Europe...
View ArticleRupert Everett: 'Sex is over. I'm not motivated by it any more'
Rupert Everett has long been a martyr to his passions, but lately he's had something else on his mind. Victoria Coren, a lifelong fan, joins him for dinner to talk about his excoriating memoirs, his...
View ArticleCornwall Film Festival entry deadline looms
This is Cornwall -- BUDDING young Danny Boyles and Kathryn Bigelows from across the county are being urged to submit their short films to the this year's Cornwall Film Festival. Young people, aged 22...
View ArticleThe Architect's Home by Peter Gossel – review
An ambitious survey of the spaces architects create for themselves challenges the criticisms of Prince Charles and other anti-moderns A favourite fiction of Prince Charles and other bashers of modern...
View ArticleSuper-rich close gap between bonds and Bond Street
LONDON (Reuters) - Insatiable demand among the global super-rich for swanky retail property in Europe has driven rental returns on the best shopping streets so low they are not much higher than the...
View ArticleOutstanding firms in Gloucestershire win Queen's Award for Enterprise on her...
This is Gloucestershire -- FIVE outstanding Gloucestershire companies have won Queen's Award for Enterprise after displaying tremendous innovation and growing overseas sales. A mobile games developer,...
View ArticleWhy George Osborne should raise corporation tax to 50% | Gerald Holtham
Businesses need a carrot and stick to make them invest – let them write off that investment against the punishing tax How can public policy get the UK economy moving again without the government...
View ArticleEU airline consolidation slow to take off
The US aviation market is returning to profitability with fewer large carriers, due to consolidation, but the trend is struggling to take hold in Europe Reported by FT.com 13 hours ago.
View ArticleObama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges
President appears to be reneging on vow to work towards nuclear disarmament with $10bn plan to update B61 bombs Barack Obama has been accused of reneging on his disarmament pledges after it emerged the...
View ArticleDiane Abbott warns Miliband on immigration
Shadow health minister says Labour faces 'downward spiral' if it panics about Ukip and fails to recognise benefits of migrants Diane Abbott, Britain's first black woman MP, has warned Ed Miliband not...
View ArticleAbbott warns Miliband on immigration
Shadow health minister says Labour faces 'downward spiral' if it panics about Ukip and fails to recognise benefits of migrants Diane Abbott, Britain's first black woman MP, has warned Ed Miliband not...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne prepares for battle with the IMF
The chancellor, already struggling with a second credit downgrade, now faces the annual inspection from the Fund George Osborne likes to slip away at the end of meetings of the International Monetary...
View ArticleIsrael cabinet OKs Europe open skies deal despite strike
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved an open skies agreement to boost airline traffic to and from Europe, defying a strike by workers at El Al and two smaller airlines who fear the...
View ArticleEurope hopefuls Sociedad held to 0-0 draw at Osasuna
Europe hopefuls Sociedad held to 0-0 draw at Osasuna Reported by FourFourTwo 6 hours ago.
View ArticleBusiness bosses back Cameron push for new deal for Britain in Europe
Sir Steven Rose among 500 business chiefs calling for 'national drive to renegotiate the terms of UK membership of EU' Five hundred British business leaders, including Ocado chairman Sir Stuart Rose...
View ArticleHexyon[TM] 6-in-1 Paediatric Vaccine Approved in Europe
LYON, France, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hexyon is Europe's only fully liquid, ready-to-use hexavalent paediatric vaccine Sanofi Pasteur MSD, the joint venture between MSD and Sanofi Pasteur in...
View ArticleBrink's Global Services Acquires Security Solutions Provider AGS-FreightWatch...
LONDON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Brink's Global Services, a global leader in security-related services, today announced its acquisition of AGS-FreightWatch Europe, a security solutions company...
View ArticleBATS Chi-X Europe Names David Howson Chief Operating Officer
LONDON and KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BATS Chi-X Europe, the largest pan-European equities exchange, today announced the appointment of David Howson as chief operating...
View ArticleSprinter Sacre and Sizing Europe set to clash again
SPRINTER SACRE and Sizing Europe, the first two home in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, are set to clash again at Punchestown on Tuesday. Reported by Racing Post 18 hours ago.
View ArticleSunderland can only dream of Europe! Newcastle boss Alan Pardew takes swipe...
Alan Pardew has taken a swipe at Newcastle's fierce North-East rivals by saying Sunderland can only 'dream' of challenging in Europe - despite his side being humiliated in the derby just a week ago....
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