More than 1,000 workers at Gatwick Airport are to lose their jobs after Norwegian Air announced it was axing its long-haul operation. The cash-strapped carrier has announced it is abandoning long-haul flights, many of which fly out of the airport in Crawley, West Sussex. The move will lead to the loss of 1,100 pilot and cabin … Read more
Urgent cancer surgery is being cancelled as hospitals do not have space for non-Covid patients. Soaring admissions mean bosses in London and Kent say they had no choice but to take the drastic step so they can deal with emergency virus cases. In London, where hospitals are close to being overwhelmed, surgical theatres and recovery … Read more
Ruth Langsford chatted to Phillip Schofield for the first time since she and husband Eamonn Holmes were axed from their This Morning role. The TV presenter, 60, spoke to the This Morning mainstay, 58, from the Loose Women studios to cheerfully tell him and Rochelle Humes about what was to come up on the show. … Read more
Coronation Street bosses axe director after he ‘claimed that racism doesn’t exist in the media and branded stars speaking out against discrimination “victim-making frauds”‘ By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 14:50 GMT, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 14:59 GMT, 23 December 2020 Coronation Street bosses have dropped freelance director Steve Finn after he made social … Read more
Eamonn Holmes and his wife Ruth Langsford have reportedly been told to keep quiet about their axing from This Morning. According to sources, the presenters, aged 61 and 60, have been advised to not address losing their slot on the ITV programme to avoid missing out on more work opportunities. The hosts – who are … Read more
The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found. Forty per cent of those polled backed subscriptions, compared with 37 per cent who favour the present £157.50 annual charge. The survey, commissioned by the Defund The BBC pressure group, also found 15 per cent of viewers say they … Read more
Eamonn Holmes has said he and wife Ruth Langsford are ‘going to get on with their lives’ after their final Friday hosting This Morning. It was revealed last month that the couple, who fill in for Holly and Phillip on Fridays, had been cut from their weekly slot to be replaced with Alison Hammond and … Read more
Wales today hinted that it could yet axe Christmas ‘bubbles’ amid rising alarm at a surge in coronavirus cases. Health minister Vaughan Gething refused to rule out a rethink saying the nation’s government could need to ‘make choices to keep people safe’. However, Downing Street insisted the planned easing will go ahead in England despite warnings … Read more
Boris Johnson vows to axe funding for overseas fossil fuel projects ‘as soon as possible’ ahead of UN climate summit PM wants to stop promoting new crude oil, natural gas and thermal coal scheme Boris Johnson described the move as ‘ambition on a truly grand scale’ It is a significant change as the government has … Read more
Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice is to confirm that payments will be stopped in post-Brexit shake-up of agriculture Environment Secretary George Eustice will give details on the cuts today The subsidies will be cut from next year and gone altogether by 2028 The National Farmers’ Union warned last night that it … Read more