Coronation Street‘s cast and crew have returned to work – stepping foot on the famous set for the first time in almost three months. Production on the UK’s longest-running soap opera was halted at the end of March, when TV shows across the world began to shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ITV’s other veteran … Read more
I was damp and cold and hadn’t showered for more than a week. Even the inside of my sleeping bag seemed soggy and my socks had a slight pong. What’s more, we’d hit a raging storm with 70 knots/80 mph of wind whipping up 30ft waves. However, we’d hit the halfway point on Leg Two … Read more
This is the terrifying moment a television crew was chased through London after being attacked live on air at the Black Lives Matter protest. Australian news correspondent Ben Avery and his cameraman Cade Thompson were filming on Whitehall when sections of the mostly peaceful demonstration turned ugly. They were mobbed by frenzied youths jostling the … Read more
London’s Heathrow Airport can seem unfathomable if you don’t use it very often. The trick to taming it? Follow the advice of the experts, right here. MailOnline Travel has asked frequent fliers from aviation sites, British Airways and American Airlines employees, etiquette expert William Hanson and Heathrow Airport’s Director of Customer Relations and Service for … Read more
British Airways are set to lay off thousands of cabin crew and then re-hire them on half pay as part of a huge restructure, a letter to staff has revealed. IAG chief executive Willie Walsh confirmed last week that consultations on 12,000 job cuts will still go ahead despite the Government extending its furlough scheme … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX crew on Saturday completed the final rehearsal for their historic mission – the first astronaut launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, both veteran space travelers, will crew the capsule Wednesday. Hurley piloted Atlantis on its last … Read more
When it comes to the safety of its cabin crew, Qatar Airways is taking no chances – it’s issuing them with hazmat suits to wear during in-flight service. They are part of a raft of measures the airline is introducing from Monday, May 25, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Cabin crew have already … Read more
The story of how a three-man tank crew escaped from behind enemy lines can be told after the radioactive compass that saved them came to light 80 years later. Brigadier Peter Vaux, Major Stewart Fernie and Lance Corporal Robert Burroughs were in a Light Mark VIB tank at the Battle of Arras in May 1940 … Read more
Senior British Airways cabin crew are facing a staggering 55 per cent pay cut with salaries slashed to £24,000 in yet another blow to the airline industry. Airline bosses wrote to employees outlining the new salaries after sacking 12,000 staff and ripping up contracts, The Sun reported. One employee slammed the cost-cutting measure and said: … Read more
The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah is personally paying furloughed crew members during coronavirus shutdown as he broadcasts from home Variety reported Thursday that Noah is covering the salaries of 25 staffers Like other TV hosts, he is currently doing his show from home The South African comedian, 36, took over the Comedy Central program from … Read more