Student travel firm STA has ceased trading in the UK, saying the coronavirus pandemic has brought its industry to a “standstill”. In a statement on its website, it said anyone with a live booking would receive “further communication in the coming days”. It said: “Unfortunately our travel experts are unable to assist you at this
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A former Conservative Party campaign manager has been spared jail after he admitted possessing indecent images of children. Mark Lerigo received a suspended jail sentence and was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work, but walked free after a court heard he did not to pose a high risk to children. The 49-year-old,
Britain’s worst wheat harvest in 40 years is likely to cause a price hike in flour and bread, the industry has warned. Only about 40% of the usual amount of wheat crop was planted last October due to heavy rain, while crops being harvested now are very poor quality due to droughts earlier in the
The former police officer known as the Golden State Killer, who terrorised California for over a decade, has been sentenced to life in prison. Joseph DeAngelo, 74, pleaded guilty in June to 13 murders and nearly 50 rapes between 1975 and 1986, and has now been told by a Sacramento judge that he will die
Tenet, the much-anticipated sci-fi thriller from Christopher Nolan, will finally arrive in cinemas across the UK this week after being postponed twice due to the coronavirus outbreak. Starring Robert Pattinson, John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki, and thought by some to be a follow-up to the director’s 2010 hit Inception, Nolan‘s film was always going
The head of the World Health Organisation says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in two years. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 took two years to end, he said. “Our situation now with more technology, of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading, it can move fast,”
7:00 AM ET Young players around the league follow the contract-year playbook: Ball out in college, make splash plays on a rookie NFL deal, land life-altering wealth via an extension from the team that loves keeping homegrown talent. Just last week, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins and
The R number in the UK has risen to between 0.9 and 1.1, the government’s scientific advisory group (SAGE) says. The R number is a measure of how many people on average each infected person transmits the virus to. It is an increase on an estimated range of 0.8-1.0 last week, compared with 0.8-0.9 a
The eviction ban in England and Wales has been extended by four weeks, the government has announced. Ministers had come under pressure to extend the ban beyond Monday – when it was due to end – amid warnings thousands of renters could lose their homes otherwise. The measure was announced in March because of the
Netflix has removed a picture and description used to promote a film about a schoolgirl dance troupe after complaints that it was sexualising children. Cuties, or Mignonnes as it is titled in French, is a comedy drama about an 11-year-old girl who finds escape by dancing with a group of friends. The film, which is directed
An aspiring mathematician who could not afford to pay for university in the UK says she is “over the moon” after being gifted £23,000 by an unlikely donor – Taylor Swift. Vitoria Mario was offered a place at university but doubted she would ever get to go due to financial obstacles standing in her way.
Brexit talks did not move swiftly forward this week, EU negotiator Michel Barnier has said, adding that he is “disappointed” with the progress of the negotiations. The EU’s Brexit negotiator accused the UK of showing “no willingness” to compromise on the bloc’s priority areas in order to agree a trade deal before the end of
Royal Enfield can trace its lineage back over 100 years, making it one of the oldest motorcycle brands in the world in continuous production. But now the company is taking a big leap into the future as it confirms development of its first Royal Enfield electric motorcycles. The news comes to us directly from the
Recent deals like Warren Buffett’s $10 billion acquisition of pipeline assets from Dominion Energy show major market players headed in different directions over climate change, fossil fuels and renewable energy. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images With the coronavirus pandemic slashing demand for the oil and gas that has been booming in the U.S.
Britons in a number of countries are scrambling to return home to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days – as the transport secretary ruled out regional coronavirus quarantine rules. Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago have been added to the UK’s COVID-19 quarantine list, Grant Shapps announced on Thursday. From 4am on Saturday, anybody
Public debt has topped £2trn for the first time on record as spending soared to prop up the economy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The figure at the end of July was £227.6bn higher than the same month last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Image: It is the first