Category: Travel & leisure

‘Bedlam’ in UK as air and rail travel hit by global IT outage

More than 3,000 flights cancelled worldwide after problem affecting Microsoft WindowsBusiness live – latest updatesPassengers have described “bedlam” at UK airport check-ins after a global IT outage on what was...

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Leisure centres scrap biometric systems to keep tabs on staff amid UK data watchdog clampdown

Firms such as Serco and Virgin Active pull facial recognition and fingerprint scan systems used to monitor staff attendanceDozens of companies including national leisure centre chains are reviewing or pulling facial recognition...

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Nothing has been done to stop repeat of P&O Ferries scandal, unions say

Despite UK government outrage the ‘legal loopholes remain and operator has been let off the hook’, says joint statementUnions have called for proper legal protection for seafarers on the second anniversary of the...

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‘A cut-and-paste budget’ – UK businesses attack lack of help from chancellor

Hospitality trade says chancellor failed to help save sector with VAT cut, while travel industry laments air duty riseBudget: key points at a glanceThe chancellor has been accused of producing a “cut and paste”...

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UK ministers look to install highly paid boss to spearhead rail reform plan

Salary of new senior post could dwarf DfT pay scales in bid to speed up troubled Great British Railways projectMinisters are bidding to install a highly paid rail industry figure in the Department for Transport to entrench plans...

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Tax-free shopping for tourists in UK may return as government eyes rethink

Government spending watchdog asked to review ‘costs and benefits’ of then chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2020 ‘own goal’ decisionThe Treasury’s independent forecaster is to review the axing of...

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Rhodes wildfires are climate wake-up call, says UK minister

Patrick Courtown sounds warning as evacuation flights head to Greek island to rescue stranded BritonsHow bad are the wildfires in Greece – and what caused them? A visual guideWildfires in Rhodes are a “wake-up...

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