Author: Dave Carter

Airline companies are expressing anger and disappointment with the UK aviation regulator following an increase in air traffic control charges. The move comes after a National Air Traffic Services IT failure in August, which resulted in flight cancellations and delays affecting thousands of passengers. Due to the recent airport disruption, airlines believe that the increases… Continue reading Fury over higher air traffic charges after IT meltdown

The Beatles have announced the forthcoming release of their “last song” over 50 years since the band disbanded. Titled Now And Then, the song is based on a demo recording by John Lennon from the 1970s and was finished last year by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr. The track will debut on Thursday,… Continue reading The Beatles to release emotional 'final song', Now and Then, next week

The director of the popular Hollywood film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Reynolds, has spoken out against the recent felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap in the UK, which featured in one of the movie’s most famous scenes. Said to have been one of the most idyllic spots in the world, Reynolds described… Continue reading Sycamore Gap: Robin Hood director 'furious' over tree felling

Police are searching for two suspects after a man was stabbed to death in Moss Side, Manchester. The pair fled the scene in a car following the attack on Wednesday at around 20:00 BST. The victim, a 22-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died soon after. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have… Continue reading Moss Side: Pair wanted by police after man stabbed to death

A young girl and her mother have been praised for rescuing hundreds of starfish that had been washed up on Cleethorpes beach after Storm Babet. Naturalist Chris Packham took to social media to commend three-year-old Jessie and her mother Heather for moving around 200 starfish into rock pools and deep puddles to save them. In… Continue reading Cleethorpes: Chris Packham praises girl, 3, for saving starfish

Thousands of women in Northern Ireland’s Southern Health Trust have expressed their fear and dissatisfaction with the handling of a major review of cervical screening, prompting calls for more transparency and action. The patients, numbering around 17,500, will have their previous cervical smears rechecked as part of a critical screening review dating back to 2008,… Continue reading Smear tests: Women speak out as 17,500 smears to be re-checked

Emily Eavis, co-organiser of the Glastonbury Festival with her father Michael, has recently revealed that she was offered a “really big American artist” and is hoping to book two female headliners for next year’s festival. Although she did not reveal the identity of the performer, she stated that the 2023 “legend slot” has already been… Continue reading Glastonbury Festival: Emily Eavis lines up 'really big' US artist for 2024

Vernon Kay’s BBC Radio 2 show has amassed 6.9 million listeners, according to the latest audience figures. However, this is 1.3 million fewer than Ken Bruce, whom Kay succeeded as host after Bruce left the mid-morning slot for Greatest Hits Radio. Rajar, the ratings body, stated that Bruce’s new show has increased its audience to… Continue reading Vernon Kay takes Ken Bruce's radio crown but loses some of his listeners

David Shrigley, a Turner Prize-nominated artist, has transformed 6,000 copies of Dan Brown’s best-seller “The Da Vinci Code” into George Orwell’s novel “1984”, which is in the public domain. Shrigley decided to do this after hearing that an Oxfam shop in Swansea had stopped accepting copies of the conspiracy thriller. This weekend, Shrigley is selling… Continue reading Why artist David Shrigley has pulped 6,000 copies of The Da Vinci Code