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Heathrow Airport: Passengers in long queues as chaos continues Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Frustrated holidaymakers caught up in the chaos took to social media to fume about the queues at Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick Airport. Ongoing disruption at airports across the country has been blamed on an industry-wide problem with staffing levels following the Covid pandemic and a spike in demand for travel. But it also comes on the day after Ryanair staff’s three-day walkout over pay in Spain started on Thursday and will run until Saturday. Related articles POLL: Would you rather have a UK holiday as airport chaos erupts? … [Read more...] about Furious holidaymakers blast ‘shambles’ at London airports ‘Worst experience of my life’

Cairo — Roqaia Reda was born on July 13, 2020, in Alexandria, Egypt. She seemed a happy and healthy baby girl for her first six months, but then her parents started noticing some unusual symptoms. After a series of tests, Roqaia was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy ( SMA ), a rare degenerative neuromuscular disorder that leaves patients without control of their bodies. In the most severe cases, which are generally those that manifest in early childhood, patients often die before they reach their second birthday. Most people with moderate cases live into adulthood, but they're often left unable to walk. There are a couple drugs to treat SMA in young children, the most effective being a single-dose, intravenous treatment of Zolgensma. The gene therapy, which was only approved for use on young SMA patients in the United States in 2019, is often referred to as the most expensive drug in the world. Manufacturer Novartis puts the price tag for a treatment at about $2.1 … [Read more...] about “The Power of Social Media”: More than $2M crowdfunded for medicine to save a little girl’s life

Footballers are fantastic liars. 'I don't listen to transfer speculation', 'I'm just concentrating on my football', and the classic 'I didn't touch him, ref!' - All porky pies. Every single time. But while deception is far from a foreign concept in the sport (just ask every winger with a mean step-over) breaking an actual promise is a big no-no - especially when it comes to fans, who let's be honest aren't exactly the forgiving type. After returning to Chelsea last summer Romelu Lukaku insisted he'd be there "for life", though his eternal pledge lasted less than 12 months, leaving Blues fans … a little peeved to say the least. But Big Rom isn't the first player to fail to keep his word, and he sure as hell won't be the last. So with that in mind, here are four other Premier League stars who broke promises to fans. READ MORE: Five words in Romelu Lukaku's Inter statement will rile Chelsea fans and Thomas Tuchel Sergio Aguero Sergio Aguero was reduced to tears … [Read more...] about Five footballers who broke promises after Romelu Lukaku returned to Chelsea ‘for life’

“ How to Build a Life ” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life . Y oung people today have a habit of describing themselves as a “hot mess.” Despite its Millennial-sounding modifier—not just a mess, but a hot one—the term is not new; examples of it go back to the 19th century. As one editorialist from 1899 wrote , “If the newspaper says the sky is painted with green chalk that is what goes. Verily, I say unto you, the public is a hot mess.” When people use this term, they generally don’t mean they’re running from the Mob, entangled in a deadly love triangle, or waking up after a bender missing a kidney. Instead, they mean that they feel steaming, churning emotional disarray—they’re unsure of themselves, insecure, neurotic. And everyone can see them for the disaster they are. Or so they think. In truth, you often think you are a … [Read more...] about The Perks of Being a Hot Mess

Britney Spears' father has denied claims he set up hidden recording devices in her bedroom during her conservatorship. Jamie Spears had been accused of planting the devices during the months of testimony that led to the end of his control over his daughter's estate. He allegedly hid a device in Britney's room behind furniture, along with an extra battery pack to allow for longer periods of recording. Former FBI agent Sherine Ebadi accused Mr Spears of "unconscionable violations" of his daughter's privacy, and encouraging others to do the same. In a new court filing, Mr Spears has denied the accusations. Advertisement "I am informed of the allegation by Britney's counsel that a listening device or 'bug' was placed (in) her bedroom as surveillance during the conservatorship," he said. "This allegation is false. More on Britney Spears Britney Spears' ex-husband Jason Alexander to go to trial on stalking charge after 'crashing' her wedding … [Read more...] about Britney Spears’ father denies bugging star’s bedroom during conservatorship

The day after the UK voted to quit the European Union (EU), Baroness Martha Lane-Fox’s reaction was like much of the rest of the tech sector’s. “I was very upset,” she says. “It made me feel… uncomfortable.” As an industry, technology overwhelmingly opposed Brexit. At the time of the vote in 2016, around 90pc of those in the sector came out against leaving the European Union. Three years later, it’s time to move on, says the lastminute.com founder. While politicians have been wrangling over clauses, exit dates and transitional arrangements, behind the scenes the technology sector has been coming to grips with life outside the EU. And now, whilst many entrepreneurs in the space may not have voted for Brexit, they are starting to recognise the opportunities the historic break presents. “It’s a chance for us to reset the regulations,” Rob Kniaz, a partner at venture capital firm Hoxton Ventures explains. A chance, he says, to find the “sensible middle ground” … [Read more...] about How UK innovation can blossom post-Brexit by stripping away EU red tape

The tech giants will 'run rings around the Government' if duty of care laws simply adopt the companies' own rules, a group of senior peers have warned the Prime Minister. The cross-party House of Lords group, which includes the Bishop of Oxford Steven Croft and former children’s presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin, said the new online regulator had to be given ‘real powers’ to police social media algorithms that spread dangerous content. The warning comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently considering proposals drawn up by the Home Secretary Priti Patel and culture secretary Oliver Dowden for imposing a statutory duty of care on tech companies to better protect their users. Under the proposals, which The Telegraph has campaigned for since 2018, a new online regulator - likely to be Ofcom - could levy huge fines and potentially prosecute executives of tech firms that breached the duty. Ministers have previously said they want the regulations to prevent a repeat of the … [Read more...] about Tech giants will ‘run rings’ round Government if duty of care only enforces companies’ rules, peers warn Prime Minister

Britain’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has not had a good 2020. The Government ignored its recommendations made last year for a new regulator for the audit industry , and has not acted on the agency’s calls for stronger consumer protection powers. Its warnings to businesses against raising prices during Covid were criticised by economists for potentially leading to shortages of things like food and PPE . And the CMA’s chairman, ex-MP Andrew Tyrie, was ousted last month in a coup by board members unhappy with Tyrie’s political, attention-seeking style. This week it released the final report in its study of the digital advertising market . In it, the CMA concluded that the digital advertising market was uncompetitively dominated by Google and Facebook – Facebook via its social media apps, and Google via the popularity of Youtube, Google Search, and the company’s network of advertising on third party websites. The report is … [Read more...] about The UK has badly missed the mark on how to regulate Big Tech

The executive order that Donald Trump signed against social media companies last week is unlikely to directly do much damage. The decree, prepared in a fit of anger after Twitter fact-checked two of the President’s tweets, seeks to remove a legal shield enjoyed by social media companies if they suppress content “in bad faith”. Although it may carry some political value, it clashes with how US courts have interpreted the law and is unlikely to stand up to any legal challenge. Most internet lawyers say it is not worth the paper it is written on. Despite this, Trump’s order, however rough, is potentially a turning point for something . The golden age for internet companies, in which they were largely unaccountable for the material that users hosted on their services, is coming to an end. The modern web – outside the US as much as in it – has been built on a 1996 law that is often misunderstood but has had immense consequences. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, … [Read more...] about 24-year-old law that built the internet is under threat

It was 2015, and high-flying Scottish banker Jane Fraser had a public relations problem. The executive had just been put in charge of Latin American operations for Citigroup, America's third-biggest bank, and was facing a sexist backlash in the Mexican press as a female foreigner. Some bosses might have tried to out-machismo the country's testosterone-charged business elite - but instead Ms Fraser decided to embrace her feminine side. "My husband took me out, he said 'We're going to buy an elegant red dress, slightly higher heels than you're used to, and a new haircut, and you're going to stride on the stage," she said later in a CNN podcast. "He knew that if I could stride out there and be quite comfortable in who I am, and confident around that and transmitting something that was, 'I am who I am,' that that would be a benefit." That self-awareness has now paid off. The 53-year-old has just been named the next chief executive of Citi , the world's largest credit-card issuer … [Read more...] about Who is Jane Fraser? The Scottish banker who has just become the first female boss of Wall Street