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Image caption, Passengers in Brighton faced major disruption By Bob Dale & Hanna Neter BBC News, South East Network Rail said services across Sussex and Surrey are getting back to normal after severe disruptions due to a major signalling fault. A power failure caused delays and cancellations to Southern and Thameslink services throughout Monday. Lucy…
Image source, Reuters Healthcare workers and civil servants in Northern Ireland have been offered a 5% pay increase. They are the latest public sector pay offers to flow from Stormont’s financial package. The proposed settlement for healthcare workers would see the restoration of pay parity with England. The healthcare offer includes a one-off payment of…
Image source, Getty Images By Katy Austin Transport correspondent The boss of Ryanair has said holidaymakers will face higher fares this summer due to new Boeing planes being delivered late. Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the delayed delivery of the planes will constrain capacity for passengers. He said that Ryanair’s ticket prices could be up…
Media caption, Six Nations highlights: Scotland beat England as Van der Merwe scores hat-trick By Alastair Telfer BBC Sport Ireland picked up their third bonus-point win, Scotland made it four wins in a row over England and Italy drew with France after nearly snatching a historic win. The third weekend of the 2024 Six Nations…
Companies complain of unfair price competition from Chinese firms with plants in Southeast Asia PUBLISHED : 24 Apr 2024 at 22:19 A worker inspects solar panels before they go through the laminating machine at the Irex Energy manufacturing facility in Vung Tau, Vietnam. (Photo: Bloomberg) Some of the world’s largest solar equipment makers are asking…
Hong Kong and Singapore withdraw some products made by two firms amid health concerns PUBLISHED : 24 Apr 2024 at 21:17 Boxes of Everest fish curry masala are stacked on the shelf of a shop at a market in Srinagar, India. (Photo: Reuters) BENGALURU, India – India has started inspecting the facilities of the spice…
Currency trading at pandemic-era lows is Asia’s third-worst performer PUBLISHED : 24 Apr 2024 at 18:51 An employee counts Indonesian rupiah banknotes at a currency exchange office in Tanggerang, Banten, Indonesia, on April 17. (Photo: Bloomberg) The Indonesian central bank on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate to a record high, in what is seen…
Party currently has until May 3 to present written arguments against dissolution to Constitutional Court PUBLISHED : 24 Apr 2024 at 18:12 Pita Limjaroenrat (left), former leader of the Move Forward Party and now chief adviser, and party leader Chaithawat Tulathon address reporters after the Constitutional Court ruled against its lese-majeste reform policy on Jan…
Central bank argues that stimulus programme should be targeted mainly at the poor The digital wallet is months behind schedule but it has already inspired some creative responses, such as these mock-ups that were being sold as offerings for Chinese New Year in February. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut) The Ministry of Finance has reiterated that the…
