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Travel chaos as ALL departures at Heathrow and Gatwick are grounded over air traffic control ‘technical failure’
All departures from Heathrow and Gatwick airports were grounded on Monday after a “technical failure” hit the UK’s air traffic control system, causing widespread delays for thousands of passengers. The disruption, attributed to National Air Traffic Services (NATS), also affected departures from Luton, Manchester and Newcastle airports, with some passengers left stranded aboard aircraft on…
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 review: A classic design in a lighter package
Lenovo has released the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition, a refreshed version of its flagship business laptop that retains the classic ThinkPad look while cutting weight to just 2.2 pounds thanks to a new metal “Space Frame” chassis. The redesign is aimed primarily at long-time ThinkPad users and IT administrators rather than new…
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Intel CPUs are reportedly getting a 10 percent price hike in October
Intel is reportedly planning to raise prices on its PC CPUs by around 10 percent from October, according to a Digitimes report, marking another step in a shift towards prioritising profitability over market share in its consumer chip business. The move would follow earlier price increases this year and comes as component shortages continue to…
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Another Burnham U-turn as Chancellor confirms backing for Heathrow’s third runway opposed by PM when he was Manchester mayor
Chancellor John Healey has confirmed that the government continues to support a third runway at Heathrow Airport, a stance that appears at odds with Andy Burnham’s long-standing opposition to the project when he was Manchester mayor. Healey told the Commons that Labour was backing the scheme because “the economic case stacks up and will help…
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We tested the EatClub expenses loophole that lets employees pocket cash from client lunches – and it worked: Hospo insiders say it’s happening everywhere
An investigation by the Daily Mail has revealed a loophole in EatClub, a Melbourne-based dining discount app backed by chef Marco Pierre White, which allows staff to pocket cash by claiming expenses for discounted meals as if they had paid full price. The app applies discounts of 20 to 50 per cent invisibly in the…
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Poseidon Aerospace lands $60M ahead of first pilotless test flight
Poseidon Aerospace, a Silicon Valley startup building uncrewed cargo aircraft, has raised a $60 million Series A funding round ahead of the first test flight of its pilotless plane, Egret, expected by the end of 2026. The company, founded by former Amazon logistics employee David Zagaynov and ex-Lockheed Martin engineer Parker Tenney, aims to cut…
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Freiburg Baroque Orchestra triumphs with Schumann’s rarely heard works
Sir Simon Rattle guest-conducted the period-instrument Freiburg Baroque Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall for an all-Schumann Proms programme built entirely around the composer’s neglected “problem” works. The concert paired an overture from a failed opera and a symphony written during a bout of depression with a violin concerto so poorly regarded by Schumann’s executors…
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Channel 4 worker, 32, found dead in the sea at Welsh seaside resort after travelling more than 110 miles from her home, inquest hears
An inquest heard that Lolita Visa, a 32-year-old Digital Media Librarian at Channel 4, was found dead in the sea at Llandudno, north Wales, after travelling more than 110 miles from her home in Halifax, West Yorkshire. She had been reported missing by concerned family members and had visited her father in Manchester before continuing…