The 46 Boston teenagers who were accused of refusing to wear masks on an American Airlines plane en route to the Bahamas were not responsible for the flight being delayed an entire day, the tour company behind the graduation trip says. AA Flight 893, which was bound for Nassau, faced extensive delays on Monday after the … Read more
Couple win battle to keep their 62ft leylandii hedge after neighbour blamed it for ruining his fruit and vegetable crop Andrew Clarke claimed 62ft leylandii cast a huge shadow over his Tain garden He applied to council to get trees reduced after talks with Beales collapsed Council order to reduce trees to 6.5ft was overruled by … Read more
Egypt’s first female ship’s captain say ‘fake news’ reports blamed her for blocking the Suez Canal despite her being hundreds of miles away Marwa Elselehdar was first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria Online rumours spread that she had caused the Ever Given to run aground She was the youngest and first … Read more
Women in India have hit out at a politician who blamed ripped jeans for a ‘societal breakdown’. Thousands of women have shared pictures of themselves in ripped jeans under the hashtag #RippedJeansTwitter after Tirath Singh Rawat criticised the garments during a workshop. Speaking during a workshop on the protection of child’s rights earlier this week, … Read more
A Major General’s wife has blamed school fee fraud claims against her husband on jealous spouses of lower officers, a court martial has heard. Maj Gen Nick Welch, who allegedly swindled £50,000 to send his children to private schools, was placed under investigation after a tip off from a soldier’s wife. The neighbour complained that … Read more
Downing Street is studying a damning report that blames Britain’s former ambassador to Washington for Boris Johnson’s failure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Joe Biden’s government. Lord Darroch, who quit his post after a series of explosive memos were published which found that he had called President Donald Trump ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’, is … Read more
Downing Street is studying a damning report that blames Britain’s former ambassador to Washington for Boris Johnson’s failure to strike a post-Brexit trade deal with Joe Biden’s government. Lord Darroch, who quit his post after a series of explosive memos were published which found that he had called President Donald Trump ‘inept’, ‘insecure’ and ‘incompetent’, is … Read more
After throwing its doors open to partygoers over the New Year, Dubai is now facing the economic cost of surging coronavirus cases as flight bans threaten its £23billion tourism sector. Britain last night placed an outright travel ban on the Middle East party haven where the New Year revelry has been blamed for a spike … Read more
British tourist is blamed for Covid-19 outbreak in Switzerland that has caused officials to scrap Ski World Cup races 91st Luberhorn classic in Wengen, Switzerland, was cancelled earlier this week Covid outbreak infected 60 at resort – half of the cases blamed on a single Briton World Cup races moved to Kitzbuehel but Austrian officials have … Read more
New Zealand pilot blamed for Taiwan’s first local virus infection since April is sacked and fined £8,000 for failing to ‘truthfully declare’ his contacts to officials The pilot who worked for Taiwan’s EVA Airways has been sacked by his airline The New Zealander did not wear a mask on duty and did not declare his … Read more