Euro Weekly News | Nora Johnson
RYANAIR’S Michael O’Leary has hit the headlines yet again with claims he’s being blocked in attempts to operate flights where passengers stand during the journey at a cost of just £1 per ticket. He’s calling for standing room only cabins with the removal of the back ten rows of seats.…
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WHAT a difference a few months make! Now you can hardly open a UK newspaper without reading about the latest example of corruption being laid bare or scandal uncovered somewhere or other. Take, for instance, the recent failure of a politically-motivated attempt to sue a Greek journalist for naming and…
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AMAZING isn’t it? The number of people queuing up to claim they knew so little about Jimmy Savile’s ‘activities’. First, Mark Thompson, former BBC Director-General. Despite being in post for the past eight years, he nevertheless only “formed the impression” last December that Newsnight was investigating allegations of sex abuse…
IT’S been reported that 30,000 napkins are stolen from Jamie Oliver’s restaurants every month and that he’s had to weld the handles to his lavatories. Recent statistics from the Retail Fraud Study reveal that store theft, too, increased by 10 per cent in 2011, costing businesses £3.4 billion. The…
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ONE in every five Russian women would like to marry Vladimir Putin, according to a recent survey marking the Russian President's 60th birthday. Just 43 per cent responded that they ‘definitely would not’, while 6 per cent said they ‘definitely would’ and 14 per cent said ‘probably’. The survey, for…
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HAS J.K. Rowling lost her magic with her latest novel, The Casual Vacancy? Dealing with tensions between council estate residents and the wider more affluent community, it’s loosely based on her own difficult experiences growing up in the Forest of Dean and tackles class snobbery, poverty and welfare issues. While…
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HARDLY a week goes by without some B&B owner suing TripAdvisor, the travel website, for ‘malicious’ and ‘fake’ reviews about his business. Now, with regard to TripAdvisor, I only go there for one thing – no, not that! – and generally find it. I’ve regularly contributed and, am happy to say,…
I AM angry – again - so angry, I need to lie down in a dark room and let my heart rate stabilise a bit. Meanwhile, why not flick ahead to the sudoku page or go and make that cup of tea … Hey, me again. Apologies for the short…
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IT’S surprising how many people believe in old wives’ tales. You know the ones I mean. If your nose itches, someone’s talking about you. If your right palm itches, you’ll soon be shaking hands with a stranger. If it’s your left palm, you’re about to come into some money.Even though…
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THERE’S been much hype lately about the social network site, Twitter. Tom Daley, the Olympic diver, was attacked by a tweeter after he and his team-mate, who had been widely tipped for gold, failed to win a medal in the synchronised 10m diving final. Helen Skelton, the Blue Peter presenter,…
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IN a recent UK medical journal, the British were labelled one of the laziest populations in the world. Lazier even than the Americans, a nation not known for their love of walking. Anywhere. Twice as lazy as the French. More than 63 per cent of Brits fail to get off…
Nick Buckles, CEO of G4S (Twitter text-speak for “guffaws”) recently gave evidence before the UK Home Affairs Committee. In an attempt to explain the fiasco of his company’s security staff shortages for the London Olympics, he used endless jargon. Words like “reporting template”, “filters in place”, “backended processes”. Stop! As…
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RECENTLY released classified documents from the UK’s Ministry of Defence reveal how staff believed aliens could visit for “military reconnaissance”, “scientific” research or “tourism”. Now, why would 'aliens' with such advanced technology that enabled travel throughout the universe at maxi-mph be interested in a week's B&B in Skegness? Surely they'd…
I HAVE an uncle who lives in Nigeria. Called Fredderick. Yes, really. That’s how he spells his name. Oh, and I’m Norra. Anyway, I got an email from my uncle in Nigeria yesterday. Not only did he introduce himself and apologise for not getting in contact with me…
JUST got back from a few days in London. I’d hoped to get last-minute tickets for Wimbledon but no such luck! In fact, whatever the grunts, groans and upsets on court, the real game changer for me turned out to be London hotels, and there are a couple of whinges…
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