July 8, 2024, 1:16 PM A busy arrivals hall in Terminal 2 as the airport comes under pressure from cancelled flights and staff shortages. (file photo). Photo: Alamy Thousands of holidaymakers were left stranded after London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports were hit by dozens of cancelled flights today. According to reports, both EasyJet at London … Read more
Enlarge / One of the reactor components during a leak test. On Tuesday, the people running the experimental fusion reactor ITER announced that a combination of delays and shifting priorities meant the first hardware of its kind wouldn’t see plasma until 2036, while full power from deuterium-tritium fusion was pushed back to 2039. The latter … Read more
Heathrow Express trains have been suspended (Photo: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock) Passengers have been hit by major disruptions across London on the London Underground, Overground and services to Heathrow Airport. National Rail warned that all trains between Heathrow and central London had been halted for “tunnel safety reasons”. Holidaymakers travelling on the Elizabeth Line and Heathrow … Read more
WASHINGTON — While NASA is pushing ahead with a crewed moon landing during the Artemis 3 mission in September 2026, the agency’s own analysis estimates there is a nearly one-in-three chance that the lander will be at least a year and a half late. That review grew out of a confirmation review for the Human … Read more
More than 74,000 people on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be waiting years for a boost to their benefits. A huge backlog of assessments of existing PIP awards means people could face delays of up to 10 years before they get the right amounts. This could also mean that 78,000 people are still receiving PIP … Read more
Dream Chaser is once again awaiting its first space flight. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane will not launch as planned this summer aboard United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket. That means ULA plans to move forward with two critical national security preparedness launches, scheduled to be completed by late 2024, to meet the … Read more
Moment gates are officially opened for Glastonbury 2024 as the crowds head to Worthy Farm Sign up for Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for inside tracks on all things music Receive our Now Hear This email for free Glastonbury 2024 festival-goers are facing delays after a person was reportedly hit by a … Read more
Heathrow Airport is in chaos after an IT allocation error in British Airways’ systems last night left passengers stranded on planes and hours delayed in collecting their luggage. Britain’s busiest airport revealed that passengers traveling from Terminal 5 ‘may be affected’ by the disruption to BA’s allocation systems, adding that no other airline has been … Read more
Manchester Airport is expected to ‘operate as usual’ today after a major power outage caused chaos for passengers on Sunday. The disruption, which hit the airport in the early hours of yesterday morning (June 23), threw thousands of passengers’ travel plans into turmoil as flights from Terminals 1 and 2 were suspended ‘until further notice’. … Read more
The discounter says it has made “significant improvements” but acknowledges there is “still work to be done”. Friday June 14, 2024 07:55, UK Wizz Air has been ranked as the worst airline for flight delays in Britain for the third year in a row as passengers landed with a fare increase. According to an analysis … Read more