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Ryanair has been hit with fresh controversy this week after it announced on Saturday that it is to cancel 40-50 flights every day for the next six weeks after it "messed up" the planning of pilot holidays. The cancellations could affect up to 400,000 passengers amid speculation that pilots are deserting the airline to work elsewhere. A Norwegian spokesperson has claimed 140 pilots have joined the airline from Ryanair this year, with pilot recruitment underway for more pilots in a new...

Ever wondered how much of an impact veganism really has on the environment? A leading vegan charity calculated the total savings by the 10,000 people who ate vegan for a week after signing up to its seven-day challenge, and the results are astonishing. Participants in The Vegan Society’s environmental campaign Plate Up for the Planet included Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas MP and collectively saved 147,000 kg CO2e, equivalent to the carbon footprint of flying to the moon and back....

Threat to good manufacturing jobs in Belfast risks ‘domino effect’ with thousands of jobs at stake, union warns GMB, the union for aerospace workers, has called for the Government to intervene to protect Bombardier jobs in Northern Ireland. The union's call comes on the day Theresa May is expected the discuss the Bombadier trade dispute with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau. Bombadier, a Canadian company and Northern Ireland's biggest manufacturing employer, announced another 95 redundancies at its Northern Ireland operations on...

Cheating on levels of pollutants pumped out by dirty diesels has cost an extra 210 early deaths in the UK, a new study found. Dieselgate where major manufacturers cooked the figures on how clean their cars were doubled the number of premature deaths than if their emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) complied with official figures. If the engines of Britain's fleet of diesels had performed as they did in emission tests, nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) would have...

A picture of a pair of flies in the throes of love has won an international photography competition. The snap, taken by Irish photographer Larry Doherty scooped the top prize in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Spirit of Nature competition. Highly commended in the Spirit of Nature Photo competition. Labyrinth spider entrance taken by Larry Doherty from Ireland. Other runners up included pics of diving kingfishers, a polar bear on the ice a colourful portrait of a...

Terror police have recovered '15 firearms and a bomb' from a house raided in connection with the Parsons Green attack, neighbours claim. An evacuated Cavendish Road resident said a police officer informed them of the terrifying find while they were moved to nearby Staines Rugby Club on Saturday night. A mum, who identified herself as Carrie and lives on the evacuated road, said: ''I was speaking to a police officer and asking him what was going on and how long...

A woman and two children are fighting for their lives in hospital after the fatal crash. Four other people were killed and police are working to notify their next of kin. The lorry driver survived and was taken to hospital to be checked over, which police said was 'as a precaution.' The M5 remains closed in both directions following the fatal collision between J15 and J14 northbound but cops praised the actions of quick-thinking motorists who went to the aid...

Even though the UK statistics watchdog calculated that the promise of an extra £350m a week for the NHS post-Brexit was “misleading,” Boris Johnson has decided to make the claim again. The article, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph, could be seen as many, as another attempt by Boris to become the leader of his party, and PM of Britain. It could lead other people to simply see him trying to mislead the nation...again. During the referendum campaign a battle...

A campaign officer for the Liberal Democrats has been suspended from the party -- after being convicted of stalking two university students. Ryan Lytwyn became besotted with his victims, showering one of them with unwanted gifts, grabbing him in the street and threatening to out the other as gay to his parents. The 23-year-old denied any wrongdoing but was found guilty following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. He was handed a 12-month community payback order. The charity worker from...