when i in british airways. when i was in british airways.also about pensions it was also about the pensions schemes were available. it schemes that were available. it was about being covered was also about being covered fully. were on maternity fully. if you were on maternity leave, you were off sick. leave, if you were off sick. i mean, there are a whole raft of things when you're in full time employment your contracts employment or your own contracts in sector, that isn't in the public sector, that isn't just about the level pay, just about the level of pay, notwithstanding the employer is paying notwithstanding the employer is paying are you, the paying in. are you, the government, the taxpayer? you know double the amount to go know, double the amount to go into pensions, which is into those pensions, which is fine. couldn't more fine. you couldn't be more right. great got right. it's great that i got conditions. the conditions. so should the private sector go on strike? guy focusing just on the take home pay focusing just on the take hom

they can get their money back but it's worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, british airwaystrain company said the impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. 50 impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so what does this mean _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it _ free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it is - free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it is a - does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying — does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time _ does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time for- does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time for staff, so | very worrying time for staff, so flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those 277 people had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support their staff hav

british airways, easyjet and ryanair have offered special fares for flybe customers.people at belfast airport, birmingham airport and other sites. 277 have now been made redundant. the government says its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff who've lost theirjobs, as well as anyone trying to get home. noor nanji, bbc news. in tennis, the australian open is coming to an end in melbourne. belarusian aryna sabalenka is the women's champion after beating elena rybakina, while novak djokovic will play on sunday. darren walton is a reporter for australian associated press. he's in melbourne now. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. is this a breakthrough win for sabalenka? what you make of their performance? b, breakthrough is an understatement. it's a real show of resilience, a breakthrough for the ages, and she has been hailed as the best player without a major for several years. she never made a final until this week in melbourne. everyone knows her history with the problems, there have been 56 double faults in only four matches. she was in total despair. her

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july on a british airways flight last july .es court heard the former member of blue also asked a flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop has apologised for his behaviour. kiss him. the former pop has apologised for his behaviour . an apologised for his behaviour. an energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk ran out of credit on their pre—payment last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million people were being disconnect fitted at least once a month leaving them unable to turn heating on or cook a meal. the is calling for a total ban on the forced installation of pre—payment metres until new protections introduced . more protections introduced. more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announced checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding towards eight nhs screening units. the initiative will make screening more accessible for thousands of women . with 29 new units being women. with 29 new units being s

british airways, easyjet and ryanair have offered special fares for flybe customers.fast airport, birmingham airport and other sites. 277 have now been made redundant. the government says its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff who've lost their jobs, as well as anyone trying to get home. noor nanji, bbc news. new zealand's largest city has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations. at least three people have died and more than 100 have been rescued from flooded cars and homes in auckland. friday's downpour damaged houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses. naomi choi smith reports. roads turned to rivers and homes submerged as rising floodwaters left entire communities in auckland under water. the water was up to my neck when i went out of the house. i've been in this community my whole life, 45 years. i've never seen it like this. new zealand's prime minister viewed the damage from above. plunged straight into his first major crisis just a few days into his new role, chris hipk

british airways, easyjet and ryanair have offered special fares for flybe customers.ade redundant. the government says its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff who've lost theirjobs, as well as anyone trying to get home. noor nanji, bbc news. a former head of the armed forces in the czech republic, petr pavel, will be the country's next president. with almost all ballots counted in the presidential election, pavel has won 58% of the vote, defeating the former prime minister and billionaire businessman, andrej babis. the new president is a firm supporter of nato, which he served as a general, and the european union. the two men have spoken in the last few hours — first, petr pavel. translation: | would - like to thank not only those who voted for me, but those who did not vote for me as well, because they made it clear that they respect democracy and they care about what this country would look like. i see values winning this election — values like truth, dignity, respect and humility — and i am convinced, as these values are shared by the vast majority o

but it is also worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, british airways, easyjet andle who have been affected by all of this and lner said that impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so, some help separately available. what does it mean first the staff, though? it's a very worrying time for staff. so, flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those, 277 people, had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people try and get back home. back now to our top story on the release of the graphic footage of the violent arrest in the american city of memphis — that led to the death of 29—year—old black man tyre nichols. what are people saying about this video? ~ �* .., , ., what are people saying about this video? ~ ~ , ., , video? well, americans have seen many videos _ video? well, americans have seen many videos of — video? well, americans have seen many videos of excessive - video? well, amer

you look at operators like ryanair, easyjet, british airways.s and airline has and all of the regulatory requirement it was a very tall order. they were planning to expand and had planned to operate nearly 20 aircraft this coming summer but the winter, again, it is the time of almost famine in our industry. so the fact it literally ran out of cash at the end of january again is not a great surprise but nonetheless the livelihoods and the futures of an awful lot of people are tied up in this failure.— this failure. how healthy is the industry at _ this failure. how healthy is the industry at the _ this failure. how healthy is the industry at the moment. - this failure. how healthy is the industry at the moment. for. this failure. how healthy is the - industry at the moment. for people who have money, we know how the cost of living is impacting on people, if you were to give them any advice as to who to book flights with moving forward, should you look at the small operators or stick with the big names?— small operators or stick with the bi names?

but it is also worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, the likes of british airwaysall of this, and the train company lner said that impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so, some help certainly available. what does it mean first the staff, though? it's clearly a very worrying time for staff. so, flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those, now, the majority of those 277 people had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people try and get back home. new zealand's largest city has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations. at least three people have died and more than a 100 have been rescued from flooded cars and homes. friday's downpour in auckland damaged houses, stalled traffic and cut power to homes and businesses. the city is said to have received 75% of its usual summer rainfall in just 15 hours. more on the bbc news webs

companies such as loganair eastern airways , british airways eastern airways, british airways and lingust is cancelled because flybe is collapsing. please don't go to the airport. will be able to find something pretty similar. and i've actually just hearing from the airlines about the so—called rescue fares that they are offering that's going to allow you, for instance, to travel on ryanair. if got a forward booking from belfast late march onwards, that's going to be booking from belfast late march onwards, that's going to b e £30 onwards, that's going to be £30 across the irish sea to various points in gbp. across the irish sea to various points in gbp . on top of that, points in gbp. on top of that, british airways offering a £50 one way flights plus taxes . but one way flights plus taxes. but that includes a piece of and that's on the routes from london to newcastle to amsterdam and to belfast. so you will be able to get where you need to be, but it is going to be a bit of a problem . of course , getting problem. of course, getting things such as people who are some of the very few ro

can get their money back, but it's worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, british airways this and lner said that impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so what does this mean for staff? it is a very worrying time for staff, so flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those, 277 people, had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support those staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people get back home. a former head of the armed forces in the czech republic, petr pavel, will be the country's next president. with almost all ballots counted in the presidential election, pavel has won 58% of the vote, defeating the former prime minister and billionaire businessman, andrej babis. the new president is a firm supporter of nato, which he served as a general, and the european union. the two men have spoken in the last few hours — first, petr pavel. i would like to thank not only those who voted for me, but those who did not vote for me as well because they

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july .eaung british airways flight last july .ing magistrates court in westland . dunn heard the former westland. dunn heard the former member of the pop group blue also asked a female flight attendant for a kiss . the former attendant for a kiss. the former p0p attendant for a kiss. the former pop star has since apologised for his behaviour. pop star has since apologised for his behaviour . an energy for his behaviour. an energy watchdog says more than 3 million people in the uk run out of credit on their pre—pay metres last year. citizens advice says more than 2 million were being disconnected at least once a month, leaving them unable to turn on the heating or cook a meal. the charity is calling for a total ban on the forced installation of pre—payment metres until new protections are introduced . more protections are introduced. more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announced checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding tow

this rescue flights, i'm on easyjet, on british airways and coming up on british airways and coming upon british airways and coming up on ryanair as well , they on ryanair as well, they basically say, give us 50 basically just say, give us 50 quid and we'll you if you quid and we'll fly you if you were a flybe customer. so what happens if flybe have your money? do they keep that or how do you get it back? you're most people will have paid with a card direct to the airline and they able to get it they will be able to get it back. went through an back. if you went through an agent, booked it as part of agent, we booked it as part of a it's more complicated than that. but just cool your bank and the money be back hopefully money will be back hopefully soonen money will be back hopefully sooner. than later. sooner. rather than later. the banks kind expecting lots banks are kind of expecting lots of to another consequence of calls to another consequence of calls to another consequence of which will not of brexit, which will not publicised and that is publicised much. and that is that lingus

then there is this, everybody makes mistakes on their first job but british airways flight attendant to bring new heights. after the plane pushed back from the airport gate the newbie crew member somehow open an emergency door, the inflatable slide deployed passengers were stunned, also delayed for hours over this whole thing. those are some of the headlines this morning. when i was a flight attendant i did have to pull a shoot, poppa shoot out of lax we had a threat to the plane and i remember this one guy walks up and says i've always wanted to do this and he slid down the slide and yelled toronto, people were annoyed about the delay. >> how hard would it be to accidentally. >> it's very hard. she really would had to put muscle into it, he or she i don't know. you have to put some muscle into the chute to pull it. >> that the bad first day. >> i bumped into those are not small and they don't move. cheryl: anyway i don't if that person has a job but will try to find out before the end of the show. the treasury department is starting to take extraordinary measures to avoid default af

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july.ing magistrates in west london heard the former member of blue also asked a female flight attendant to give him a kiss. the former p0p to give him a kiss. the former pop star apologised for his behaviour . pop star apologised for his behaviour. you're up to date on tv and dab plus radio gb news. back now to dan wootton tonight . back now to dan wootton tonight. as you might remember , if your as you might remember, if your loyal view of first couple of weeks at gb news with slightly torrid to say the least as many folk this going to be my project's spin on it anyway. i just couldn't accept that there was a new kid on the block to challenge the orthodoxy of the european union in lockdown loving british corporation and sly news. and one of the more i guess i'd say interesting conversations that i had in those early days was with our former chairman. very briefly you might remember he was the pm present the lead in to me andrew neil about our coverage of and just like most members of the

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july.ing magistrates in west london heard the former member of blue also asked a female flight attendant to give him a kiss. the former p0p to give him a kiss. the former pop star apologised for his behaviour . pop star apologised for his behaviour. you're up to date on tv and dab plus radio gb news. back now to dan wootton tonight . back now to dan wootton tonight. as you might remember , if your as you might remember, if your loyal view of first couple of weeks at gb news with slightly torrid to say the least as many folk this going to be my project's spin on it anyway. i just couldn't accept that there was a new kid on the block to challenge the orthodoxy of the european union in lockdown loving british corporation and sly news. and one of the more i guess i'd say interesting conversations that i had in those early days was with our former chairman. very briefly you might remember he was the pm present the lead in to me andrew neil about our coverage of and just like most members of the

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july.aling magistrates court in west london heard the former member of the band blew . also asked a female band blew. also asked a female flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop star has apologised for his behaviour. more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding towards nhs screening units. the initiative will make screening more access able for thousands of women with 29 new units being set up . the 29 new units being set up. the investment will also see upgrades to ultrasound and x—ray units to better detect cancer using new and improved software. those are the latest news stories. you are up to date on tv, online on dab radio with gb news. let's get back to beverley turner . turner. good evening. is bev turner here sitting in for mark steyn tonight? thank you for joining me now. i don't about you, but i feel that i know more about harry windsor at the end of this week than i do about my ow

the incident happened on a british airways flight last july.aling magistrates court in west london heard the former member of the band blew . also asked a female band blew. also asked a female flight attendant to kiss him. the former pop star has apologised for his behaviour. more women will be able to get checked for breast cancer after the government announce d £10 the government announced £10 million in funding towards nhs screening units. the initiative will make screening more access able for thousands of women with 29 new units being set up . the 29 new units being set up. the investment will also see upgrades to ultrasound and x—ray units to better detect cancer using new and improved software. those are the latest news stories. you are up to date on tv, online on dab radio with gb news. let's get back to beverley turner . turner. good evening. is bev turner here sitting in for mark steyn tonight? thank you for joining me now. i don't about you, but i feel that i know more about harry windsor at the end of this week than i do about my ow

british airways have on here. british airways have got their sale on.ow, everyone you if you feel like it and if you log on and if you can have something to look forward to. yeah i think we all in desperate need of a houday all in desperate need of a holiday don't wait that's for sure. we just in desperate need of good news and yeah you know sun shine saturday just ideal is no if you've managed to bargain today like to show those kind of things views that i just here things gb views that i just here yesterday some people were telling me that some really good bargains to be so they are bargains to be had so they are out there let's have out there and ella let's have a look at the telegraph now, shall we? and labour is trying to attempt early retirees back to. yeah, so forget the holidays about going back into the office there is you know we have this issue which is that, you know we're one of the worst in the for the rate increase the rate of economic activity increase 1% and we've got , you know, the and we've got, you know, the sort of strange position

ironically british airways didn't feature on this list its sister airline from that group iberiaon top . so yeah, we do have on top. so yeah, we do have a lot of catching up to do i mean in its the airport operators did say to me yesterday that we've done all we can representing the uk airports we're doing more but we struggled with very difficult restrictions , travel bans. if restrictions, travel bans. if you remember during pandemic. and i wonder if border force anything to do with this, because we've seen during the strikes like simon calder, our travel guru , called it the least travel guru, called it the least effective strike. he's ever covered because the armed stepped in and really sort of nailed it, didn't they? they upset smashed this thing. so yeah.is upset smashed this thing. so yeah. is that an area where generally we could just improve? i think it depends what the aim of the strike was obviously that's an industrial relations dispute but it's not tenable for the to keep sustaining that level of you know can complete for those border force and so yeah that is not a

jonathan: do you want the latest from british airways? tom: they are on top of it.affected. there might be some of you thinking, what is behind this breakdown? here is a tweet we are getting from the press secretary. the president has been briefed by the secretary of transportation on the faa system outage. there is no evidence of a cyber attack but the president directed d.o.t. to conduct a full investigation into the cause. the faa will provide regular updates. there will be questions asked. tom: they will. i got flightaware up and looking at the limited flights into jfk. you know, i cannot read it the text is so small. jonathan: this is helpful. [laughter] tom: i think lax is coming into jfk. they have got to land but they cannot take off. jonathan: equity futures up 0.2% . the latest we have from the faa is that domestic flights keep saying that, domestic flights will be grounded until 9:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ lisa: keeping you up-to-date with news from around the world with the first word, i am lisa mateo. there is a major disruption to air travel in the u.s. the f

so british airways has decided to offer passengers with existing flybe bookings for travel between londonpecial discounted one way fares o f £50 plus special discounted one way fares of £50 plus taxes amid the collapse and for domestic journeys, which of course outside of london between airports. flybe was the biggest provider of domestic flights in the uk and ireland. they are the trains are saying the for this weekend any fly by customers who have had their flights cancelled can travel on any lna service to the destination for free by presenting their cancelled airline . in terms of refunds for airline. in terms of refunds for customers. of course the idea is to go to the civil aviation authority and they can advise you on going to providers, go to travel agents , etc. to try and travel agents, etc. to try and get your money back . if you've get your money back. if you've not been able to travel. jack, thank you very much indeed. impeccable timing. there is an aeroplane either tried to behind you or take off, but you cope with the noise brilliantly. thank you much indeed for thank you v

i took a delayed british airways and then second class swiss roads but i do swiss railways god wish wewould put mr. putin mr. zelenskyy at the top of one of the very high icy slopes i was on without skis. then put them in the sort of big cut of banana boat. skis. then put them in the sort of big cut of banana boat . you of big cut of banana boat. you talk of a drought, say , off you talk of a drought, say, off you go talk of a drought, say, off you 9° ' talk of a drought, say, off you go , you get out. once you , come go, you get out. once you, come to some sensible agreement on ukraine. okay, well, let's let's let's get back to wef, because a lot of are very suspicious about they do there that that they're corporatists that global less an elected during lockdown especially they famously put out how are quietly imposed moving cities which was so badly received they had to retract that statement isn't it hypocritical of them to say we must all turn our boilers down, we must all use less energy when these the emissions quadrupled get in there and private jets 350,000 cars worth of pollut

british airways has cancelled flights today due to adverse weather conditions including freezing fogference to lgbt culture will now be banned. i�*ve just bought this book, recently published, and it�*s a gay love story, but if you look inside, you can see that part of it have actually been redacted. and shops right across russia have been withdrawing other books from sale, books with gay references or characters in them, in case they get prosecuted under the new law. it�*s almost as if lgbt people are being deleted from society. there are some here who want to do exactly that. vitali milonov is an openly homophobic russian mp who signed up to the law. we think it�*s our sovereign right to have a legislation that we like to have. russia is at war with ukraine, thousands of russians and ukrainians dying, there�*s emigration, sanctions, international isolation. do you think this is the time to be focusing on an anti—lgbt law? come on. russia is not being isolated. we have a conflict with the western world. this activist briefly set up a small lgbt museum. he closed it to the public aft

who's been found guilty of a racially aggravated assault on a female cabin crew member on the british airwaysco has reported a 7.2% increase in sales over the festive period. marks and spencer sales for quarter including christmas were also up — by nearly 10%. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson: christmas, it feels like a long time ago. for retailers, it's about shifting end of year stock now. so how did it go? some of us were tightening our belts. i was spending a lot less on each person for christmas because everything's so expensive. but others didn't hold back. spent a lot. we gave the kids budgets and we're like, no. and then we went above and beyond that. i this christmas, i did spend a bit. more because we didn't have covid, so i actually got time to see my friends. i so you splashed out a bit then? yeah, a little bit, yeah. here at bluewater mall in kent, the christmas story was all about people returning to shops. we've seen a really positive december with a double digit increase in footfall compared to last year. and the postal strikes definitely meant that customers ch

it's understood british airways has cancelled around 70 flights.recorded at heathrow since december 2010 _ recorded at heathrow since december 2010 as _ recorded at heathrow since december 2010. as we go through the morning, you will— 2010. as we go through the morning, you will find _ 2010. as we go through the morning, you will find we have some clear skies _ you will find we have some clear skies. sunshine across parts of southern — skies. sunshine across parts of southern england and wales but also freezing _ southern england and wales but also freezing fog patches across parts of the midlands, through east anglia and the _ the midlands, through east anglia and the london area and the home counties. _ and the london area and the home counties, the severn valley and the thames— counties, the severn valley and the thames valley. north, cloud across northern _ thames valley. north, cloud across northern england, northern ireland and scotland and the cloud is thick enough _ and scotland and the cloud is thick enough for— and scotland and the cloud

originally had had been snapped up loganair by eastern airways , up loganair by eastern airways, british airways there were very few pickings for flybe. they never acquired the brand loyalty , the high brand loyalty, the high passenger loads that they needed to survive and therefore unfortunately while this is going to annoy an awful lot of passengers and quite understandably a lot of staff, i think the staff will be quickly snapped up by other airlines and indeed so will the passengers . indeed so will the passengers. well, that's them . need you, well, that's them. need you, simon is sitting in the back. i'm just crossing out a bridge in istanbul. yes but i have, unlike other people who've been in video, i do have my seatbelt on and everything is going very safely and i'm not driving ehhen safely and i'm not driving either. i'm going back to istanbul or the great city, of course, at the junction between two continents, europe and asia as well, of course, as the link between the black sea and the but i didn't fly here on flybe. you will not be surprised unless almost all uk fly with a little bi

aer lingus, british airways and easyjet had moved on the most profitable roots in popular routes, which heathrow, those have now gone back into the pot and i am afraid that link will be the final end of an airline known as flybe. very sad news. end of an airline known as flybe. very sad news-— end of an airline known as flybe. very sad news. a man who killed his wife, but never revealed the whereabouts of her body, could be freed from prison this weekend after thejustice secretary decided not to challenge his parole. russell causley murdered his wife carole packman in 1985. the couple's daughter, sam gillingham, wants herfather to remain behind bars. she's been speaking to our legal correspondent, dominic casciani. for 38 years, sam gillingham has lived with a question tearing at her soul. how did herfather lived with a question tearing at her soul. how did her father killed lived with a question tearing at her soul. how did herfather killed her mother, and why won't he say what he did with the body? today she is preparing to 79—year—old russell causley to leave jail, even though he has