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Airline boss has criticised the Spanish left-wing government for flirting with hypocrisy for allegedly attracting rich travellers to the country. For the Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy, this goes against its ‘socialist utopia’. During the Association of British Travel Agents’ annual conference – held on the Spanish island of Mallorca – he said tourism bosses want rich holidaymakers only, calling it “absolutely disgraceful”. Referring to the government’s ads “Think you know Spain? Think agan”, he said: “When you boil down what they’ve said, ‘we want a different type of customer’. They basically want rich people, which doesn’t fit given Spain is supposed to…

Chicago O’Hare and Newark Airport, two of America’s largest aviation hubs, are grappling with air traffic controller shortages as the government shutdown stretches into its second week.The Federal Aviation Administration revealed that numerous airports nationwide were battling serious staffing crises, including Hollywood Burbank Airport in California, Newark, Phoenix, Nashville and Denver airports.Consequently, over 6,000 American flights faced delays on Monday, flight-tracking website FlightAware reported. The news emerges as British families on holidays of a lifetime issued urgent US shutdown warning.Meanwhile, Nashville’s air traffic approach control will shut down for five hours tonight owing to personnel shortages.The federal administration confirmed it…

Ryanair has warned British travellers of a “huge issue” when flying to or over one European country, despite air traffic control strikes being held off. A French air traffic control union postponed its plans to start a 72-hour strike today, October 7, until further notice.However, the budget airline warned that the threat of future cancellations and delays still looms in French airspace, which it said impacts British airlines the most due to its geographical proximity. In a social media call to action, Ryanair directed its customers to an online petition, which called to “keep EU skies open” by protecting overflights. It…

Michael van Gerwen suffered a nightmare early exit at the World Grand Prix, losing to Dirk van Duijvenbode in his opening match. The six-time champion went into the match with high hopes of beating his fellow Dutchman but was handed a brutal reality check. He was nearly whitewashed and only managed to get a couple of legs on the board, losing the match in straight sets.MORE TO FOLLOWWe’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures, and video on this breaking news story.Stay up to date with all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that…

Two women who were switched at birth in hospital have met 35 years later. Jessica Baumgartner and Doris Grünwald were born prematurely at the LKH-Uniklinikum in Graz, Austria, in October 1990, according to local media reports.Not long after they were born, the two babies were accidentally swapped and given to the wrong parents. In 2012, Ms Grünwald found out she wasn’t the biological daughter of her parents, Evelin and Josef. She made the shock discovery while giving blood, when she realised her blood type didn’t match her mum’s.The case was reported by Austrian broadcaster ORF in 2016 but the other…

Director Max Webster must be congratulated on achieving the impossible. He has incontrovertibly wrecked the greatest comedy in the English language by stamping on Wilde’s wit with pink leather jackboots and supplanting high comedy and sparkling dialogue with panto vulgarity.It has transferred from the National Theatre with a new cast and the big draw here is Stephen Fry’s drag act as Lady Bracknell. Fry is not the only man to play Bracknell – David Suchet, Geoffrey Rush and Giles Brandreth among others got there before him – but it’s still a kick in the face of every veteran actress waiting…

Prince Harry is facing a major new blow as one African country has cut ties with a charity associated with him, it has been revealed. Chad, which is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa, has revealed that it has axed a mandate held by the non-profit conservation group, Africans Parks.Shared in a statement, environment Minister Hassan Bakhit Djamous said that African Parks had showed “a recurring indelicate and disrespectful attitude toward the government”. He also claimed that there had been a spike in poaching, as well as a lack of investment at the reserves managed…

A building has collapsed in central Madrid and up to four people have been reported missing. Emergency services rushed to a rescue effort after several floors collapsed inside a hotel that was under construction on Hileras Street, leaving several injured.Initially, three men and one woman were reported missing according to Madrid city officials, but sources from the National Police have confirmed two, reports Spanish news organisation, El Pais. One construction worker was taken to hospital for a leg fracture, while others were treated for injuries and shock, according to Madrid Emergency Services.Crews worked to stabilise the building so they could…

Luke Littler doubled down on his plan to be ‘more fiery’ at the World Grand Prix after reaching the second round in style. The teenage superstar went up against Gian van Veen, who had an unbeaten record against The Nuke heading into the match. It quickly went up in smoke, though, with Littler producing the goods to cruise through in straight sets. Van Veen made a strong start and threatened to draw first blood in the opening set, but Littler battled back with some big finishes to put himself in control of the match. He turned the screw in the second…

There is so much that is pleasing in Robert Hastie’s production that it feels churlish to deny its success as a whole. Yet there is something missing in this state of Denmark.The intriguing cast includes Asian actor Hiran Abeysekera as the gloomy Dane, Francesca Mills as Ophelia and Tessa Wang as Horatio. Diversity is well to the fore and that is not the problem. Mills was born with achondroplasia which hasn’t stopped her from blazing a trail on stage and television. Indeed, she is one of the main reasons to see this Hamlet, so affecting is her Ophelia.The real surprise…