The vapourware of the airline industry | Brief letters
Heathrow’s third runway and aircraft emissions | Taking the hint | Editorial mischief | Girls and ladies | The bleeding obviousGeorge Monbiot coins the word “perceptionware” for technology trailed but never trialled, and only intended to impress the…
Badenoch is trying to match Farage step for step – but it’s a dance of death for the Tories | Polly Toynbee
At conference here in Birmingham I found a small battalion of centrist remainers with a vision for the Conservative party to comeYou can walk all the way from Somerset to Sussex without crossing a Tory-run constituency, if you wish. You could also travel…
BT’s purchase of TalkTalk is cosy – but probably politically sensible | Nils Pratley
For all the howls of a ‘stitch-up’, it’s hard to see what ministers were supposed to do, as the alternatives risked worse outcomesBT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs“All the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as…
France braces for national day of school protests as boy loses hand
Thousands expected to join marches of support on Tuesday across the country amid growing concerns over police response Europe live – latest updatesFrance is bracing for a national day of protests and high-school blockades as a youth protest movement…
Preppers used to be ridiculed – but we’re all stockpiling now | Zoe Williams
The UK government urging households to prepare for unknown threats with a three-day supply of food and water doesn’t feel like an overreaction. But is there a bigger plan to go with it?There is no national food stockpile and there hasn’t been since it…
US closely monitoring case of lab worker who ‘possibly’ died of plague in Siberia, says Rubio
Quarantine measures in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya ShipilovaThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said the US is closely monitoring the case of a Russian laboratory worker who died last week…
Ronaldo’s break with Portugal is sad, fitting, and long overdue | Jonathan Wilson
The star’s rift with Jorge Jesus is an unfortunate affair. But the forward has been holding his national team back for yearsSign up for our free newsletter hereIf this is to be the end for Cristiano Ronaldo at international level, at least it can be said…
NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety
NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation hazard: icing that occurs when aircraft encounter unusually large, very cold water droplets in clouds. The problem, known as…
Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? – The Latest
The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out of Fairford on Sunday, suggesting US officials were…
F1 looks amateurish and incompetent after farcical scenes in Sepang | Giles Richards
Review is under way, but there will be no quick fix for misconceived regulations that resulted in cars being unable to run in the rainFormula One has gone to no little pains this season in insisting the new format is more popular than ever, despite…