Ireland’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis ticket sales. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said it will look at Ticketmaster’s handling of the sale of tickets following “legitimate concerns over how consumers were treated”. Ticketmaster Ireland has said it does not set concert pricesContinue Reading
elenavolf/Shutterstock Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and sacrifice. Many men (not all of us, though, it should beContinue Reading
Cereal grains such as wheat are a rich source of protein. Porawat Suepchaktip/Shutterstock As more people become aware of the environmental impact of making and consuming food and drink, there is renewed interest in many western countries in vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian diets, which come with lower carbon footprints. ButContinue Reading
Germany could use asylum facilities in Rwanda originally intended for the UK’s aborted migration scheme, reports from Berlin have suggested. The country’s migration commissioner, Joachim Stamp, has suggested the EU could utilise existing asylum accommodation in the east African country, originally destined for migrants deported from Britain under the now-scrappedContinue Reading
Royal Mail has announced a 30p increase in the price of a first class stamp, explaining the “urgent” financial challenge it faces. The price of first class stamps will increase to £1.65 on October 7 while second class stamps will remain at 85p. First class stamp prices increased by 10p toContinue Reading
British taxpayers were forced to pay millions of pounds for a life-saving drug after a pharmaceutical company deliberately inflated the cost, a court has ruled. Auden Mckenzie and Actavis UK, now known as Accord-UK, engaged in “cartel behaviour” by paying off competitors and raising the price of hydrocortisone tablets byContinue Reading
Green co-leader Adrian Ramsay has opened the party’s conference with an attack on the “lacklustre offers and U-turns” of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Kicking off the left-wing party’s campaign against Labour for next year’s local elections, Mr Ramsay painted the Greens as “an inspiring alternative to business as usual”.Continue Reading
Insurers’ failed appeals against a “landmark” ruling over a £16 million Covid-19 pandemic-losses claim brought by London’s ExCel centre could allow thousands of other businesses to pursue payouts, lawyers have said. On Friday, the Court of Appeal rejected a bid by insurance firms to reverse a June 2023 High CourtContinue Reading
World number one Trump beat Australian Neil Robertson 6-3 in their quarter-final on Thursday Trump took a 3-0 lead, making a break of 100 in the third frame for his 997th career century, before Robertson pegged him back to 4-3. But in the end Bristol-born star survived the fightback asContinue Reading
A former Labour councillor has denied encouraging violence while addressing a crowd during an anti-fascist protest in Walthamstow has appeared in court. Ricky Jones, 57, was last month charged with encouraging violent disorder after a video emerged in which he appeared to call for far-right protesters’ throats to be “cut”Continue Reading
