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New Birmingham-Manchester rail link planned
Posted onThe government is set to announce its intention to build a new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, the BBC understands. Previous plans for the HS2 high-speed rail line had included a line between the two cities, but that part of the project was scrapped by Rishi Sunak’s government. On Wednesday, the government is expected…
Jet2 to offer flights from Gatwick Airport for first time
Posted onJet2 has announced it is to offer flights from Gatwick Airport for the first time. The airline said it had secured slots for six aircraft following the “release of additional capacity” by the West Sussex airport. Hundreds of jobs will be created in the region, including pilots, cabin crew, engineering and ground operations, a Jet2…
GPS jamming: The invisible battle in the Middle East
Posted onHundreds and hundreds of ships. But they’re all in the wrong place. “Oh my goodness,” says Michelle Wiese Bockmann, senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward, a maritime AI company, as she checks the live positions broadcast by commercial vessels in waters off Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Spending without thinking is a risk with unlimited contactless cards
Posted onKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent and Tommy LumbyBusiness data journalist Getty Images Spontaneous spending is likely to rise if the limit on contactless cards is increased or scrapped entirely, academics say. At present, the need to press a four-digit PIN for purchases over £100 gives people a timely prompt about how much they are paying,…
