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Uber has started offering domestic and international flight bookings in the UK and will continue rolling it out across the whole region over the coming weeks, according to the Financial Times. The company’s general manager for the UK, Andrew Brem, told the publication that this is “the latest and most ambitious step” it has taken to achieve its goal to become a wider travel booking platform. Uber first revealed its plans to add train, bus and flight bookings to its UK app in April last year and launched the first two options a few months later. Brem said train bookings…
Keeping up with monthly fees for Netflix or Spotify could now help aspiring homeowners get on the housing ladder, as one building society will allow customers to use regular direct debit payments to help prove they can afford a mortgage. Leeds Building Society will enable prospective home buyers to have their last 12 months of direct debits taken into account as part of affordability checks. It means payments to subscription services, as well as other regular commitments such as council tax or a gym membership, will be counted towards their credit score and could be used as extra evidence of a good…
Within two years, drivers could see the rollout of blood tests, which would allow the police to determine if a person was involved in an accident and if fatigue played a role. According to road safety charity Brake, a person driving when they are tired can be as dangerous as drink-driving.Around 10 to 20 percent of all crashes are estimated to be caused by driver fatigue, with a staggering one in eight people admitting to falling asleep when at the wheel.Motorists are 20 times more likely to fall asleep at the wheel at 6am than they are at 10pm, with fatigue…
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has accused the Coalition of “downward envy” as the opposition considers whether to oppose Labor’s modest increases to welfare in Thursday’s budget reply.Speaking at the traditional post-budget National Press Club lunch on Wednesday, Chalmers reminded the opposition that “the broader Australian community … funding help for the most vulnerable” is “the whole basis of social security”.Budget 2023: if you’re struggling, your expectations have been dashed – politics with Amy RemeikisThe government is on the defensive over Tuesday’s budget, fending off what Anthony Albanese described as “a great contradiction” of criticism that, on the one hand, it…
Comment on this storyCommentA federal jury rejected claims by the U.S. government that Gilead Sciences infringed on its patents for an anti-HIV regimen, giving the drugmaker a major win in a legal brawl that has stretched for more than three years.Jurors in the U.S. District Court in Delaware found in favor of California-based Gilead on all counts, according to a verdict sheet filed Tuesday.“We are pleased with today’s favorable jury verdict,” Deb Telman, Gilead’s general counsel, said in a statement. “The jury determined that Gilead has not infringed the U.S. government’s patents and that the patents are invalid.” The Justice…
Having silenced the TD Garden crowd and put the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics on the brink of a second-round exit, 76ers players barely cracked a smile as they walked off the court.“It’s not over. We have to get one more,” Joel Embiid said. “All of us. We have to show up.”They’ll soon get that chance.Embiid scored 33 points and Philadelphia easily took a 3-2 lead in the East semi-finals, beating Boston 115-103 on Tuesday night.The 76ers led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter as home fans booed the Celtics, and can close out the series…
Japanese developer Game Freak is best known for a little franchise called Pokémon, but throughout the years it has dabbled in other genres, like the strategy title Little Town Hero and the rhythm-based platformer HarmoKnight. Now, the company is betting big on a brand-new action adventure IP codenamed Project Bloom. Game Freak is teaming up with a Take-Two Interactive publishing label called Private Division. You may not recognize the company by name, but it’s been behind a slew of well-regarded titles throughout the years, like Outer Worlds, Kerbal Space Program, Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World, among others. As for Game Freak,…
Meghan and Harry ‘hire Kim Kardashian’s former bodyguard to protect them in California after firing minder who used to work for Michael Jackson’By Chris Matthews Published: 21:03 EDT, 9 May 2023 | Updated: 02:15 EDT, 10 May 2023 Meghan Markle has seemingly taken on Kim Kardashian’s former bodyguard to keep her safe.The Duchess of Sussex, 41, was seen with the American socialite’s ex-muscle while walking over the weekend – just hours after she missed King Charles III’s coronation.The mother-of-two donned black leggings and a matching, baggy T-shirt for the outing, as well as a khaki jacket, which she tied around her…
‘There is so much we’re doing for middle Australia’: Chalmers[Continued from last post] Because the key part of getting the wages moving again in this country are for a decade of stagnation is about middle Australia. So much of what we’re doing in strengthening Medicare is about middle Australia. You know, so much of what we’re doing in making medicines cheaper, so much … of the benefit from the price caps in the energy market, are flowing through to middle Australia. The cheaper early childhood education, which … some of you have given us stick for being too generous to…
The liver has a magnificent capability to heal itself, but there does come a point where its self-generating ability is compromised.Over time, alcohol-related liver disease can progressively get worse, but would you know if your organ is affected?Alcohol-related liver disease is fairly common in the UK, the NHS confirms.”The number of people with the condition has been increasing over the last few decades as a result of increasing levels of alcohol misuse,” it adds.There can be “early symptoms” of the condition, which may be falsely attributed to numerous ailments.READ MORE: Three hot drinks that could lower ‘bad’ cholesterol – expertThese “vague”…