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Budget airlines are rarely loved by passengers. Cutting costs to the bone and charging for every conceivable extra makes for cheap fares but often unpleasant journeys. Few will therefore have much sympathy for the tribulations of Spirit Airlines, perhaps America’s most despised low-cost carrier (lcc), which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on November 18th. Yet its failure, which illustrates the parlous state of America’s budget airlines, should worry travellers.

About 40,000 people in Scotland remained without electricity on Saturday night in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn and some may have to wait several days before it is restored, according to an energy distribution director.As of 4pm on Saturday, about 28,000 Scottish Power customers were without power, while as of 7.30pm, about 12,000 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) customers were also without power.SSEN said it had restored power to about 78,000 customers, and Scottish Power to about 192,000, all of whom had been cut off because of Friday’s storm.Scottish Power said there were still issues with repair work in…

Two former staffers at the far-left Politico confirmed what everyone already knew about Politico: it protects Democrats.

Davos: The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will be an uphill task, the United Nations said.Around two-thirds of all buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed or damaged, and removing the estimated 42 million tonnes of rubble will be dangerous and complex, the head of the UN Development Programme told AFP.”Probably between 65 percent to 70 percent of buildings in Gaza have either been entirely destroyed or damaged,” Achim Steiner said in an interview at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in…

The Trump administration has fired at least a dozen federal watchdogs late on Friday evening, a possibly illegal move that could face court challenges. Speaking from the Senate floor on Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the watchdog firings as a “chilling purge”.”These firings are Donald Trump’s way of telling us he is terrified of accountability and is hostile to facts and to transparency,” said Schumer, a Democrat from New York. The White House has not confirmed the firings and did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment. Affected inspectors general were sent emails from the director of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ASHEVILLE, N.C. – We have all experienced emergencies in which adrenaline takes over; we max out the credit cards, do what has to be done in the moment and worry about the consequences later.In western North Carolina, four months after the horrible devastation of Hurricane Helene, later is now.Tucked into the shadow of the aptly named Smoky Mountains, this city of 95,000 is postcard pretty, yet physical scars and working crews seem to lurk around every corner of red bricks and cozy cafés.PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA ‘GAVE PEOPLE HOPE,’ SAYS…

Counter-terrorism officers did not believe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was “in danger of being radicalised”, leaks from a Home Office report have revealed.The Prevent learning review will criticise counter-terrorism officers for failing to properly take into account Rudakubana’s obsession with extreme violence when it is released, the Sunday Times has reported.The 18-year-old was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years on Thursday – one of the highest minimum terms on record – for murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a dance class in Southport on 29 July…

A new Resident Evil movie is in the works, and there’s reportedly a bidding war underway among four major studios to land it. That’s because the upcoming Resident Evil reboot already has Barbarian helmer Zach Cregger attached to write and direct the film.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cregger’s Resident Evil is described as “a revamp that will take the title to its horror roots and be more faithful to the initial games.” That would be nice change of pace from the previous Resident Evil films. The most recent adaptation, 2021’s Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, attempted to adapt the…

Rushdi AbualoufBBC News Gaza correspondentEPAPalestinians have been waiting on the Al Rashid road, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, to return to the northern Gaza StripThousands of displaced Palestinians have been prevented from returning to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip, after Israel blocked a main road, accusing Hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal.The dispute came after Hamas released four Israeli female soldiers – and Israel freed 200 Palestinian prisoners.But the Israeli government said Gazans would not be allowed to travel north until plans were in place for the release of Israeli civilian Arbel…

Three months after revealing his cancer diagnosis, Dave Coulier is continuing the fight of his life. During a recent interview with ABC-WXYZ in Detroit, Coulier’s wife, Melissa, said that while the “Full House” alum’s battle has gotten “more difficult,” they both remain positive and even participate in silly morning rituals that help boost his confidence. “He has some really tough days, and as the chemo has been accumulating it gets a little tougher and more difficult,” she told the local station on Thursday. ‘FULL HOUSE’ STAR DAVE COULIER DIAGNOSED WITH ‘VERY AGGRESSIVE’ CANCER Dave Coulier, with wife melissa, revealed his diagnosis in November. …