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Fog-collecting jacket by Pavel Hedström wins Lexus Design Award via @dezeen
Dezeen
11 months ago
Design

Fog-collecting jacket by Pavel Hedstrom wins public vote in Lexus Design Award 2023

Fog X, a jacket that can make drinking water from fog, has won the first public vote in the Lexus Design Awards, which recognises prototypes that aim to build a better future.Swedish designer Pavel Hedström won the publicly voted category with the Fog-X jacket, which is designed for travellers in remote and arid locations.
Wheelchair user ‘humiliated’ after being ‘left to crawl off Ryanair flight’
www.independent.co.uk
11 months ago
UK news

Wheelchair user humiliated' after being left to crawl off Ryanair flight'

A wheelchair user was left humiliated after he was forced to crawl off a Ryanair flight and down plane steps after an unacceptable delay in assistance.Adrian Keogh, 37, said he wants airports and airlines to do more for people with disabilities after his ordeal at a Landvetter Airport in Sweden on Saturday.
UK - Another reason not to sail with P&O - P&O Ferries is confident of avoiding a fine for sacking nearly 800 seafarers without notice.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

P&O Ferries bosses set to avoid punishment after sacking 800 seafarers without notice

P&O Ferries is confident of avoiding a fine for sacking nearly 800 seafarers without notice.The annual report of the DP World-owned ferry operator, seen by the PA news agency, said its directors think an ongoing inquiry by the Insolvency Service will not result in any punishment.Some 786 of the company's workers were made redundant without consultation on March 17 2022, leading to widespread criticism from politicians and trade unions.
UK - Brexit has left UK ‘worst shopping destination in Europe’, business chief tells Sunak
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
London

Brexit has left UK worst shopping destination in Europe', business chief tells Sunak

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium NewsUKUK Politics Jon Stone Monday 24 April 2023 13:35Comments Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the Business Connect event in North London (Daniel Leal/PA) Brexit changes to VAT shopping rules are a "spectacular own goal" for the UK, a business chief has told Rishi Sunak.
'EU tourists are beginning to avoid the UK, tourism leaders fear, because of post-Brexit restrictions on traveling with identity cards.
French and Germans – two of the largest markets for UK tourism – are staying away.'
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Europe politics

French and German tourists turn their back on Brexit Britain

French and German tourists are beginning to avoid the UK, tourism leaders fear, because of post-Brexit restrictions on travelling with identity cards.Since anti-Covid measures ended across Europe last year, tourism has started to recover, but there are growing signs that significant numbers of French and Germans two of the largest markets for UK tourism are staying away.
Another Easter of chaos begins with queues at Dover and French strikes
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Another Easter of chaos begins with queues at Dover and French strikes

Britons are facing travel chaos this weekend with flights grounded, trains cancelled and traffic already building up at Dover as the Easter weekend getaway begins.The four days between Good Friday to Easter Monday are expected to be the busiest since 2019, with post-Brexit passport checks, railway works and strikes in France all set to cause delays for travellers.
UK, - Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays

The boss of the Port of Dover has contradicted claims by senior Tory MPs that French frontier officials were responsible for border hold-ups at the start of the Easter school holidays.Doug Bannister, chief executive of the UK's main departure point for continental Europe, said the Police aux Frontieres had been very, very good at responding to the build-up of traffic last weekend.
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