Sam Gruet Business reporter Getty Images Airlines in the US alone made $7.27bn from check-in luggage fees last year With Air Canada and Southwest the latest airlines to charge passengers for check-in luggage, the ballooning cost of such ancillary or “junk fees” is provoking anger among politicians and consumer groups. At the same time, sales...
Verminous, lame-dumb cluck New Jersey governor Phil Murphy – he of the rodential, yellow-fanged overbite, off-shore wind obsession, and illegal migrant home sanctuary – was in an expansive mood at the end of April. He got to participate in a bit of performative theatrics that allowed the Green grift-addicted chief executive to pretend he gave...
Namibia’s new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first female president, made the announcement during her maiden state of the nation address on Thursday evening. Addressing lawmakers, Nandi-Ndaitwah said that students would pay “no registration [or] tuition fees” at all public universities and technical colleges....
The world’s most historic golf course at St Andrews is cutting the cost of playing a round to £42.50 in a bid to make the sport more accessible to Scottish players. Between May and October, 179 tee times will be made available at the reduced price. It means 716 golfers with Scottish postcodes will have...
The Trump administration has unveiled its plan to impose port fees on Chinese ships as it tries to revive shipbuilding in the US and challenge China’s dominance of the industry. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement is less severe than a plan floated in February to hit vessels produced by China with fees of up...
Manchester United set asking price for Rasmus Hojlund, Manchester City also learn fee for target Morgan Gibbs-White, and Real Madrid plan waiting game in bid to sign William Saliba. Manchester United will only listen to offers of £52m (60m euros) for Denmark striker Rasmus Hojlund, with Juventus interested in the 22-year-old. (Tuttomercatoweb – in Italian),...
Exeter City Council has been using its income from Exeter Community Lottery to pay gambling licence fees and other costs for more than eighteen months while falsely claiming that 60% of ticket sales revenue goes to local community groups. Contrary to numerous Exeter Community Lottery website point of sale claims, persistently repeated over the course...