Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over four-hour flight delay

Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over a flight delayed by more than four hours, with a court describing the airline’s actions as ‘unacceptable’ The no-frills airline was sued over a July 2019 flight from Palma to Barcelona The unnamed passenger turned up for the flight but did not board it … Read more

Report: Gambling watchdog is failing to protect people from becoming hooked on betting

Britain’s gambling watchdog is failing to protect gamers from falling into addiction, the government spending watchdog warns today. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Gambling Commission is not big enough to tame the £11billion industry in the UK. The ‘small regulator’ only has a £19million budget to tackle a ‘dynamic’ … Read more

NHS ‘failing to test for rare diseases at birth’, experts warn 

Thousands of UK babies are at risk of disability or death because they are not being screened for rare diseases, experts said yesterday. Britain has fallen behind countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in testing for severe conditions at birth. MPs warned this could mean British babies becoming the ‘sick children of Europe’ and … Read more