Paul Charles: Last News

Gatwick Airport. The easyJet passenger was waiting for special assistance to help him exit the flight when he fell to his death on Wednesday (June 15).

Tom Waits made a rare public appearance this week to honour actor Nicolas Cage.The singer-songwriter presented Cage with a lifetime achievement prize at the SFFILM Awards Night in San Francisco, California on Monday evening (December 4).Waits’ participation in the event had not been announced prior, and his presence prompted “gasps” and “wild applause” from those in attendance, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.After taking to the podium at the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, the musician spoke about how he and Cage have known each other since the Oscar-winner was a teenager working for Waits as his driver.“He was the same as a teenager. It was troublesome for his family and other people around him,” Waits joked in his speech.

Tom Waits has supposedly made his return to writing, according to his longtime music agent.The update came from the singer-songwriter icon’s longtime Irish music agent Paul Charles — discussed as part of his new memoir Adventures In Wonderland.In the book, as mentioned in the Irish Examiner, Charles discusses his transition into being one of the most important agents in the music industry, as well as his time working with artists including Van Morrison, Dire Straits, The Kinks, U2 and more.At least one section of the book also discusses his longtime relationship with Waits, and includes a discussion of the last performance Waits did back in 2008 — in a tent venue in Dublin named the Rat Cellar.“We all hope he will tour again,” Charles writes. “After he did the three nights in the Rat Cellar, he went home.

told The Daily Telegraph. "It's not a magic bullet but it does reduce the chance of there being problems." Paul Charles, chief executive of travel consultancy PC Agency, said: "The smaller the bag, the less time you spend in security queues.“That would reduce the queues during the busiest weekend of the year so far."John Irving, chief executive of Liverpool Airport, didn’t advise Brits to limit their luggage.But he told the BBC's Today programme: "I think people have to make their own decisions to be honest on what they think is right for them, whether or not that's carrying hand luggage or getting there three hours earlier than their flight."A massive 377 flights out of the UK have been cancelled since May 25.According to flight tracking firm Cirium, thousands of people who booked holidays over the half-term break and the Jubilee bank holiday weekend have been negatively impacted.Staff shortages have been blamed in many cases with more than 30,000 airport and airline staff laid off because of the pandemic.The industry is trying to re-staff, but is finding it hard to plug the gaps.Airlines easyJet and BA asked for more powers to hire visa-free workers from Europe by adding industry workers to the government’s shortage occupation list.However, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps refused the call for European workers at Thursday’s talks.He stated he understood the sector's staffing issues, but added it "does not excuse poor planning and overbooking flights that they cannot service". Do you have a travel story you'd like shared in the Daily Star? Tell us at webtravel@reachplc.com He added that airline bosses should have been preparing for a "surge in passenger demand following two years of travel closures".

British Airways has axed over 1,000 plane journeys across the world until September.In an email to customers, the airline apologised and said: “We’ll do everything we can to get you where you need to be.”The airline’s boss Sean Doyle had originally told staff in an internal message that flights would be cancelled until the end of May. But the problem appears to be worsening with fears more airlines will follow suit after EasyJet also cancelled hundreds of Easter flights.Martin Chalk, general secretary of pilot union BALPA, blamed the “chaos” at airports on airlines which are “laden with debt” and not hiring enough staff.Lengthy security checks on new recruits are also hindering the industry’s post-pandemic recovery, industry experts warn.

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Ari Gold, the groundbreaking gay singer/songwriter and DJ who became a fixture of the New York dance music scene in the 2000s, came to the end of a long battle with cancer on Sunday when he passed away of leukemia. He was 47.News of his death broke publicly when Ru Paul Charles, a longtime friend who Gold described as “the closest thing I’ve known to a mentor,” posted a tribute to the music artist on his Twitter account, saying “Until we meet again, dear friend. @SirAriGold Love always, Ru.”

Fears are mounting that the UK’s hotel quarantine policy will only launch on February 15 after the government refused to name a date.

Portugal has gone over the quarantine threshold limit after recording 21.1 cases per 100,000 people across seven days.

Brits coming back from Portugal could be forced to quarantine again by the end of the week unless it sees a "miracle drop", an expert has warned.

Portugal could be put back on the UK travel quarantine list in days as its coronavirus rates rise again.

Good Morning Britain 's Dr Hilary Jones has suggested new COVID-19 testing centres in Turkey may just be a ploy to draw in tourists.

Travel firms are slashing prices by up to two thirds to tempt nervous passengers into booking late summer breaks, insiders reveal.