EasyJet plans to close bases and cut staff

Image copyright PA Media EasyJet has announced that it has begun consultations on plans to close bases in Stansted, Southend and Newcastle. It follows an announcement by the airline that it may need to reduce staff numbers by as much as a third due to the coronavirus pandemic. EasyJet said …

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Supreme Court opens door to state funding for religious schools

The court said that a Montana tax credit program that directed money to private schools could not exclude religious schools. Judgment 5-4 was drafted by Chief Justice John Roberts and was joined by the four conservative court judges. “A state does not need to subsidize private education. But once a …

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The international team of “RedDots” has detected a system of Super Earth planets that orbit near the red dwarf star

Artist’s impression of the newly discovered multiplanetary system of super-Earths orbiting the red dwarf Gliese 887. Credit: Mark Garlick An international team of researchers has found multiple planetary systems orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 887. The international team “RedDots”, along with Australian astronomers from UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University and …

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