Jimmy Rice

Oct 22, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice |Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

Many airlines urge customers to pay for specific seats in advance or run the risk of being split up – but is this really necessary? We've taken a look…Pick your airline carefully – and book seats at same timeIt's not a general rule that you'll be split from your travel companions if you don't pay to reserve the seats you want. A 2023 study by Which?

Oct 22, 2024 | news.sky.com | Mickey Carroll |Jimmy Rice |Daniel Dunford

The anger caused by Labour scrapping the universal winter fuel payment earlier this year has been well publicised - but a less talked about cut to the benefit has been taking place every year since 2000. About 1.3 million people in England and Wales who are entitled to certain means-tested benefits can get either £200 or £300, down from more than 11 million previously.

Oct 22, 2024 | news.sky.com | Emily Mee |Jimmy Rice

By Emily Mee, news reporterDelve into the world of the perfume industry and you'll quickly realise how little you know about how our favourite fragrances are made and what's in them. This is no accident. If you pick up a bottle of perfume, you'll find its ingredients list often uses catch-all words like "parfums" or "fragrance". That's because what's in each perfume - known as its "composition" - is closely guarded as a trade secret.

Oct 22, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice |Megan Harwood-Baynes

During a busy lunch shift, when chef Sally Abe was asked to replace her male colleague cooking the aged beef fillet, he responded by pouring a pan of scalding oil on her hand. The book lifts the figurative saucepan lid on what it is like being a woman in male-dominated professional kitchens. With 16-hour days, rare toilet and food breaks, and a culture of not calling in sick unless you're on your deathbed, the story she tells is a brutal insight into the hospitality industry.

Oct 14, 2024 | news.sky.com | Jimmy Rice

Jason Atherton is not getting much sleep. Hardly a week has gone by this year without another big-name chef closing a restaurant amid rising costs, staff shortages and a sense the public isn't willing to blow out on high-end food the way they used to. Marco Pierre White, Michel Roux Jr, Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti, Simon Rimmer and Tom Brown have all announced closures, and yet it is openings that are keeping Atherton awake. Five of them, all in London, in as many months.