Thankfully, we have reached an honourable agreement with BA.

Posted at 2:00 AM, 11/8/2011

Thankfully, we have reached an honourable agreement with BA.

THE bitter British Airways cabin crew dispute has finally ended after staff accepted a peace deal, drawing a line under 18 months of conflict. Unite said its members voted 92 per cent in favour of what it described as an "honourable settlement", with 8 per cent against in a turnout of 72 per cent. Just less than 10,000 cabin crew were balloted by Unite, which announced that the dispute - onADVERTISEMENTe of the longest this century - was formally over.Unite recommended the deal, which it said would see travel concessions returned to the BA crew who had the facility removed when they went on strike last year.Agreements have also been made on a new pay deal, and on safeguarding routes and working arrangements as BA introduces a new fleet of crew.

There will also be a third-party binding arbitration process established to consider the cases of crew disciplined by the airline during the dispute.Len McCluskey, Unite's general secretary, who drew up the deal with BA chief executive Keith Williams, said: "Unite always firmly believed this dispute would be solved not through conflict but through negotiation. Thankfully, we have reached an honourable agreement with BA."The overwhelming acceptance of this deal by cabin crew means both parties can now move forward on securing a bright future for the airline."

I want to pay personal tribute to the cabin crew for the principled stand they took. In these difficult times it takes courage to stand up for what you believe, but thousands of crew did so, at great personal expense and emotional cost."Their strength and sacrifice is to be admired and I hope it sends a message to employers everywhere that working with your workforce is the only way to secure productive change."

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I would crash and drinking would help me to escape.

Posted at 1:59 AM, 11/8/2011

I would crash and drinking would help me to escape.

But precedents in similar cases suggest a more likely outcome is a fine of a few thousand euros at most.Galliano, who has repeatedly apologised for his remarks on the video clip, told the court he had started drinking "cyclically" in 2007 when business was booming. He said professional pressure grew during the financial crisis as he signed licensing deals for his own brand, "John Galliano", with several new collections coming out to save the brand from failure."

For every creative high, I would crash and drinking would help me to escape," he said.Asked why he did not admit to being drunk and on drugs to the police, he said: "I was in denial. I was still taking those pills and alcohol."One of his accusers, museum curator Geraldine Bloch, said she heard the word "Jewish" linked to another insult "at least 30 times" while sitting next to Galliano at the La Perle bar.Witnesses, including a waiter and another customer, said they had not heard the word Jewish, according to statements read out in court.

Bloch, who complained of harassment after she pressed charges, said she found this "surprising" given how loudly the words were spoken. "There were variations, but the word Jewish kept coming back," she said.MPUMinCharsCutOff:210 PageLength:2660MPUPositionFromStart:250 MPUPositionRange:1000hasVideoOrImage:False--->

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With long sandy hair and trademark.

Posted at 1:57 AM, 11/8/2011

With long sandy hair and trademark.

Fashion designer John Galliano has told a Paris court he was so out of control on drugs and alcohol he did not recall hurling antisemitic insults at strangers in a bar earlier this year. Looking thinner than in his last public appearance, Galliano, with long sandy hair and trademark, razor-thin moustache, and wearing leather trousers, arrived in a hushed courtroom prepared to defend himself against charges of antisemitic behaviour.ADVERTISEMENTHe stood as a judge read out charges against him and repeated statements he allegedly made in an incident in Paris on 24 February, including "dirty Jewish face", "f*****g Asian bastard I will kill you", and "f*****g ugly Jewish bitch".

Asked whether he remembered the insults, Galliano said: "I don't remember very well ¡­ I have no recollection. I have a triple addiction - alcohol, sleeping pills and Valium."Galliano's career is in tatters. He was fired from fashion house Dior in March, after a video posted online showed him drunkenly telling a woman that he loved Hitler and saying her parents might have been gassed in a Nazi death camp.French police first questioned the British designer in February after a couple accused him of hurling racist abuse at them on the terrace of a caf¨¦.

Magistrates are expected to arrive at a decision quickly in the trial, which pits Galliano, 50, against two accusers - a woman who claimed not to have heard of him before their encounter and another whose accusations relate to events last October.If found guilty, Galliano could face a six-month jail sentence and a fine of up to €22,000 (¡ê20,000).

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A spokesman confirmed there had been .

Posted at 1:56 AM, 11/8/2011

A spokesman confirmed there had been .

Military commanders on both sides of the Atlantic have suggested they want the timetable for extracting forces to be slower.In an interview recorded for a BBC2 television documentary Afghanistan: War Without End?, broadcast last night, Britain's top soldier General Sir Peter Wall stressed the army was "committed" to the 2015 deadline for ceasing combat operations. But he added: "Whether or not it turns out to be an absolute timeline or more conditions-based approach nearer the time, we shall find out".

Gen Wall was also asked if he accepted that many of the "hearts and minds" of Afghan civilians had in fact been lost, instead of won over by the army. He replied: "Undoubtedly. Yeah, undoubtedly. I accept that."He said he did not believe that the Helmand mission had changed from the reconstruction plan set out by John Reid five years ago. Speaking on the same programme, the Prime Minister insisted there would be no movement from the 2015 deadline. "

The deadline is a deadline, and it won't slip because I'm very clear that the British people deserve to have a clear end point," he said. Mr Cameron has said 450 British personnel will leave Afghanistan this summer, but there have been widespread calls for that number to be increased.A spokesman confirmed there had been "conversations" with the US, but added: "They are making an announcement on troop numbers which will be informed by their reading of conditions on the ground." www.coachoutletbuy.net.www.outletscoachs.net.coach factory outlet.coach outlet