ENGLAND: David Beckham surprised a paramedic and her elderly patient with a hot cup of tea and coffee when he spotted them in the cold waiting for an ambulance.

Budget airline easyJet delivered more profit cheer as it hailed a strong summer for bookings despite Britain basking in one of its longest heatwaves for years.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is launching a low-cost UK food retail business to undercut low prices offered by budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl.

Three of this year’s best performing stocks — easyJet, Booker, and Domino’s Pizza — will post updates this week in what should be a quiet post-Easter period for corporate news.

Fuller planes of passengers fleeing Britain’s freezing weather are expected to boost figures from budget airline EasyJet when it updates on trading on Friday.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou stoked up his feud with the airline he founded today by vowing to vote against the company at its annual meeting.

The chairman of easyJet is to step down this summer after guiding the airline to the brink of the FTSE 100 Index.

EasyJet fended off an attempt to oust its chairman yesterday in the latest spat between the low-cost airline’s founder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, and its directors.

EasyJet is set to rebuff an attempt by the low cost airline’s founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou to oust Sir Michael Rake as chairman.

Low-cost airline easyJet said today that half-year losses would be smaller than expected as its revenues were boosted by higher baggage charges.

The ongoing feud between easyJet and its founder rumbled on today as the British airline’s chairman denied its directors were riding the “gravy train”.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou has sparked a fresh row with the EasyJet airline he founded by demanding an increase dividend payments, it was reported today.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is poised to go into battle with the airline he set up 16 years ago by launching a potential rival called Fastjet.

London’s leading share index suffered its biggest daily fall for almost three years after bleak comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke again raised double-dip recession fears.

Luton: EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou said he will announce “further steps to protect shareholder value” after deputy chairman David Michels quit.

Ryanair has been rapped by a watchdog for “misleading” holiday-makers into believing they could fly to Dublin to celebrate the New Year for just £7.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has decided to hold back a flotation of low-cost travel business easyBus, it was reported today.

Budget airline easyJet suffered a shareholder revolt today over an executive pay deal that inflamed relations with founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Low-cost airline easyJet celebrated a near-trebling in profits today by announcing plans for its first-ever dividend payment to shareholders.

Low-cost airline easyJet marked better-than-expected profit figures today by announcing plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time.

Low-cost airline easyJet today announced a deal to end its long-running row with founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and secure its use of the “easy” brand.

London's FTSE 100 Index fell into the red today as the rally in the banking sector fizzled out and investors looked to secure profits from recent gains.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou stepped up his attack on the budget airline today as he threatened to withdraw the rights to the “easy” brand in a row over punctuality.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou accepted undisclosed libel damages today over Ryanair advertisements which accused him of lying.

The low-cost airline Ryanair is to formally apologise to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of rival easyJet, about an advert which portrayed him as Pinocchio and called him 'Mr Late Again'.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou does not like the direction the now-public company is heading and took it to the British High Court today.

An attempted rally by the FTSE 100 Index fizzled out today as a lower opening for US stocks wiped out earlier gains.

EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou quit the board of the low-cost airline today in a long-running battle over its growth strategy.

RYANAIR’S Michael O’Leary will be recommending a “very large” bonus for himself following the collapse of negotiations with Boeing on the purchase of new aircraft.

The boss of low-cost airline easyJet is to leave the company next summer, it was announced today

Budget airline easyJet said today that profits were down 65% on last year but added that it was one of the few carriers to make a surplus in the recession.

A teenager who conned British aviation bosses into believing he was a tycoon with designs on setting up his own airline will not face prosecution, police said today.

Low cost airline easyJet today said passenger numbers were down 6.3% in March as a late Easter hit its ability to fill planes.

An upbeat opening on Wall Street helped drag London’s leading stocks into positive territory today.

The London market suffered a second session of heavy losses today as fears over the scale of the global recession continued to haunt stocks.

British budget airline easyJet today said it had seen a “flight to value” after winter booking levels improved on the same period a year earlier.

The FTSE 100 Index broke a four-day losing streak today but a sharp fall on Wall Street took the gloss off gains.

Virgin and EasyJet are to team up with an Asian airline to create the world's first budget global network.

Britain's 80,000 EasyMobile customers will lose their service after the company’s Danish partner decided to pull out of the UK market.

Travel firm easyCruise teamed up with internet auction site eBay today to offer holidaymakers a chance to bid for a holiday.

Budget airline easyJet stuck by recently improved profits forecasts today after seeing an 11% rise in passenger numbers during July.

AIRLINE tycoons have paid tribute to the “pioneer of low-cost travel” Freddie Laker, who has died at the age of 83. Mr Laker, whose cheap fares opened up a new era in air travel in the 1970s, died of undisclosed causes in Miami.

Budget air travel entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou will today unveil his plans to revolutionise the pizza home delivery market in Britain.

EasyJet revealed today that it carried 13.7% more passengers last month than a year ago but added that its planes were less full.