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UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned

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By Jasper Jolly Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
British flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has said the UK government has expressed interest in buying a military variant of its aircraft as it races to gain approval for flights with paying passengers. Vertical also welcomed another £10m grant from the government, taking its total UK state funding to £48m. The company demonstrated its prototype model of the flying taxi on Monday at the Farnborough international airshow, an industry event at an airfield west of London.
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After fixing its engine problems, Rolls-Royce is turning to its next big challenge

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By Jasper Jolly Verified
| MSN Verified
Jasper Jolly In a 100-year-old hangar at Rolls-Royce's factory in Derby, aircraft engines lie on their noses as technicians strip them down after a couple of years circling the world. Cranes lift and flip the engines, before engineers separate different modules to be cleaned, treated in acid baths if necessary, repaired or replaced.
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Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills

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By Jasper Jolly Verified
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Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage spills, it has emerged. Ruth Jefferson received a 14% base salary increase in October, from £590,000 to £670,000, before other benefits, according to accounts published this month. It was far above the 3.5% given to workers, and put her pay at 18 times that of the company's median employee.
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