Thomas Cook has ceased trading after talks failed to produce a funding lifeline for the ailing travel company, placing 9,000 British jobs at risk and triggering a huge repatriation effort to bring home 150,000 UK holidaymakers overseas. https://twitter.com/ThomasCookUK/status/1175953082238275585?s=20 The Civil Aviation Authority announced at 2 AM on September 23 that the world’s oldest holiday company…