Travellers at Edinburgh and Manchester among those who faced delays; Home Office and Heathrow announce system back online for WednesdayPassengers experienced delays at a number of UK airports on Tuesday due to a nationwide technical outage affecting UK Border Force e-gates.Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol airports all confirmed problems with passengers being processed through the border on Tuesday evening. Continue reading
The Bank Holiday strike was called by Heathrow staff in the Public and Commercial Services union over the imposition of a new roster system.
The electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme is set to be extended to include the EU, the European Economic Area and Swiss nationals.
Horrified passengers who witnessed the lewd behaviour have claimed the couple were 'constantly at it' as the aeroplane soared across the Irish sea.
A new overnight coach service from Bradford to London Heathrow is launching this summer with stops in Sheffield. Steel City residents who need to catch an early plane from the capital can now plan around being there for 6am - as long as they’re happy taking a 1am coach from Pond Street. The new ‘466’ daily route by National Express covers over 220 miles and departs from Bradford at 11.20pm. It calls at Leeds, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Birmingham Airport, and Heathrow Airport before heading...
More than 500 Border Force employees are expected to take part in the strikes, which will run from May 31 to June 2 - one of the busiest weekends of the year.
The main Border Force security database - called 'Border Crossing' which was introduced just under three years ago at a cost of £372million - appeared to have suffered a complete shutdown.