Nearly half of Border Force at Heathrow were off last week as ‘inflexible’ bubbles blamed for chaos

Nearly half of all Border Force staff stationed at Heathrow were off sick last week as a trade union accused the Home Office of causing mayhem by imposing ‘rigid and inflexible’ work bubbles, MailOnline can reveal. Thousands of passengers who tried to beat the Government’s hotel quarantine regime which has come into force today experienced … Read more

Warnings of FIVE-HOUR airport border queues as ‘chaotic’ hotel quarantine system starts TODAY

Travellers may have be forced to wait in ‘totally unacceptable’ queues for up to five hours and will be free to mix with passengers from ‘red list’ countries as the Government’s quarantine hotels plan comes into force today. Heathrow Airport warned of long queues at Border Control and said there were no protocols in place to … Read more

Warnings of FIVE-HOUR airport border queues as ‘chaotic’ hotel quarantine system starts TODAY

Travellers may have be forced to queue for up to five hours and will be free to mix with passengers from ‘red list’ countries as the Government’s quarantine hotels plan comes into force today. Heathrow Airport warned of long queues at Border Control and said there were no protocols in place to stop passengers from … Read more

DAN HODGES: The Irish Sea border is bringing real hardship and the grim spectre of violence

Sammy Cotter has been running his grocery wholesalers for a quarter of a century. But now he’s living day to day. ‘I’ve got £7,000 worth of goods sitting in Manchester,’ he tells me. ‘It was supposed to be delivered on December 21. But I’m still waiting.’ At first glance, his warehouse in Quarry Heights, Newtownards, … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

Germany will shut border with Austria and Czech Republic in bid to keep out UK mutant Covid variant 

Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more

Border Force says it can’t stop travellers ‘legging it’ from airports

Border officials have have warned that they are powerless to stop people dodging quarantine, and have criticised the government’s ‘shambolic’ border policy. Britain risks becoming a ‘super-spreader’ because of how relaxed the rules are, they said, adding that they are unable to stop people from ‘legging it’ from airport terminals to avoid having to quarantine … Read more

Border Force says it can’t stop travellers ‘legging it’ from airports

Border officials have have warned that they are powerless to stop people dodging quarantine, and have criticised the government’s ‘shambolic’ border policy. Britain risks becoming a ‘super-spreader’ because of how relaxed the rules are, they said, adding that they are unable to stop people from ‘legging it’ from airport terminals to avoid having to quarantine … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon pushes for border checks a

Nicola Sturgeon pushes for border checks after ‘deeply disappointing’ talks with Westminster to enforce Scotland’s tough quarantine measures broke down All passengers flying into Scotland forced to quarantine in a hotel for ten days In England people only have to do this if they arrive from ‘red list’ of 33 countries  Fears travellers from lower … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon pushes for border checks a

Nicola Sturgeon pushes for border checks after ‘deeply disappointing’ talks with Westminster to enforce Scotland’s tough quarantine measures broke down All passengers flying into Scotland forced to quarantine in a hotel for ten days In England people only have to do this if they arrive from ‘red list’ of 33 countries  Fears travellers from lower … Read more