So much for the summer getaway! M4 misery for thousands of drivers stuck in TWO-HOUR queues in stifling 83F heat after lorry fire forces closure of major motorway in both directions Holidaymakers hoping for a prompt getaway ahead of weekend met with misery Both eastbound and westbound M4 carriageways between J14 and J15 closed Travellers … Read more
Heathrow workers have slammed the government’s border policy as they say it is putting travellers in jeopardy. Staff said there is overcrowding as passengers from different lists form a bottleneck and are forced to drink from same water fountain. The security and hosting services employees blasted the airport for letting arrivals from red list countries … Read more
Border Force staff have said airlines should send employees to help reduce immigration queues after travellers faced three-hour waits to enter the UK – with red-list passengers unsegregated from others in the line. Airport and airline staff should be deployed to ensure passengers have booked the necessary Covid tests and filled in their locator forms correctly prior to … Read more
Border Force staff have said airlines should send employees to help reduce immigration queues after travellers faced three-hour waits to enter the UK – with red-list passengers unsegregated from others in the line. Airport and airline staff should be deployed to ensure passengers have booked the necessary Covid tests and filled in their locator forms correctly prior to … Read more
Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours because of farcical row over lack of Perspex screens to protect Border Force staff from the threat of Covid Passengers could be forced to sit on planes on tarmac if immigration is too busy Source says they may be diverted to other UK airports … Read more
Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours because of farcical row over lack of Perspex screens to protect Border Force staff from the threat of Covid Passengers could be forced to sit on planes on tarmac if immigration is too busy Source says they may be diverted to other UK airports … Read more
Lockdown weary holidaymakers looking to escape this summer could face delays of up to ten hours at airports, a union has warned today. Queues are already being caused by stringent checks to ensure travellers are not breaching Covid rules designed to stop mutant strains entering the UK. But the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents border … Read more
Lockdown weary holidaymakers looking to escape this summer could face delays of up to ten hours at airports, a union has warned today. Queues are already being caused by stringent checks to ensure travellers are not breaching Covid rules designed to stop mutant strains entering the UK. But the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents border … Read more
Queues outside a TSB branch in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, in early April Britons have had to queue at their local bank for up to an hour with death certificate papers and to pay in coins as reduced opening hours – thanks to the pandemic – combined with an exodus of branches cause havoc in some … Read more
The former head of the UK Border Force has called the queuing carnage at Heathrow a ‘disaster’ and mounted pressure on ministers to get a grip on the crisis. Tony Smith, who also served as Gold Commander for the London Olympics, said the Government should use technology to lighten the load on stretched officers. Passengers … Read more