Lower Thames Crossing boss: HS2 debacle has driven investors and talent away from UK February 7, 2024 Struggles at HS2 are affecting other UK major infrastructure projects, the man leading the delivery of the UK's largest road tunnel has said.
Not going anywhere: Trucks full of aid for Ukraine stuck in Britain due to Brexit red tape March 8, 2022 Frustrated charity workers have said that items they are trying to get to war-torn Ukraine are stuck at the Port of Dover due to complex post-Brexit paperwork and custom checks. Agnieszka Lokaj, who runs the Lewisham Polish Centre in south London, told Politics Home that her charity had up to five tonnes of donations that is currently [...]
Storm Eunice hits UK shipping hard causing port closures and bottlenecks February 22, 2022 The wreckage caused by Storm Eunice over the weekend didn’t only halt the UK’s road, rail and aviation networks but created unfathomable damages also the UK ports and the overall shipping industry. As a result of the 122mph high winds that stroke across the country, cross-channel ferries were cancelled on Friday, leading to additional bottlenecks [...]
Brits brace for travel chaos over the Easter weekend April 10, 2022 Flight cancellations, Dover queues and tube closures threaten to put a dampener on holiday plans over the Easter weekend.
Brexit border: UK and EU have ‘months to stop tourist traffic grinding to a halt’ if no deal is reached January 29, 2022 British tourists headed for city breaks in Paris or sunny getaways in Spain in September could be hit by new biometric checks set to be required at the border. In fact, the UK has just months to avoid huge disruption to holidaymakers when new EU rules come into force – despite knowing about the problem [...]
Waze UK: People’s driving habits are a moving feast post-Covid June 2, 2022 The UK’s driving habits have become a “moving feast” post-Covid, said Waze UK’s managing director Ru Roberts. According to the satellite navigation software, following the easing of restrictions and the UK Governmen’t strategy for living with Covid, traffic numbers have exceeded pre-pandemic levels. “We’re now in excess of number of cars on the road,” Roberts [...]
Insulate Britain defy injunction to block M25 for sixth time in two weeks September 27, 2021 This morning around 40 climate activists from Insulate Britain blocked the M25 in breach of a High Court injunction granted last Tuesday. Once again motorists were left enraged as the green activists glued themselves to the road and blocked traffic on the slip road at junction 14 near Heathrow this morning. The activists, who “may [...]
‘Please let me pass’: Desperate Londoner begs Insulate Britain activists to let her through to see mother in hospital October 4, 2021 A woman desperate to see her mother in hospital clashed with Insulate Britain protesters this morning as the group staged another demonstration in London. The group said around 50 people had blocked four sites around the capital on Monday morning during the fourth week of its campaign to urge the Government to insulate 29 million [...]
New: All EU countries ban UK travellers for 48 hours amid mutant strain scare December 21, 2020 The EU has followed many of its countries in enforcing a BAN on all British travellers to the Continent and Ireland until midnight tomorrow. A unilateral French decision has caused chaos at the port of Dover today but other countries soon joined. Spain made the call to close its borders to the UK, with the [...]
With Brexit completed, coronavirus is next challenge for Dover-Calais ports January 1, 2021 Now that Britain has completed its exit from the European Union, the main challenge for business in the French port of Calais is the coronavirus pandemic, the port’s chief executive said today. Jean-Marc Puissesseau was speaking to Reuters as the first ferry transporting vehicles arrived from Dover to Calais, France’s busiest road freight port, after [...]