Travel News
New 2022 roaming fees kick in next month for UK travellers to the EU
It comes as UK phone providers have been allowed to bring back roaming charges from next year because the Brexit trade deal signed by the government did not say otherwise.
IT failure closes E-passport gates across UK aiports
Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh airports all reported problems with e-gates.
‘Spot anything new?’ London Underground extension opens
Tube trains began serving Battersea Power Station from 5.28am this morning, calling at Nine Elms before reaching Kennington.
‘What’s wrong with that?’ Tourists pretend to be homeless to avoid spiralling accommodation costs
"What's wrong with that? They're not here buying second homes. Perhaps they resent having to pay ridiculous money grabbing campsites."
France added to amber plus list because of Covid variant on island 6,000 miles away
“This is madness. It would be like France hammering British holidaymakers due to a Covid outbreak on the Falkland Islands.”
UK families to claim money from govt after Brexit-related travel chaos
Several families were wrongly informed by the government's online system that their children would not be admitted to the EU. Meanwhile, the government is still making it difficult for EU citizens and expats to travel to the UK.
Thousands run London 10k as EU-vaxxed still face isolation and costly tests
The 10k race comes after tens of thousands unmasked and cheering football and tennis fans filled Wimbledon this summer.
Kids can skip quarantine and expensive tests, but only if they live in the UK
One Brit who lives in Italy said she did not tell her son that children who live in the UK do not have to go through the same travel testing and isolation because “he would find it very unfair”.
Do the rich not get Covid? Quarantine exemption for foreign business leaders
Airlines have been pushing hard for restrictions to ease because sales of business-class and first-class seats – which generate the biggest profits.