TRAVEL NEWS
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Rail passengers face anti-terror searches
Rail passengers at Britain's largest stations face being searched and having their bags screened as part of a package of national security measures unveiled by Gordon Brown yesterday.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Ireland, UK to end passport-free travel
Britain and Ireland are to end a passport-free travel arrangement between the two countries that has existed since the foundation of the Irish Free State in the early 1920s...
theage.com.au
theage.com.au
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Britons named world's biggest emitters of CO2 from air travel
Britons produce more carbon emissions from air travel a head than any other country, a study reveals today, citing the country's predilection for low-cost airlines as a major factor.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: air travel, carbon emissions, UK
Monday, October 08, 2007
Travel guide praises British grub
Home-grown restaurateurs have risen to the challenge of redeeming the "dismal" reputation of British food, according to the latest edition of a major travel guide.
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Why Terminal 5's opening could spell a long summer of confusion
Starting next week, thousands of volunteers will be spend a day at Heathrow's new Terminal 5. In return for a free lunch and a "goody-bag", they will help test the systems at the £4.3bn project. But far from solving the airport's problems overnight, the controversial new terminal will precipitate a summer of confusion at Heathrow - and seriously diminish public transport links for millions of the users of Europe's busiest airport.
travel.independent.co.uk
travel.independent.co.uk
Labels: airport, Heathrow, Terminal 5, UK
UK rail travel enjoys passenger boom
Rail travel is now at its highest level for more than 60 years, it has been announced.
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
ukpress.google.com (page not found)
Friday, September 14, 2007
Row over visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway
A property developer has said he is being used as a political football in a row over proposals to build a visitors' centre at the Giant's Causeway.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: giants causeway, northern ireland, UK
Tory group backs new flight tax
Tax rises for UK short-haul flights and for "gas-guzzling" cars are needed to combat climate change, a Conservative policy review group has said.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Labels: climate, environment, tax, UK
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Carnival crowds take to streets
More than half a million people took to the streets of west London for day two of the Notting Hill Carnival.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Britons soak up Bank Holiday sun
Millions of Britons have been making the most of a welcome spell of warm and dry Bank Holiday weather. Almost all of the UK has been basking in summer sunshine after enduring weeks of wet and miserable conditions.
guardian.co.uk (page not found)
guardian.co.uk (page not found)
Electrical fault derails train travel plans
Thousands of UK rail passengers had their travel disrupted today when rush hour trains were cancelled because of an electrical fault.
news.scotsman.com
news.scotsman.com
Monday, August 20, 2007
UK warns against Khartoum travel over attack fears
Britain warned on Saturday against travelling to Sudan's capital Khartoum due to heightened fears Western interests may be attacked.
africa.reuters.com
africa.reuters.com
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Chaos as heavy rain brings floods
Torrential rain has been sweeping the UK, causing travel chaos and forcing the evacuation of homes and schools.
news.bbc.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
Friday, July 20, 2007
Airline Luggage Restrictions Stay In Place
The Government has told the heads of the UK's leading airlines that it has no plans to ease strict new security rules on hand luggage.
news.sky.com
news.sky.com
Labels: hand luggage, security, UK
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Reid tightens up UK visa rules
The UK government is set to introduce new measures to tighten Britain's immigration controls, including the use of biometric visas to visit the UK by the end of next year.
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
Labels: biometric visa, immigration, UK
Thursday, October 05, 2006
UK launches hi-tech passport
A new biometric passport, containing a secure chip with an image of the holder's face, has been launched today for all British citizens renewing their passport.
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Train fares double in secret deal by ministers
Train fares on some routes will double after a deal struck between the Government and Britain's biggest train company in a bid to reduce overcrowding.
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
travel.timesonline.co.uk (page not found)
