#travel-disruption

#travel-disruption

Brexit is never over and it's about to get a bit worse. As the moribund Tories assemble this Sunday, it's still their only tune, as if they haven't noticed how the public mood has changed. Brexit is the root cause of all their woes, with almost all the 61% of those people who call it a failure blaming the Conservatives the most.

Daniel Rotar, a British tech YouTuber with over 1.63 million subscribers, posted the details of the terrifying ordeal on X. Mr Rotar anxiously wrote: 'My Samsung Galaxy Ring's battery started swelling. While it's on my finger. And while I'm about to board a flight. 'Now I cannot take it off and this thing hurts. Any quick suggestions?' The post was accompanied by pictures of the Samsung Galaxy Ring firmly stuck on Mr Rotar's finger, which had begun to turn red due to the pressure.

DAA boss Kenny Jacobs says response was "proportionate", with safety of staff and passengers paramount

A dramatic shift in the weather has brought the UK's sunny summer to a soggy close, as heavy rain and stormy conditions sweep across the country with more unsettled conditions expected in the days ahead. In the capital, heavy downpours are expected to deliver 8mm to 16mm of rainfall per hour in some areas, raising the risk of localised flooding and power outages.

Major travel disruption is expected today as up to a million people are set to attend the last day of Notting Hill Carnival. Ladbroke Grove is closed all day and stations including Latimer Road, Notting Hill Gate, Westbourne Park, Holland Park and Queensway will run an exit only service from 11am to 6pm. The main parade starts at 10.30am and sound systems will go live at 12.00pm, with floats, music and stalls set to end by 8pm.

Gena Fraser, a mother from Wolverhampton, was overwhelmed when her family was stranded in Paris after Birmingham Airport closed its runway due to an emergency landing.

Londoners are currently dealing with significant travel disruption during lunchtime due to a points failure affecting four Underground lines. The Circle and Hammersmith & City lines have been completely suspended because of this issue at Edgware Road station. Additionally, the Metropolitan line is facing severe delays, and the District line is partially suspended. Transport for London, TfL, has announced that tickets are being accepted on local buses to mitigate this disruption.

Getting our suitcases off the fast train and onto the hopelessly overcrowded regional train was not exactly how we had imagined the start of our vacation.

A critical piece of multi-redundant hardware at Alaska Airlines' data centers experienced an unexpected failure, affecting several key systems without any involvement of hacking.

Strikes by French air traffic controllers affected over a million people's travel plans this month - and may be set to continue.

Network Rail is warning that the Brighton mainline railway via Gatwick Airport will be closed on Sunday 13th July for urgent repair works.

Several major East Coast airports, including Newark Liberty and Philadelphia International, have grounded flights in anticipation of severe thunderstorms and ground stops.

Police were called at around 10.10am today (13 June) to reports of a casualty on the tracks at West Hampstead Thameslink station.

The Sud-Rail union's strike notice covers weekends from April 17th to June 2nd, potentially disrupting travel over Easter and May public holidays.