Chaos continued at Heathrow today as passengers faced long queues at border control with no social distancing and red arrivals ‘stood an arm’s length from other travellers’. Pictures from last night showed snaking queues with bored passengers packed tightly together – with the crowd at one point bursting into a rendition of ‘Take Me Home, … Read more
Chaos struck Heathrow Airport last night as passengers queued for six hours to get through passport control with no social distancing, food or water as just two members of staff manned 10 desks. Ten flights are believed to have arrived close to each other at the airport as Terminal 2’s immigration hall filled with people … Read more
Will holidaymakers be the losers in the Battle of Heathrow? Travel firms’ fury as airport plans to hike fees for hotels, parking and planes But it blasts back – saying it needs an extra £2.8 billion and can’t afford the bill By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | … Read more
Heathrow nosedived to a £2 billion annual loss after the ‘toughest’ year in the airport’s 75-year history as the pandemic saw passenger numbers crash by 73%. The airport’s annual financial results, which were released this morning, lay bare the devastating impact the Covid crisis has had on the aviation industry. The number of people passing … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Police called to Hotel Quarantine! Moment officers confront disgruntled guests who refused to return to their rooms after cigarette break and stage protest in the car park Guests at the Radisson Blu hotel at Heathrow were angry about having to stay inside on Sunday as temperatures reached 12C They are allowed two 15 minute … Read more
All smiles at the quarantine inn! Captives wave and pose for photos in bath towels, colourful leggings and waving football shirts on day five of compulsory ten-day isolation spell Arrivals currently staying at the Radisson Blue Edwardian Hotel, near Heathrow Travellers from ‘red list’ countries spotted at windows appeared in good spirits It comes amid … Read more
A British father-of-one has gone on hunger strike at a hotel near London Heathrow Airport after being forcibly taken into quarantine, MailOnline can reveal today. Anthony Pium, 30, from Leyton, East London, was involved in an angry confrontation with security guards as he tried to force his way out of the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel … Read more
The Border Force chief who was last night accused of causing huge delays at Heathrow Airport by splitting the workforce into ‘rigid and inflexible’ bubbles has landed a senior role with NHS Test and Trace. It is understood that Chief Operating Officer Emma Moore instructed Border Force agents to work in 12-person bubbles at the West … Read more
A Brazilian couple among the first passengers arriving in Britain forced to spend ten days in a hotel quarantine today revealed they must stay in their room without even being allowed out for exercise or a cigarette. Wagner Araujo, 43, a removal man, who has lived in London for 20 years, arrived at Heathrow Airport … Read more
Nearly half of all Border Force staff stationed at Heathrow were off sick last week as a trade union accused the Home Office of causing mayhem by imposing ‘rigid and inflexible’ work bubbles, MailOnline can reveal. Thousands of passengers who tried to beat the Government’s hotel quarantine regime which has come into force today experienced … Read more