Heathrow passengers were subjected to an hour-long queue at passport control today as extra Covid checks stretched staff – as it emerged some travellers were willingly accepting non-compliance fines to avoid giving their details over. Screams of ‘get more staff’ rang out as crowds mounted to get through the secure area. Travellers flying into Britain … Read more
Japan has the world’s most powerful passport for the fourth year in a row, a new global ranking for 2021 has revealed. Citizens of the country can visit 191 countries around the world visa-free. The Singaporean passport remains in second place on 190 countries. Despite Brexit, the UK passport has moved up the ranking from … Read more
Your passport to a Brexit getaway: The EU’s travel rules untangled by our Holiday Hero UK passports must have at least six months left to run from January 2021 Ten-year European Health Insurance Cards, or EHICs, will no longer be valid Rules for driving in the EU are set to change, though negotiations are ongoing … Read more
Felicity Huffman seeks to get back her passport as she remains on probation in college admissions bribery conviction She’s has petitioned a court to unlock her passport so she can travel abroad Huffman is slated to finish her supervised release in the coming weeks Her legal team added that she’s completed the other stipulations of … Read more
A Romanian people smuggler accused of killing 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated to death in a lorry trailer was waiting for his own UK passport, a court heard today. Gheorghe Nica, 43, and Irish truck driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, allegedly caused the deaths of the non-EU citizens who suffocated in the back of a refrigerated … Read more
Coronavirus passport trials are taking place at Heathrow this week to test technology to let people travel the globe without risk of being quarantined. Passengers on United Airlines and Cathay Pacific are trying out an app called the CommonPass. The phone software is a digital health pass which can hold a certified COVID-19 test status … Read more
De La Rue beefs up board: Passport and banknote maker hires Baroness Catherine Ashton amid turnaround efforts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 23:30 BST, 22 September 2020 Baroness Catherine Ashton has joined the board of Passport and banknote maker De La Rue Passport and banknote maker … Read more
Health passport costing £15 could get fans back into stadiums as tech company pitch government with support of Premier League, F1 and Premiership Rugby VST Enterprises claim they have solution for getting fans back into stadiums App has support of bosses at Premier League, Premiership Rugby and F1 Government need to approve it and plan … Read more
A Belarus opposition leader tore up her passport to foil authorities trying to deport her to Ukraine in the dead of night, it was claimed today. Maria Kolesnikova was driven to a border crossing in the early hours of this morning but ‘took action’ to prevent her ‘forcible expulsion’, Ukraine’s government said, a day after … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week the issues tackled include travel restrictions to Costa Rica, coronavirus travel insurance and passport renewals. Q. In February, before travel restrictions came into play, I booked a holiday to Costa Rica for November. Now you must take a Covid PCR test within 72 … Read more