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Rishi Sunak warned 2023 would have its “challenges[1]”. Not wrong, was he? Here is a whistle-stop tour of the last year in British politics.
January
The prime minister unveiled his five promises by which he said voters should judge him on at the nex…
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DOVER, Del. – The Dover Police Department has arrested Thalia Perez, 21, of Dover on manslaughter and related charges following an incident late Friday night.
At 11:01 P.M. Dover Police received a call for a vehicle striking a person at Li…
Drivers are set to face Christmas travel chaos[1] as 16.4 million drivers hit the roads and two major London railway stations are closed tomorrow.Train disruption is likely on Christmas Eve as two of London’s railway stations, King’s Cross and Paddingt…
Eurotunnel strike backlog starts to clear
Christmas getaway chaos is expected to continue on Friday as the backlog from the suspension of cross-Channel rail services begins to clear and the weather remains unsettled. An unexpected strike by Eurotunnel …
Traffic queues for ferries at the Port of Dover in Kent (PA Wire)Drivers are being warned to avoid travelling between 11am and 6pm after another day of long queues forcross-Channel journeys, motorway closures and train cancellations[1].Storm Pia brough…
“Last-minute getaway trips” could be disrupted due to wet and windy weather in the run-up to Christmas, the RAC has warned.
A number of yellow weather warnings for rain and wind are coming into force from Saturday 23 December until Christmas Day mornin…
A construction engineer from Hackney said the queues at St Pancras on Friday morning reminded him of the coronavirus pandemic.
Lesie Smith, 60, said he “panicked a little” when he saw the news of cancellations on Thursday, but his train to Paris on Fri…
Friday 22 December 2023 10:42 am
Passengers at St Pancras International station, London, as Christmas getaway chaos is expected to continue as the backlog from the suspension of cross-Channel rail services begins to clear and the weather remains unse…
Motorway closures, train cancellations and long queues at the ferry channel crossing are causing huge disruptions as the start of the Christmas[1] getaway begins.
Unscheduled industrial action by French workers has meant the Channel Tunnel rail link w…