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Flight chaos continues on eve of Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

More than 150 UK flights were cancelled on Wednesday and passengers who could travel were forced to wait in long queues at airports.

The Independent UK

UK airport hell as BA and easyJet cancel 155 flights and police called amid carnage

Scenes of "carnage" at Manchester, Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham, Leeds Bradford and Bristol airports as BA and easyJet cancel 155 flights and passengers describe "crying their eyes out"

Daily Mirror

Shapps demands talks with airline and airport bosses as travel chaos continues

The transport secretary accused airlines and tour operators of "overselling flights and holidays" they could not deliver

Wales Online

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Flight cancellations – live: easyJet and BA cancel more flights as airports brace for jubilee rush

As the platinum jubilee gets underway, the flight cancellations continue

The Independent UK

Travel chaos ‘could get worse’ this summer, union warns

Labour accuses government of being ‘missing in action’

The Independent UK

Grant Shapps demands meeting with airline bosses amid travel chaos

Airlines continued to axe flights on Tuesday with passengers forced to wait in long queues at airports including Manchester, Heathrow and Bristol

Evening Standard

Government terminates contract with P&O Ferries over mass sackings

The Home Office announced on Monday evening that the arrangement with the Border Force agency would come to an end immediately

Evening Standard

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Home Office cancels Border Force contract with P&O Ferries after mass sackings

Agreement to provide contingency travel services terminated over layoffs of nearly 800 seafarers

The Guardian - UK

Rail: When are the train strikes planned?

In the forthcoming strikes by Network Rail signallers, barely one-fifth of trains are expected to run

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the future of rail: managed decline is no way forward

Editorial: The RMT union’s vote for strike action should prompt a rethink of a short-sighted cuts programme

The Guardian - UK

PM ready to expose 'rip off' petrol station not passing down tax cuts

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested a 'pump watch' name-and-shame scheme

Wales Online

Rail staff are set for battle, but a post-Covid strike could run off track

The working-from-home revolution has altered the dynamics of industrial action on the transport network

The Guardian - UK

Contractors appointed to controversial A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme

The £1.7bn upgrade of the road between Amesbury and Berwick Down is still awaiting approval from the transport secretary

Birmingham Post

All the lines affected as UK set to be hit by biggest rail strike in decades

Members of the RMT union backed strike action after staff 15 train operating companies and Network Rail - spanning the breadth of the UK - were balloted over pay, conditions and cutbacks

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Mirror

Sue Gray report exposes 'got away with it' booze brags and points blame at Boris Johnson

The long-awaited Boris Johnson party report has been published today after a four-month investigation by Sue Gray and the Met Police - with 37 pages and nine photos of the Prime Minister in Downing Street

Daily Mirror

Fed-up Downing Street security sent email warning over staff parties in lockdown

A No10 insider said officials, known as custodians, sent an email reminder round the building while another source said they were later forced to come round the building to speak to people directly

The Independent UK

Rail strike: When will it start and which train lines will be affected?

In the event of a strike by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines would be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

Manchester Evening News

Downing Street insiders say Boris Johnson condoned parties by 'grabbing glass for himself' and reveal 'wine time Fridays'

'There were bottles, empties, rubbish - in the bin, but overflowing - or indeed sometimes left on the table'

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Daily Mirror

Biggest UK rail strike in decades is set to go ahead - full list of affected lines

Members of the RMT union backed strike action after 15 train operating companies and Network Rail - spanning the breadth of the UK - were balloted over pay, conditions and cutbacks

The Guardian - UK

For Shapps the philosopher, there’s no indefensible position he won’t defend

Transport secretary continues in his long-running role as go-to man for whenever Boris Johnson is in trouble

Daily Mirror

Rail union leader says blackouts a 'realistic possibility' in biggest strike in a generation

In an interview with the Mirror, RMT chief Mick Lynch said walkouts could begin in mid-June and refused to rule out a general strike - saying Tory ministers want to 'shut virtually every ticket office in Britain'

Daily Record

Furious GMB viewers want Richard Madeley booted off ITV show after 'Partygate' comments

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tried to defend Boris Johnson's attendance at the "gathering" but it was Richard's comment that angered fans the most,

Evening Standard

Partygate: Boris Johnson condoned lockdown parties by ‘grabbing a glass for himself’, insiders claim

Three individuals who attended rule-breaking events during lockdown have told the BBC what they witnessed.

Reuters

UK PM Johnson did not knowingly lie to parliament about lockdown party -minister

A British minister defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday over photographs of him drinking at a coronavirus lockdown-breaking gathering at Downing Street, saying he did not knowingly lie to parliament about the event.

The Independent UK

UK condemns Putin’s ‘despicable’ blockade preventing Ukraine food exports

There are no plans for Royal Navy warships to be involved in efforts to break the blockade.

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