UK New Year travel chaos: Rail, road & ferry warnings
Brits face major New Year travel chaos with widespread rail disruptions, road congestion peaks, and ferry cancellations. Here's all you need to know for your journey.
Brits face major New Year travel chaos with widespread rail disruptions, road congestion peaks, and ferry cancellations. Here's all you need to know for your journey.
Brits face major New Year travel disruption with rail closures, road congestion and ferry cancellations. Plan your journey with our essential guide.
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Thousands face Christmas travel chaos with long Dover ferry queues and major train cancellations. RAC warns of record 37.5m leisure trips. Plan your journey now.
Thousands face severe delays at the Port of Dover after a French border control IT system collapse. Plan your journey and check latest updates now.
Ferry passengers face hour-long queues at Dover as French border IT systems fail, disrupting the UK's busiest Christmas getaway. Plan ahead and allow extra time.
The overdue CalMac ferry Glen Rosa faces a fresh six-month delay due to corrosion repairs, pushing delivery to 2026 and costs soaring. Read the latest on this ferry fiasco.
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New report definitively concludes the 1994 Estonia ferry sinking was due to bow failure, not collision or explosion. Read the final findings on Europe's worst maritime disaster.
Families in Briton Ferry, Wales, saw Christmas ruined as floodwater deluged homes, soaking presents and forcing evacuations. More rain is forecast. Read the full story.
A notorious pothole in County Tyrone, so deep a councillor stood inside it, has been repaired as part of a £160,000 road resurfacing project after decades of sinking into a peat bog.
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A 67-year-old tourist has died after his vehicle fell from a ferry into the freezing sea in Menorca. Divers were deployed in the emergency response. Follow for updates.
A South Korean ferry carrying 267 people ran aground after the helmsman was distracted by his phone. All passengers were safely rescued. Read the full report.
A ferry carrying 267 people ran aground off South Korea's southwest coast, resulting in multiple minor injuries. Rescue operations are underway. Read the latest updates.
Children were left screaming after a hardcore porn film mistakenly played on a DFDS ferry from France to Britain. Read the full story and the company's apology.
DFDS ferry company issues a profound apology after an adult film was mistakenly shown to passengers, including children, on a France to Sussex crossing. Read the full story.
DFDS ferry passengers left horrified after adult film accidentally broadcast following F1 race. Children were screaming as explicit content played in lounge. Read the full story.
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