6 h. ago How will the EU's new border system work? UK passengers face big travel change

The system will require Brits to have their fingerprints recorded and photographs captured for EU entry.

Politics

31 h. ago Eurostar passengers face fingerprinting and photographing under new EU border checks next month

The Channel Tunnel train operator insisted it is fully prepared for the launch of the Entry Exist System (EES) on October 12, and that extra measures at London St Pancras will be 'smooth and seamless'.

Culture

34 h. ago New update weeks before new EU EES border system begins after 'long queue' fears

The Entry Exit System (EES) will require UK travellers to have their fingerprints scanned and photograph taken to enter the EU, eventually replacing the need to stamp their passports

Politics

36 h. ago Eurostar insists new EU border checks will cause ‘no queues’

The Channel Tunnel train operator said it is fully prepared for the launch of the Entry Exist System (EES) on October 12.

Politics

4 d. ago UK tourists warned of exact date major new EU travel rules start

British travellers will need to have their photograph and fingerprints taken

Events

2 w. ago Bank holiday getaway sees delays of nearly two hours at Port of Dover

Operator DFDS warned customers shortly before 1pm that waiting times were up to one hour and 15 minutes at border control and 40 minutes at check-in.

Politics

3 w. ago India and Pakistan tensions spill over into contest over whose flagpole is bigger

Nationalist rivalries are on show at border crossing where soldiers in elaborate uniforms perform flag ceremonies each nightAt a remote, monsoon-soaked border checkpoint, Indian soldiers will mark Independence Day by raising the country’s tricolour on a mast that towers above a Pakistani flag flying just across the frontier – part of an ongoing vertical duel in South Asia’s fraught politics.Call it flag warfare: a contest not of weapons but of height, waged by two nuclear-armed neighbours that only three months ago fought a four-day battle which threatened to escalate into full-scale war. Continue reading...

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