2 h. ago Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants

Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery driversA motorcycle rider out on a shopping trip was arrested and detained for a month as part of a high-profile government crackdown on undocumented migrants working for food delivery apps.Fernando Fontoura, 33, who moved from Portugal to the UK when he was 12, was arrested by immigration enforcement officers after he parked his motorbike near a grocery store in south-east London on 22 July. He was taken to a detention centre near Gatwick airport where he was held for 29 days. Continue reading...

Events

18 h. ago British Airways wrongly turns away passenger at Gatwick – then blames her for ‘arriving late’ at airport

Exclusive: Claire Hannington says ‘I was overwhelmed and in tears – I trusted the BA staff as the experts’

Politics

4 d. ago UK holidaymakers urged to check out new liquid rules as changes hit airports

The new advanced CT scanners combine computer image processing with X-rays, which is a huge improvement for speeding up security waiting times.

Events

5 d. ago EasyJet flight to Alicante suddenly diverts after 'extraordinary' emergency

An easyJet flight from Manchester Airport to Alicante was forced to divert to London Gatwick just 30 minutes into the journey this evening due to an "extraordinary" emergency

Politics

6 d. ago Gatwick Airport baggage handlers call off strike after new pay offer

The baggage workers had planned strike action in August and September, including a bank holiday weekend

Events

6 d. ago Baggage handlers at Gatwick Airport call off strike action after new pay offer

The baggage screeners will now receive a 7% increase in hourly pay, backdated to April 2025, along with other improved benefits.

Events

7 d. ago Airline fuel drivers balloted on strike action after ‘miserly’ pay offer

Unite says there would be direct consequences for some airline companies.

Events

1 week ago Miners from 1980s strikes return to picket line at mining museum

Former coalminers join fellow museum staff in strike over pay which is due to last until mid-September“Who’d have thought we’d be doing this again?” Arthur Scargill said earlier this week, raising a laugh from the ex-miners standing in the picket line outside the National Coal Mining Museum.Staff at the Wakefield museum, many of them former coalminers, have walked out in a dispute over pay, and were joined on Thursday by the now 87-year-old former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago M25 traffic LIVE: Gatwick rush hour chaos on major UK motorway over 'people in road'

Commuters are facing long delays on the M25 this morning in a police-led incident due to "people in the road" which is affecting motorists heading along the motorway in Surrey, near Junction 6

Events

1 week ago London Underground workers to strike in September over pay and workload

London Underground workers to strike in September over pay and workload  The Guardian

Economics

1 week ago RMT will launch rolling strike action over pay, conditions and broken agreements on London Underground

RMT will launch rolling strike action over pay, conditions and broken agreements on London Underground  rmt.org.uk

Events

1 week ago Tube workers to stage walkouts next month in row over pay and conditions

London Underground workers are to stage a series of strikes next month in a dispute over pay and conditions, the RMT union announced. 

Economics

1 week ago Tube strike: RMT union announces action over pay and conditions

Tube strike: RMT union announces action over pay and conditions  BBC

Events

1 week ago London Underground workers to strike in dispute over pay and conditions

The RMT said its members on the Tube will take industrial action at different times from September 5, for seven days.

Economics

1 week ago Airport workers to strike in dispute over ‘poverty pay offer’

The staff, who provide support for passengers with reduced mobility at Edinburgh Airport, will walk out on several occasions next month.

Economics

1 week ago Edinburgh Airport: Over 100 airport workers to strike next month after 'insulting poverty pay offer'

Workers are taking action during an escalating dispute over ‘poverty pay’.

Economics

2 w. ago Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge express doubt over whether airline ‘truly contrite’

Justice Michael Lee says lengthy legal battle with Transport Workers Union ‘no ordinary case’ nine months after $120m compensation settlementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas has been fined $90m for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff in 2020, taking the cost of its controversial outsourcing decision to more than $200m.Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision on the penalty on Monday, nine months after Qantas and the Transport Workers’ Union agreed the airline would pay $120m in compensation to the sacked workers. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge describes airline as ‘the wrong kind of sorry’

Lawyer for Transport Workers Union calls record $90m penalty the ‘darkest day’ in airline’s 105-year history Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas has been fined a record $90m for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff in 2020, taking the cost of its controversial outsourcing decision to more than $200m.Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision on the penalty on Monday, nine months after Qantas and the Transport Workers’ Union agreed the airline would pay $120m in compensation to the sacked workers. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Relief for holidaymakers as August Gatwick strike action suspended

Strikes at Gatwick Airport have been suspended as baggage screeners consider a new pay offer

Events

2 w. ago Serco hospital staff call off Forth Valley Royal strike as pay changes withdrawn

Support staff employed in roles including cleaning, portering and catering at the region's hospital had threatened a walk out over a proposed move from weekly to monthly pay.

Economics