24 h. ago 'Smoking couple' on TUI jet turn airport into 'warzone' as passengers stuck for 17 hours

Terry Lawrance, 66, was on his way home from Cancun, Mexico, on a TUI flight when two passengers allegedly started smoking on board – forcing the plane to be diverted causing chaos

Events

5 d. ago Eurostar chaos LIVE: Train evacuated as people stuck for hours 'without toilets'

A Eurostar train has been evacuated after getting stuck on the tracks, leaving passengers stranded for more than five hours without power or working toilets

Events

5 d. ago Eurostar LIVE: Train evacuated as passengers stuck for hours 'without toilets'

A Eurostar train has been evacuated after getting stuck on the tracks, leaving passengers stranded for more than five hours without power or working toilets

Politics

1 week ago Fights break out in Spanish passport control as tensions boil over for passengers stuck in hour

A Spanish airport descended into chaos today as hundreds of passengers waited in hour-long queues amid staff shortages at passport control.

Sport

2 w. ago Inside the hell trains: People were starting to pass out and some were taking their clothes off, say passengers stuck in crammed carriages for hours on hottest day of the year

Kam Zaki, 47, was one of the 1,800 commuters who were stranded on the Thameslink services which had passengers feeling like they were being 'slow cooked' in 'an oven'.

Politics

3 w. ago Heatwave hell as passengers are 'slow cooked' on stuck trains for hours amid 34C heat

Met Office forecasters have warned  that while record-breaking temperatures look set to be reached today, Britons should prepare for a substantial downpour in the aftermath.

Society