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Holidaymakers warned of delays as new EU border checks come into force | LBC
1+ week, 2+ day ago (615+ words) British travellers have to complete fingerprint and facial scans for new digital border scheme The EU's new digital border scheme fully comes into force from today, impacting all non-EU passport holders. The new Entry/Exit System (EES) requires all non-EU…...
Post-Brexit travel nightmare begins: Chaos as flight to UK takes off with 100 people left behind due to border check delays | LBC
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (860+ words) Dozens of plane passengers were left stranded at an airport in Milan yesterday due to chaos caused by a new post-Brexit border control system. Around 100 Easy Jet customers were abandoned in the Italian city while waiting to board their plane…...
Ryanair boss says four-hour passport queues are EU's punishment to Britain for Brexit | LBC
2+ week, 2+ day ago (594+ words) Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google Four-hour long passport queues in European airports are Britain's punishment for leaving the EU, the boss of Ryanair has claimed. Michael O'Leary, the airline's chief executive,…...
Brits travelling to Europe over Easter face 'two-hour' passport queues due to post-Brexit ID checks | LBC
2+ week, 5+ day ago (566+ words) Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google The new entry/exit system (EES) requires all passengers without an EU passport to have their fingerprints registered and their pictures taken. People's fingerprints will be…...
Gang-rape victim, 25 to die by euthanasia in Spain after jumping off roof in suicide bid that left her paralysed | LBC
3+ week, 3+ day ago (660+ words) Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google A Spanish woman who was gang-raped and tried to take her own life is due to die by euthanasia today. Noelia Castillo Ramos, 25, from Barcelona, tried…...
British tourist in 'critical' condition after hot air balloon crashes in Mexico | LBC
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (470+ words) Two Brits have been injured after the balloon came down Two British tourist have been injured - with one in a 'critical' condition, after a horror hot air balloon crash in Mexico. The accident happened just before 9am on Monday, with the…...
Mum of baby girl who died after falling from flat appears in court charged with murder | LBC
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (408+ words) The mum of an 18-day-old baby, who died after falling from a flat in central London on Saturday, has appeared in court charged with her murder. Zahira Byjaouane, 43, spoke only to confirm her name and date of birth as she…...
Police find laptop in search for Brazilian woman, 30, missing in Essex coastal town | LBC
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (484+ words) Police searching for a Brazilian woman who went missing after taking a boat out to sea off the Essex coast have found her laptop. Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 30, was reported missing on March 4 after a boat she had hired was found…...
Irish tourist denies 'groping teenager's genitals' while on holiday in Magaluf | LBC
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (756+ words) An Irish holidaymaker has vowed to clear her name in court after being accused of sexually assaulting a teenager in a hotel sauna in Magaluf. The woman, 38, insists she has committed no crime after being arrested for allegedly touching an…...
Milan tram derailment leaves two dead and dozens injured | LBC
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (394+ words) The city's Mayor has suggested human error was to blame. A tram has derailed and slammed into a building in the centre of Milan, killing two people and injuring dozens. The incident, along the central Vittorio Veneto avenue, came as…...