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Full list of strikes expected to cause travel chaos over Easter and bank holidays

Passport Office worker, security staff at Heathrow Airport, French air traffic controllers, Border Force workers and Spanish airport workers are all due to walk out over the coming months

Daily Mirror

Border Force workers plan strikes ahead of May bank holiday weekend

On April 28 as many as 15,000 Border Force workers represented by PCS Union could walk out at airports and ports across the UK, potentially leading to chaos at travel hubs

Daily Mirror

Border Force strike confirmed for end of April

The walkout is the latest in an ongoing dispute over pay, pensions and job security

The Independent UK

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Hundreds join protest against migration Bill outside Parliament

The demonstration was organised by the campaign group Stand Up To Racism.

The Independent UK

Airline passenger smuggled 83,000 cigarettes into UK avoiding £28,000 duty tax bill

Samuel Onyemenam has his suitcases X-rayed after he arrived on a flight from Nigeria at Newcastle International Airport where border control officers found the £28k haul

Daily Mirror

Man tried to import semi-automatic gun and ammunition into UK

Radek Dobias, 42, formerly of Sunlight Street, Anfield, Liverpool, was handed a 12-year and nine month jail term

Liverpool Echo

Smuggler thought he'd come up with the perfect hiding place for semi-automatic gun

Radek Dobias has been jailed after he was rumbled at Manchester Airport

Manchester Evening News

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Manchester Airport warning to all travellers arriving in the UK today

Passengers should expect to face "longer queues" than usual

Liverpool Echo

Manchester Airport issues warning to all travellers arriving in the UK today

Passengers could face "longer queues" at border control

Manchester Evening News

London braced for chaos as Tube drivers, teachers, and junior doctors strike on Budget Day

Little to no service is expected on the Underground while schools will also be forced to shut during walkouts on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Travellers warned to expect disruption as Border Force strikes coincide with French walkouts

The Home Office said passengers should expect to face longer wait times at UK border control

The Independent UK

Travellers arriving in UK on Wednesday warned of longer queues as Border Force join massive day of strikes

Border agents are some of 130,000 PCS Union members due to walk out on a huge day of industrial action

Evening Standard

Government issues travel warning for this week amid Border force strikes

Travellers could experience longer wait times at UK borders this week

Manchester Evening News

Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

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Tuesday briefing: 43 ways the Conservatives have tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

In today’s newsletter: As Rishi Sunak unveils new plans to solve the small boats crisis, here’s a guide to dozens of previous initiatives that have fallen short

Evening Standard

Trio of Americans who tried to smuggle drugs through Heathrow jailed

‘All three are now serving jail time thousands of miles away from their friends and family’ said a National Crime Agency chief

The Guardian - UK

UK police and Border Force to remain locked out of EU database of criminals

Exclusive: Home Office admits vital access to Schengen Information System II lost for up to four years

The Guardian - UK

UK Border Force urged to ‘deprioritise’ gun and drugs searches to ease queues

Exclusive: Leaked emails show airport staff were guided to ease passenger waits during school holidays

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The Independent UK

Strike: Who is taking industrial action in 2023 and when?

Nurses to stage 48-hour action for first time, joining rail workers and others as disputes escalate

The National (Scotland)

American woman arrested at Edinburgh Airport following cannabis discovery

AN American woman was arrested at a Scottish airport following a large cannabis seizure, police have said.

The Independent UK

Man tried to bring £1m of cannabis through East Midlands Airport

The package from Los Angeles, California, was intercepted by Border Force officers at East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, in November

The Independent UK

Drug dealer jailed after cannabis worth up to £1m intercepted at airport

The package from Los Angeles, California, was intercepted by Border Force officers at East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, in November.

Nottingham Post

£1m worth of cannabis from California destined for Nottingham intercepted at East Midlands Airport

The drugs were bound for an address in Nottingham

The Independent UK

Strike: Who is taking industrial action in 2023 and when?

Nurses to stage 48-hour action for first time, joining rail workers and others as disputes escalate

Daily Mirror

Couple tried to smuggle two Iraqi migrants into the UK by hiding them in pair of sofas

A middle-aged couple were caught attempting to smuggle two Iraqi immigrants into the UK by alert Border Force officers who found them inside the bases of two sofas in their van

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