Heidi Alexander

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is said to be maintaining an ‘open mind’ regarding expansion at the nation’s busiest airport

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is said to be maintaining an ‘open mind’ regarding expansion at the nation’s busiest airport

If the Civil Aviation Bill gets approved by MPs, the department for transport says it will consult on scrapping any charges for being seated next to children under the age of 14 or correcting minor errors on flight bookings

In a post on social media, Prime Minister Andy Burnham echoed Alexander's comments

The September 8 chaos stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers for hours on UK airport runways and in terminals

Following the comments, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) wrote to him asking for an apology, in a letter seen by the BBC

O'Leary doubled-down on his choice of words when asked about them at the time, and later refused to apologise when the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) wrote to him asking for apology, in a letter seen by the BBC

UK air traffic chaos deepens as probe launched into major system failure

The seat upgrades are part of wider improvements planned for the Thameslink network after GTR came into public ownership in May 2026

CrossCountry has cancelled most of its Sunday services throughout the UK following a power cut in Birmingham

Tory councils forced to fund Burnham’s devolution drive

Currently 80% of all new cars sold must be EVs by 2030 — but motor industry figures had urged ministers to reduce that goal, warning it would cost too much and put jobs at risk

Two seriously injured as train derails and carriages topple sideways in ‘terrifying’ experience

But the system has already faced calls to be scrapped after creating bottlenecks at airports, with a fifth of Brits now considering cancelling their European holidays this summer due to the chaos

Thousands of families across England could save money this month after a major Government scheme offering free bus travel for children got underway

The initiative is designed to alleviate financial pressures on families during the school summer holidays

The initiative is designed to alleviate financial pressures on families during the school summer holidays

More French border guards sent to UK to prevent summer holiday chaos from post-Brexit checks

Britain makes France send more border staff to UK

Less than two years ago, Labour party leader Keir Starmer spearheaded a historic victory in a British general election

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to step down by September amid mounting pressure

Burnham travelled down on the Avanti West Coast — yet to be nationalised — to Euston on a train that was delayed by 21 minutes

A train driver was killed and about 100 people were injured when two East Midlands Railway (EMR) services to London St Pancras collided at about 17:15 BST on Friday

Like Julius Caesar, Andy Burnham arrived in the capital today to seize power

Prime Minister Burnham only promises more chaos

This resounding victory has created momentum that makes Burnham's arrival at Downing Street seem almost inevitable

Alexander called the original design a “massively over-specced folly” and called the increase in time and costs “obscene”

The new target opening schedule for HS2 is between May 2036 and October 2039

The vandalism has now been removed from the side of a house in Broadgreen, Swindon, and police are investigating

Fares on key routes to destinations in Spain, Italy and France have fallen by double digits — in some cases dramatically — as carriers try to coax nervous travellers into booking

From the risk of damage to vehicles costing hundreds of pounds to the danger for those travelling on bikes or by foot, potholes can also be a visible sign of a community's upkeep

Ministers pave way for more flight cancellations in bid to save summer holidays

Heidi Alexander’s Mini Cooper struck the gaping fissure late at night as she drove back from a Labour fundraising event

The Labour minister had been driving home from her Swindon South constituency when her green Mini Cooper struck a hole on the B4437 outside Burford in Oxfordshire

This price downturn doesn’t just apply to outdated EVs either

HS2’S top speed could be slashed to slower than comparable trains in developing countries such as India, Morocco and Indonesia under the latest cost-cutting measures being considered

The estimated cost of a one-off repair of all potholes has risen by £1.8bn since 2025, despite the government allocating £1.6bn last year, an additional £500m, to help local authorities fix their roads

While some train operators and ticket types offer automated “delay repay”, particularly for advance e-tickets and season ticket holders, other claims can be more complicated

The Etihad Airways aircraft came in at 7.16pm on Monday — two days after US and Israeli forces killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and set off a fierce Iranian counter-offensive that has trapped more than 100,000 Britons across the Gulf region

UK primer minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester ​that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party politics

Currently, only e-scooter hire schemes in areas such as the West Midlands are legal

This led the ORR to refuse Avanti West Coast permission to operate a 7am passenger service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston — even though the train had to leave at that time to be available for a 9.30am departure from the capital to Glasgow

Labour makes yet another policy U-turn

A previous plan to extend HS2 between the cities was scrapped by Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government in October 2023 to save money

Iran Protests Intensify as Activists Say Death Toll Tops 500