Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Heidi Alexander

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

Fears new EES system will lead to long queues

The Independent UK · Jul 12

France and UK to increase staffing at border controls in effort to avert travel chaos

Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new fingerprint and facial recognition checks

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12

Full list of Labour MPs to nominate Andy Burnham – including 18 members of Starmer’s cabinet

Ed Miliband, Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds and Chief Secretary Darren Jones are among those who have put their names behind Mr Burnham

The Independent UK · Jul 9

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Andy Burnham's Cabinet: Who are the London MPs facing the axe from key posts or promotion?

Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has some difficult decisions to make in choosing his top team

Evening Standard · Jul 8

HS2’s failures under spotlight as £153 million to be spent on reset process

HS2 could cost more than £100 billion and may not open until 2039

The Independent UK · Jun 29

High Court dismisses challenge to £2.2bn Gatwick Airport expansion

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander approved the Northern Runway Project in September

Evening Standard · Jun 23

Who would be in an Andy Burnham cabinet? The runners and riders

WITH the prospect of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister looking more and more likely after Keir Starmer's resignation, questions are starting to…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 22

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bedford train crash update issued with eight people still in critical condition

One person died in Friday’s crash, while others remain in critical condition

The Independent UK · Jun 22

London MPs step up calls for Keir Starmer to set out 'exit timetable' as Andy Burnham heads back to Parliament

The PM spent the weekend considering whether to resign or try to fight on

Evening Standard · Jun 22

Which Labour MPs and ministers are backing Andy Burnham to replace Keir Starmer?

The former minister could run for the Labour leadership uncontested after his return to the Commons

The Independent UK · Jun 19

Heathrow third runway: Sadiq Khan slams airport expansion 'rushed' by Starmer and Reeves as Burnham eyes No10

A public consultation on the masterplan for a bigger Heathrow will run only until the end of August as Labour rival Andy Burnham ’marches’ on Downing Street

Evening Standard · Jun 18

UK driving test backlog crisis reaches new low – what we know

IN FULL

The Independent UK · Jun 17

Outrage as driving test backlog expected to last until at least autumn 2027

Average waiting time for a driving test is now 22 weeks, DVSA figures show

The Independent UK · Jun 17

Russian shadow fleet vessel formally detained off British coast after Royal Marine commandos seizure

Royal Marine commandos and officers from the National Crime Agency seized the tanker Smyrtos in the Channel in the first UK-led operation to capture a sanctioned vessel

The Independent UK · Jun 15

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK · Jun 11

The five favourites to replace John Healey as defence secretary

Here are the runners and riders to replace John Healey as defence secretary following his shock resignation

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11

Ministers want 60% of pupils in England ‘actively’ travelling to school by 2035

Exclusive: Transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, says cycling and walking plan focuses on ‘everyday travel needs’

The Independent UK · Jun 1

New train service between London and Scotland suspended after just one week

Lumo currently only has one train on the new West Coast Main Line service

Evening Standard · Jun 1

New London to Scotland rail service suspended just a week after starting

Lumo began running trains between Euston and Stirling on May 25

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard · May 31

Trains from London Victoria to Gatwick to double as railway nationalised

Gatwick Express services will increase this summer and double by the end of the year

The Guardian - UK · May 31

‘One day I thought, that’s enough’: the people fighting back against pothole-riddled roads

The dire state of roads has provoked pothole vigilantes and become a political flashpoint from Manchester to Manhattan. How did we get here?

The Independent UK · May 22

HS2 bosses enjoy £500 taxpayer-funded dinners as high-speed rail project’s costs spiral

Exclusive: Critics say board members should spend less time in ‘high-end cocktail bars’ and more time ‘driving down the cost’ of the beleaguered project

The Guardian - UK · May 21

HS2 is the wildest white elephant in British history. Please put it out of its misery

The government is in thrall to the sunk-cost fallacy. Scrap the project, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK · May 20

First look at new Great British Railways branded train ahead of public ownership

A Southern Class 387 train in Brighton was given the makeover

International Business Times UK · May 20

HS2 Cost Hits £102 Billion With Trains Delayed to 2039 as Ministers Blame Tories for Obscene Overspend

Britain's HS2 rail project could cost up to £102 billion, with services delayed until 2039, as ministers blamed Conservatives for soaring costs and setbacks.

The Independent UK · May 20

HS2 cost increase is ‘terrible news’, says rail boss

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

1 2 3 4 5

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

British Transport Police

National Crime Agency

The Department for Transport

179 stories

Great British Railways

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.