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P&O Ferries being sued for £76m by former sous chef following 'brutal' dismissal

John Lansdown is the only seafarer out of the 800 fired staff to take legal action against P&O Ferries, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment

Wales Online

Only one of P&O's eight ferries has been cleared to sail three weeks on from mass sackings

Sailings from Dover to Calais have been cancelled this weekend, threatening to affect travellers hoping to get abroad during the Easter period

Wales Online

Further protests against P&O job losses staged outside Port of Liverpool

Men and women carrying signs reading 'stop the P&O jobs carve up' marched to the Port of Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

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Easter holiday travel chaos: what’s going on?

Trains, boats and planes all face problems this weekend and over Easter

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries announces plans to restart sailings in Scotland 'from this weekend'

The firm revealed plans to resume operations for four of its ships for the first time since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries to resume sailings on routes suspended since it sacked nearly 800 staff

The Pride of Kent and Spirit of Britain, between Dover and Calais, are two of the vessels to resume sailing

Manchester Evening News

P&O Ferries reveals plans to resume sailings

The company sparked outrage by replacing its crews with cheaper agency workers, without notice

Birmingham Post

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Larne P&O ferry to resume sailing next week after being detained

The company sacked almost 800 seafarers and replaced them with agency staff on cheaper salaries.

Belfast Live

Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over 'sham redundancy' claims

Tribunals have never previously made a punitive award of damages on such a scale

Nottingham Post

P&O Ferries announces plans to resume sailings

The firm sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice on March 17.

The Independent UK

Majority of P&O services still suspended three weeks on from mass sacking of 800 staff

Of P&O’s eight ferries that were affected by the axing of crew, and replacement by agency workers, just one has been cleared to sail, three weeks on from its decision to fire 800 staff

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries sets out plan for resumption – with free trips for disrupted travellers

Controversial company hopes to bring two ships back on Dover-Calais next week

The Independent UK

Ex-P&O Ferries chef suing for £76million over claims he was victim of 'sham redundancy'

John Lansdown, who joined P&O as a 16-year-old trainee, was working as a sous chef on The Pride of Canterbury when he was sacked "out of the blue" after the transport giant announced 800 job cuts

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries passengers told that DFDS can’t take them from Dover to France at the weekend

‘Please do not proceed to port without a confirmed reservation, contact P&O Ferries for alternative travel arrangements,’ says rival ferry firm

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The Independent UK

Airport chaos – live: Easter breaks disrupted as more than 100 British Airways and easyJet flights cancelled

Airlines struggle to cope with surge in demand

The Guardian - UK

Travel disruption as Stena Line moves ships to fill P&O Ferries gaps

Company cancels sailings between Fishguard in south Wales and Rosslare in Ireland until 12 April

Wales Online

Ferry sailings on busy route scrapped as ships used to cover P&O loss

The ferries will be used to ensure food supply lines can continue

Liverpool Echo

Little known DWP rule means PIP payments may be stopped if you go on holiday

PIP is designed to provide financial support for those who have an illness, disability or mental health condition.

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Liverpool Echo

Government urged to 'come clean' on workers' rights after P&O jobs scandal

A union boss said the events at P&O "have exposed gaping holes in UK employment law"

Daily Mirror

Government urged to 'come clean' over its plans for workers' rights amid P&O scandal

Trades Union Congress general secretary France O’Grady has written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng demanding action.

Wales Online

Police seize Ferrari from fraudster - sparking £200k court case

'The conduct of the Defendant, by its officers... constituted misconduct in public office and wrongful interference with the claimant's property by means of trespass to goods'

The Guardian - UK

Letters: a lesson to P&O in ethical leadership

While the ferry company dispensed with human values, a hovercraft service shows how staff and customers should be treated

Manchester Evening News

Ant and Dec squirm over Alan Partridge's 'savage' P&O Ferries dig on ITV Saturday Night Takeaway

Steve Coogan's comedy character said he was warned not to 'break ITV guidelines'

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson accused of letting P&O off the hook after they sacked 800 workers

The Insolvency Service, a Government agency which deals with redundancies, has launched a civil and criminal investigation but unions fear inquiry will be kicked into the long grass with no timetable of results

The Guardian - UK

Doug Bannister, head of the Port of Dover: ‘We’re at the centre of Brexit. I signed up for that’

The US executive took over the port in 2019, in the heat of the debate about the EU. He’s not surprised it’s been a challenge

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